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Dibujos, pinturas y objetos 2026
DIBUJOS: Marcello Mercado, Sin título, lápiz sobre papel, 59,4 x 42cm, 2014 Marcello Mercado, Sin título, lápiz, acrílico y tinta sobre papel, 59,4 x 42cm, 2015 Marcello Mercado, Sin título, lápiz sobre papel, 59,4 x 42cm, 2025 Marcello Mercado, Sin título, lápiz sobre papel,…
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Das Kapital / Napster Search, 1999
Marcello Mercado Das Kapital / Napster / September 1999 This is one of the few surviving screenshots from a search for «Kapital« on Napster. The work no longer exists. Nor does the network that produced it. In September 1999, as part of my Das Kapital project, I searched for «Kapital» on Napster. The action…
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What Color Is an Insult?
Marcello Mercado & Tilman Peschel, 2014 Performance In 2014, Marcello Mercado and Tilman Peschel carried out an action: Pronouncing two insults in German —asshole and bastard— in front of a system that translates voice into color. A microphone connected to a signal-processing module generated chromatic bands projected into space, making the…
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Del cuerpo al sistema: investigaciones recientes
Mi trabajo ha evolucionado desde investigaciones tempranas sobre el cuerpo y la violencia institucional hacia un campo expandido donde la imagen es tratada como un sistema inestable. En los últimos años, desarrollo proyectos que articulan archivo, procesos algorítmicos, escaneo tridimensional y materia orgánica, explorando la transformación, la fragmentación y la pérdida de…
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Operational Matter
Untitled (Red Sedimentation)mixed media on canvas2023 These works operate through material behavior, where liquids sediment, surfaces erode, and pigments accumulate or dissolve. The image is not constructed; it emerges as the result of physical processes. Drawing functions as a structural system—an internal organization without representation. Acts of interruption impose limits,…
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OPEN GENOME ACTIONS
Bio-Performances 2000–2012 OPEN GENOME ACTIONS is a series of bio-performances in which fragments of the artist’s DNA are extracted, dispersed and transmitted across natural and technological environments. 1. DNA for Free, 2014 2. My DNA Belongs to Me, 2014 3. DNA Under Weight, 2004 4. Capital Circulation, 2000 5. The…
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ERODE, 2026
ERODE (2025–ongoing) ERODE operates as a sequential system of 20 operational cases. Each case transforms a human trace into algorithmic and biological signals. ERODE translates human memory loss into signal. Drawings produced by Alzheimer’s patients are converted into algorithms, then…
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Galería Corteza
BREVE PRESENTACIÓN DE LA GALERÍA: Galería Corteza es una propuesta colectiva integrada por tres artistas del NEA y vinculada a materiales atravesados por procesos de desgaste, desaparición y transformación. Reúne obras de Néstor Braslavsky, Cristian Cochia y Marcello Mercado realizadas a partir de un tronco centenario muerto por la urbanización, cortezas caídas de…
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The Theory of Cultural Compression
Cultural Compression describes the transformation of complex cultural structures into minimal operational traces. The Theory of Cultural Compression Works and Experiments 1995–2025 Marcello Mercado Table of Contents Preface Cultural Compression Chapter I Compression as Method Chapter II Logic as Compost The Gödel Performances Chapter III Music as Glyph SUMMA – Notations Chapter…
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SUMMA – Notations
SUMMA – Notations, 2012, HD single channel video, 4min 12sec, stereo, 16:9, black/white Compression, notation and the impossible archive of music At first sight, SUMMA – Notations appears deceptively simple. A white field, black marks, fragments of text, and the invocation of monumental works from the history of Western music—compositions…
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Searching for the Short Version of Hamlet
Performance and photographic sequenceElsinore / Helsingør, Denmarkc. 1999–2000 Searching for the Short Version of Hamlet forms part of a broader investigation into the compression of cultural systems that runs throughout Marcello Mercado’s early work around the turn of the millennium. Developed in temporal proximity to SUMMA – Notationen, the piece explores how…
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PORTFOLIOS
DRAWINGS — PORTFOLIO View Portfolio (EN) Extended version: EN DE ES PAINTINGS — PORTFOLIO View Portfolio (EN) Extended version: EN DE …