Gabriel Acevedo Velarde ~ Keywords: politics, affect theory, Latin America, paranormal

The works of Gabriel Acevedo Velarde (Lima, 1976) delve into the liminal space between subjectivity and political representation. Some of his solo shows are Paranormal Citizen (Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, 2013), Interruptions on decrees and stages (Mori Museum, Tokyo, 2014), and Quorum Power (Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, 2009). He has participated in the Lyon Biennial, São Paulo Biennial, Corruption - Everybody knows (e-flux NY, 2015), among other group exhibitions. He’s currently developing an autobiographical audiovisual account of his involvement in a 2017 congressional investigation of sexual offence in the school he attended in the 1980s, articulating affect theories and political analysis.

Gabriel@DAI:

*Learn more about Gabriel Acevedo Velarde's's 20 minute performance What now? for Chameleon Orbit ~  DAI's Aeroponic Acts 2024 at Centrale Fies in Italy. 

*Learn more about Gabriel Acevedo Velarde's written MA thesis (DAI, 2024): Detached and/or porous. A convergence of cultural and political perspectives in a publicly politicized case of child molestation in Peru.

*During his journey with DAI, Gabriel made significant contributions to: COOP Summit 2023 ~ Evergreening the Cut [towards and beyond film's photosynthesis] as well as COOP SUMMIT 2024 ~ Moving with the Dunes                   

*Follow Gabriel's 'Life after DAI' via his website and Instagram