RAFAËL

"Rafaël has been travelling to and fro all his life between Spain, his native country, and Belgium. For a couple of years he studied photography, then he exhibited his pictures and installations all over Europe. In 1998 he was awarded the "Prix Jeunes Artistes" Mediatine by the Belgian French-language community. From 2002 he devoted himself to the medium of video, realising installations, as well as single-channel videos and VJ-performances. In a grubby, kinetic visual idiom he creates associative networks around elements from his immediate surroundings and contemporary pop culture. His work has been shown, among others, at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and the London Island Art Film & Video Festival, as well as the Green Film Festival in Seoul." (argos festival 2005 catalogue)