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Diego Ospina Melo, born 11 March, 1984 in Bucaramanga - Colombia
He is freelancer, he works as a creative, director, film/video maker and editor in commercial and non commercial projects. His audiovisual artistic works is a further collaboration between video installation, video art, performance and cinematography.
Art education
2020
DOGtime, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Unstable Media, NL.
2012
Orientation year, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, NL.
2007
Audiovisual technics, CO.
2006
Workshop in Cinematography by Pro-Imagenes CO.
Exhibitions/presentations
2019
(Group) Si.si.spex #8, DOGtime, Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
2018
(Group) Si.si.spex #7, DOGtime, Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
(Group) Opening exhibition "summer" at Vrijpaleis, Amsterdam.
(Group) Near field communication digital art biennale (nfcdab) took place in Warsaw, Wroclaw(PL), Amsterdam(NL), Trondheim(NO), Valencia(ES), and possibly Prague(CZ), Berlin (DE), throughout 2018
FILM FESTIVALS
2018
Screenings of the fiction short film “PENANCE” with several nominations and awards. The film participated for 2 years in 20 different film festivals in Latin America. Written, directed, produced, and edited by Diego.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neIhWulYEhA&t=218s
2015
Screenings of the documentary short film “THE ARTIST, REALITY OR FICTION”
The film participated for 2 years in 10 different film festivals and film events in Colombia. Written, directed, produced, and edited by Diego.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agTrhrkCW5w
CULTURAL EVENTS
2018
Production of the music event “Fractial Frequences - Amsterdam” underground experimental electronic music night, “live music” with several artists from Belgium, Germany, USA and the Netherlands.
Collaboration in the creation of several videoclips and their events for the screening. A project with profesional and amateurs musicians refugees, with the support of the organizations “The Vrolijkheid” and “Vrijplaats”.
2017
Organization of the cultural art event “Vrijplaats in de Bijlmer Bajes” with refugees, volunteers, amateur and professional artists from several disciplines like “painting, installations, performance, comedians, life music. The event was a collaboration between Stichting Vrijplaats, the LOLA LIK, AZC Amsterdam and was funded by the AFK and Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds.