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Azimuth 77, Performance, 2006
Marcello Mercado and Sebastián Sánchez Zelada Azimuth 77 21min. 26″, 4:3; stereo, color Performance 2006 Satellite art, bioart, performance, soundart, sculpture, drawings, photography The performance project involved the extraction, transfer, and preservation of genetic material (DNA) from Arion rufus (commonly known as the red slug), along with samples of ferrous soil, under conditions of…
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Marcello Mercado, Biographie, Performance, 2005
Marcello Mercado Biographie 3´20″ color sound Performance 2005
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Marcello Mercado, Paisajes con vacas, Performance, 2012
Marcello Mercado Paisajes con vacas 7´52″ colour stereo Performance 2012
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Curves, compost, forecasts and closures, Performance, 2020
Marcello Mercado Curves, compost, forecasts and closures 10´51” color stereo Performance 2020 This performance series unfolds as a living archive of the Covid-19 pandemic, gathering and reactivating visual traces through biological processes, soft systems, permaculture strategies, and new media practices. The project does not aim to document the pandemic through conventional narratives; instead,…
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Marcello Mercado, Making consistent volatile ideas by broadcasting bio-information through plants, DNA, worms and Radio Frequencies, 2008
Marcello Mercado Making consistent volatile ideas by broadcasting bio-information through plants, DNA, worms and Radio Frequencies 18´color stereo 2008 In 2007 I made a double intervention at the Documenta in Kassel: 1) I took red poppies from Sanja Ivekovic’s work «Poppy Field» and extracted the DNA…
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Marcello Mercado, To paint with DNA, Performance, 2016
Marcello Mercado To paint with DNA Performance (Fragment) 2016
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Marcello Mercado, Dead dogs don´t bite, Performance, 2004
Marcello Mercado Dead dogs don´t bite 15´58″ colour stereo Performance 2004
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Marcello Mercado, Primordial soup, Performance, 2004
Marcello Mercado Primordial Soup 7 min. 57 sec. stereo 4:3 color Performance 2004
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Marcello Mercado, Primordial hunters, Performance, 2004
Marcello Mercado Primordial hunters 12´07″, stereo, 4:3, color Performance 2004
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Index – Generator, Performance, 2004
Marcello Mercado — Index – Generator (2004) 24 min | Color, Stereo Performance In 2004, I carried out Index – Generator inside the exposed foundation pit of the former Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne. The building had been demolished, leaving an open excavation several meters below ground level. Sitting at a table at the bottom…
