Its mandate is to respond to the new structural needs required by the incorporation of new technologies in art. LaAgencia is engaged in programs and projects all over Spain, Europe, Asia, US and Latin America, focused on new media art as an alternative paradigm of research and knowledge. As a production company, LaAgencia is a forerunner in the field of new media art collaborating with major organizations and artists. LaAgencia has produced the exhibition “Máquinas y Almas” (Souls and Machines) for Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Another recent project has been the ideation, development and production of the exhibition “Sueños de Silicio” (Silicon Dreams) for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. http://www.suenosdesilicio.es
LaAgencia has been collaborating with ARCOmadrid since 1999, in charge of the technical coordination of the new media art section at ARCO and responsible for developing and managing the programmes organized by ARCO related to new media art, such as the ARCO-BEEP New Media Art Art Prize and the Arte 2.0 Competition of Ideas organized by Vocento, as well as sponsorship and technological alliances. With the former director of ARCOmadrid, Rosina Gómez-Baeza, LaAgencia developed the master plan and opening program of the Laboral, Center for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon Spain. This project involved the design and development of a 15,000 square meter center from scratch, giving it the uses and services necessary to accommodate from exhibitions to workshops and seminars. LaAgencia has work with a group of prominent industrial agents from Catalonia in the development of a new foundation, the New Art Foundation for the research and development programs between Art, Science and Technology: New Art Foundation. Actually, Vicente Matallana Director of LaAgencia is the Project Director of The New Art Foundation. Vicente Matallana, director of LaAgencia, is also teacher and lecturer and regularly publishes articles. He also sits on international juries, seminars and committees for new media art. With Joasia Krysa, he has been the co-director of the Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, http://www.kunsthalaarhus.dk; Production Director; research and development. Actually he is member of the advisory board of the Centre. He is member of the advisory board of Kurator, http://kurator,org (Pl/UK
Vicente Matallana is the director of the BEEP New Media Art Collection(Sp)
Selected Exhibition Projects:
2012. Theo Jansen. Tecnopolis, Buenos Aires. Technical production of the exhibition curated by Montxo Algora / ArtFutura.
2012 ArtFutura 23, Montevideo. Production of the exhibition of the 23th edition of ArtFutura with Theo Jansen and Paul Friedlander. curated by Montxo Algora / ArtFutura.
2011. ArtFutura XXI. Repasando el Futuro. Alhondiga, Bilbao. Production of the exhibition. Sachiko Kodama, Theo Jansen and Paul Friedlander. Audiovisual program selection of the 21 editions of Art Futura.
2010. Silicon Dreams: Art, Science and Technology in the European Union. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Ideation, development and production of the exhibition organised on the occasion of the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Competitiveness under the auspices of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European. Co-curated by Joasia Krysa (artists Boris Debackere, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, Etoy, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand, José Manuel Berenguer, Knowbotic Research, Marcel.lí Antúnez, Sachiko Kodama, Usman Haque)
2008-2010. After the Net. Production of the international touring exhibition curated by Joasia Krysa shown in Centro del Carmen, Valencia, Plymouth University, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, with the selection of artists updated for each venue.
2008. Souls & Machines. Reina Sofia National Museum ans Art Centre. Production of the exhibition curated by Montxo Algora and Jose Luis de Vicente (artists, Antoni Abad, David Byrne and David Hanson, Daniel Canogar ,Vuk Kosik, Evru (Zush), Harun Farocki, Paul Friedlander, Pierre Huyghe, Theo Jansen, Natalie Jeremijenko, Sachiko Kodama, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, John Maeda, Chico McMurtrie, Antoni Muntadas, Daniel Rozin, Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen)
2008. VIDA 11.0
Production of the exhibition of de Art and Technology Award VIDA 11.0 for Telefonica Foundation
2007. Opening Program, Laboral Centre for Art and Creative Industries. Development of the opening programs of Laboral Art Centre, and the production and coordination of the exhibitions Led Throwies (Eyebeam) and Cyberspaces Exhibition.
2004. …dijoelmonje. MUCA-UNAM, México City. Production of the first anthology of the madrilian new media art group …dijoelmonje.
