VAN DER KRITZ

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VAN DER KRITZ is a contemporary art collective formed by Alejandra Van der Land (1974) and Matías Kritz (1973),
based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.PracticeThrough speculative end-of-the-world fiction, which we call “situated energy fiction” (Sit-En-FI), we develop visual and sound practices to investigate contaminated and relational ecologies. We use the scientific and extractivist universes of modernity as contexts in which to sow local ancestral knowledge.We create an energetic language where there is no beginning or end, nor up or down, only a multispecies spiral for life in which multiple worlds coexist. We can see how the boundaries between nature and technology, between dream and reality, between life and death, become blurred, creating a threshold where states overlap.Their audiovisual works have been presented at UPSTATE ART WEEKEND, USA (2021); FIBER FESTIVAL, Netherlands (2021); VAFT Video Art Festival, Finland (2022), where they received the Audience Award; Festival Pleamar at the MAR Museum of Contemporary Art, Argentina (2022); SIMULTAN Festival, Romania (2022), recipients of the SIMULTAN Award 2022; Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece (2022); Turku Art Museum, Finland (2022); Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (2023); and Les Instants Vidéo, France (2024), among others.

UPSTATE ART WEEKEND | NEW YORK | US | 2021 New York
United States
August 27, 2021FIBER FESTIVAL | AMSTERDAM | NETHERLANDS | 2021 Amsterdam
Netherlands
October 28, 2021PLEAMAR | MAR DEL PLATA | ARGENTINA | 2022 Mar del Plata
Argentina
May 13, 2022VAFT VIDEO ART FESTIVAL | Turku, Finland | 2022 | AUDIENCE FAVORITE Turku
Finland
May 19, 2022SIMULTAN |Timișoara, Romania | 2022 Timișoara
Romania
September 10, 2022
Winner Asociatia Simultan awardsMUSEO DEL MAR | PLEAMAR | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 2022 Mar del Plata
Argentina
October 9, 2022ART SPEAK OUT | COP 27 | Sharm el-Sheij Egypt | 2022Sharm el-Sheij
Egypt
January 6, 2022
Official SelectionTURKU ART MUSEUM | Turku, Finland | 2022Turku
Finland
November 15, 2022*ADAF 2022 | Athens, Greece | 2022 Athens
Greece
September 15, 2022
Official SelectionMATCA art space | 2023 Cluj-Napoca
Romania
May 13, 2023
Official SelectionHELSINKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | 2023 Helsinki
Finland
September 16, 2023
Official SelectionLES INSTANTS VIDÉO | 2024 Marseille
France
October 19, 2024
Official selectionVAFT VIDEO ART FESTIVAL l Turku
Finland
November 16, 2025
World
Official selectionTheir work is grounded in collaboration between their respective backgrounds.

Alejandra Van der Land

Visual Artist and Designer
Born 1974, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lives and works in Buenos AiresEducationDegree in Design, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)Teaching ExperienceLecturer in Design and Typography, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU), University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Seven years.Training and ResearchWorkshops with writer Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (National Book Award Winner).
Studies in Mapuzungun language and Mapuche cosmovision with educator and language revitalizer Marta Kelukewpu, fifth-generation descendant of lonko Ignacio Kelukewpu (Coliqueo).
Research on chant (ül) as a connective force with the invisible, developed through encounters with Mapuche women singers, including Beatriz Pich Malen and Anahí Rayen Mariluan.Exhibitions (Selected)National Salon, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2003).
National Salon of Engraving, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013).
New Supports National Salon, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Forms of Violence, curated by Lux Linder and Gabriela Urtiaga (Chief Curator, Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles), Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2018).Programs and ClinicsArt Clinic with Carlos Huffmann, Director, Di Tella Design Institute.
Art Clinic with Pablo Siquier.
Open Studios (Selected)
Palacio Barolo Open Studio, City of Buenos Aires, curated by Ana María Battistozzi (2004).
La Ira de Dios Open Studio, curated by Juliana Gontijo (Brazil) (2016).
Awards and Fellowships
Fellowship, Juan Downey Center, Chile (2020).

