Jeannelle Ramirez (sound)
Jeannelle is an Austin-based multimedia artist and ethnomusicologist. Her foggy, ambient soundscapes are composed from densely textured layers of found sounds and synthesized melodies that evoke a cyclical stasis. Theory and praxis are in constant dialogue through her work as an artist-scholar, with recent electro-acoustic works like “Oceanography” exploring migration and heritage through live-processed sound and video. Since completing formal musical training at NYC’s New School for Jazz, she has continually moved towards more experimental modes of creative practice. In 2019, she founded Future Traditions Festival as a platform for Latinx artists to explore intersections between experimental multimedia and traditional music and dance. She is a founder of Las Raras and has performed at various events hosted by Me Mer Mo Monday, COTFG, Cheer Up Charlies, and the Museum of Human Achievement.
Natalia Rocafuerte (video)
Natalia Rocafuerte is a Mexican-American new media artist, filmmaker and community organizer creating work on perception, analog technology, and spatial identity. Born in Cuidad del Carmen, Campeche to a pianist and ballerina, Rocafuerte was encouraged to expand her techniques in visual art from an early age. Rocafuerte was part of the 2018 Young Latinx Artists exhibit highlighting immigrant and Latinx artists at the Mexic-Arte Museum as well as being awarded a performance grant from Jolt Texas. She is also a recent fellow for the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Mentorship program and current artist in residency for The Line – Big Medium Residency. “
Ana Maria Morales (video)
Drawing on the absence of light, like painting with silence, Ana Maria’s designs employ juxtaposition, harsh shadows, and subtle textures to adapt to and flow with the existing environment. Through this approach she creates abstract and disorienting dream worlds that draw the audience deeper into an experience. Inspired by diverse aesthetic movements from Romanticism to Dadaism and the colorful characters of daily life, her designs in various mediums, including film, bring the interiority of human emotions to light. Her designs have appeared in the Arsht Center, MDC Live Arts, the Koubek Center, Miami Light Project, MTC Sandbox and the immersive experience Miami Motel Stories. Ana Maria is part of a Miami collective called Mi Casa Su Casa, established a music for visuals platform ESTIMULAME, and performs with an experimental audiovisual collective, Las Raras.