2001. ThinkTank, Festival de Benicassim. Direction and production of the unique live project of the net-art group HELL.COM. this project was defined by the development of a laboratory where, for fifteen days, worked thirty members of the collective Hell. On the Festival site, a tent of 300 m2 was build, in which took place, a live event that lasted 30 hours. This project also got invited to the Biennale of Los Angeles. US.
2000 - 2001. Virtual Gallery, MEIAC, Badajoz. Production of the virtual gallery of the Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, the first exhibition space in the Internet created by a Spanish museum. This space was created specifically to show Net-Art. This gallery was presented for the first time in ARCO 00 and for the 2001 edition, projects by JODI, retroYou and Fran Illich under the title De-game were presented. Curated by Antonio Cerveira.
2000 Marea Negra, Telefonica Foundation, Madrid. Production of Marea Negra a project by Gabriel Corchero for the Telefónica Foundation, curated by Karin Ohlenschläger
1999 Existencias Agotadas, Mercado de Fuencarral, Madrid. Production and direction of the new media and video art exhibition, curated by Eugenio Ampudia and UBE, organised in the inside space of the alternative commercial Fuencarral market of Madrid. The festival lasted 4 days with the purpose of linking the young audience with new media art. Selected Managment Projects:
2008–Present Material Bank
Ideation development and direction of the Material Bank, an initiative of LaAgencia and BEEP, joined by Epson and Intel, which lends hardware resources to artists, institutions and event. In 4 years have support more than 40 different projects as Technological Partners.
2007. Laboral, Centre for Art and Creative Industries. Development, under the direction of Rosina Gómez-Baeza, of the master plan and opening program of the Laboral, Centre for Art and Creative Industries, Gijon Spain. This project involved the design and development of a 15,000 square meter center from scratch, giving it the uses and services necessary to accommodate from exhibitions to workshops and seminars.
2008-2010 ExpandedBox@ARCO
Development and coordination of the new media art section of ARCOmadrid, International Art Fair
2005-2007 BlackBox@ARCO
Development and coordination of the new media art section of ARCOmadrid, International Art Fair
2002-2003 Rhizome Latino. Rhizome.org - CONACULTA-UPX México
A Latin version development of the Online Rhizome.org community in collaboration with the Mexican government. The project was developed within NYC and Mexico D.F.
2000-2002 NetSpace@ARCO
Coordination of the new media art section of ARCOmadrid, International Art Fair. Selected Organized Awards:
2006–Present ARCO-BEEP Electronic Art Award. Ideation and management of the acquisition prize given by Beep and ARCOmadrid in collaboration with Epson.
2008-2010 ARCO-VOCENTO Ideas Art Competition 3.0
Ideation and management of the award based in the development of web projects to help in the management to the art galleries
2004 ARANEUM, MCYT Award ARTE CIENCIA & TECNOLOGIA
Ideation and management of a production award, giving 20.000,00 € for an art project and 10.000,00 € for a theorist investigation. In collaboration with ARCO foundation.
2001 ElMundo net art award. Ideation and management of a net art award. In collaboration with ARCO foundation
Selected Artists with whom LaAgencia has work:
Boris Debackere
Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
Etoy
Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand
José Manuel Berenguer
Knowbotic Research
Marcel.lí Antúnez
Sachiko Kodama
Usman Haque
Paul Friedlander
Theo Jansen
John Maeda
Daniel Rozin
Chico McMurtrie
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Daniel Canogar
Evru
David Byrne
Ricardo Iglesias
Vuk Ćosić
Pierre Huyghe
Harun Farocki
Antoni Muntadas
Ben Rubin & Mark Hansen,
Antoni Abad
Natalie Jeremijenko
Jeff Gomeprtz aka FakeShop
Hubenmorgen
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
area3
Christophe Bruno
Aaron Koblin
Jodi
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Lia
Hackitectura.net
Paolo Cirio
Alessandro Ludovico
Gabriel González [-dhijo-]
Philip Beesley y Rob Gorbet
Ruairi Glynn
Chris Sugrue
Jed Berk
Eugenio Ampudia
Eduardo Kac
Arcangel Constantini
Among others…