Matias Kritz

Buenos Aires, Argentina (1973)
Visual Artist, Musician, and Educator in Audio and 3DEducationFilm, Television, and Video
Rodolfo Hermida Film School, Argentina (1987)Specialized TrainingArt and Nature – Prof. Belén Romero Caballero
(Member of the Spanish Association of Art Critics; Independent Curator)
Aesthetics of the Limit (From Representation to Presentation) – Dr. Elena Oliveras
University of Buenos Aires
Let’s Enact Silence: John Cage in Context
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA (2014)
Photography – Diego H. Flores
Full Professor of Lighting and Camera I & II, National University of La Plata
Digital Video and New Technologies Seminar, Universidad del Cine
Photographic Design V, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires (2010)Architecture Specialized TrainingMasterClass – Frank Gehry Teaches Design and Architecture3D Specialized TrainingConcept Art for Video Games – Daniele Solimene (Dune: Awakening)
Environment Concept Art – Pablo Domínguez (Obi-Wan Kenobi; Jurassic World)
Grounded Costume Design – Adam Middleton (Avatar; Dune; Ghost in the Shell)
Environment Design – Meet Gaëlle (Lucasfilm; Industrial Light & Magic)Jan Urschel
(Warner Bros, Lucasfilm, Marvel, EA, Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, LucasArts)
Production and Cinematic Set Design / Sci-Fi Environment Design
Sci-Fi Environment Design in Blender
3D Environment Design for Production
Procedural Cityscapes
Procedural Landscapes
Rocky Landscapes
Render Engines – A Small Overview
Sketching 3D Environments in BlenderJama Jurabaev
(Senior Concept Artist, Lucasfilm)
How to Create Cinematic Cityscapes
Blender Grease Pencil
Blender: Advanced Grease Pencil
Painting Over 3D Renders
Quick Environment Design in Blender 2.8
Real-Time Environment Design in Blender
3D Painting BasicsAdditional 3D Training
Mastering Sculpting – Zacharias Reinhardt
Hard Surface Modeling in Blender – Aidy Burrows (LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars)
Hard Surface Modeling – Gleb Alexandrov (Founder, Creative Shrimp)
HDR Image-Based Lighting in Blender – Gleb Alexandrov
The Ultimate Guide to Hard Ops & Boxcutter 2.0 – Blender BrosArt ClinicsMarcelo Gutman – Curator, Duchamp in Buenos Aires Exhibition
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011)Publications“Movement and Pictorial Space, The Video Beauty”
Co-authored with Dr. Alberto J. L. Carrillo Canán
(Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico)
Presented at the National University of La Jolla (California),
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, and Hochschule Furtwangen University,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany (2015)Papers Presented at ConferencesInternational Convention “Photographers With a Vision”
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013)
International Congress “NuPACC”
Córdoba, Argentina (2011)Conference attendanceSymposium INKART – Past and Present in Contemporary China | MET | Manhattan, USA (2014)
Isa Genzken: The American Room | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
Reimagining Geometric Abstraction in Latin American Art | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
The Impact of Isa Genzken: The Role of Scale and Sculptural Bases | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
Let’s Enact Silence: John Cage in Context | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
Bring Your Own Images from America: Walker Evans – American Photographs | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
Reinventing Portraiture: Picasso in the 1930s and 1940s | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
From Chance to the Possibilities of Silence: The Origins of John Cage’s 4'33" | MoMA | Manhattan, USA (2014)
Marino Santa María – Public Art | ANBA (2012)
Estela Ocampo – Art of the 1970s | ANBA (2012)
54th Venice International Art Biennale – IllumiNations | MALBA (2011)
Dr. Claudio Ongaro Haelterman | NuPACC International Congress | Córdoba, Argentina (2011)
Dr. Rubén López Cano | NuPACC International Congress | Córdoba, Argentina (2011)
Dr. Ricardo Dal Farra | NuPACC International Congress | Córdoba, Argentina (2011)
Mgtr. Ana Llamazares | NuPACC International Congress | Córdoba, Argentina (2011)
Washi Light Color | Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires (2011)Professional PracticeDevelopment of tools and workflows in Blender for teaching and artistic production.AwardsGold Medal to Architecture & Interior Design – CASA FOA (2015)
Honorary Member – Abstract Minimal Photography – MAG (2011)
Revelation Band – Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (1990)
Top Solo Artist – MySpace (2009)
Fashion Photography – People and Arts & Project Runway
JPG Magazine, San Francisco, USA (2007)Commissioned WorksBraulio Moyano Mental Health Hospital – Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013)
International Jorge Luis Borges Foundation – Buenos Aires, Argentina (2012)
Coca-Cola Music (2003)
Artistic Production (Audio)Exhibitions2019 – Atlas Evita – Museo de La Cárcova, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 – Spiral Works – FUCA | Fashion Parade | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 – El Borde entre Dos Espacios – Martorell art+people | IQ Callao, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016 – Spiral Works – FUCA | Fashion Parade | Martorell art+people | Hilton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016 – Spiral Works – FUCA | Fashion Parade | Martorell art+people | Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016 – Spiral Works – Latin America Fashion Week | Martorell art+people | Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 – La Celebración – CASA FOA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 – El Borde entre Dos Espacios – Buenos Aires Photo | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 – El Borde entre Dos Espacios – Buenos Aires Photo (Private), Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 – Gallery Nights Recoleta – Arte al Día | Paseo de las Artes Duhau, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 – Apoteosis Barroca – Martorell art+people | Paseo de las Artes Duhau, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 – Spiral Works – Argentina Fashion Week | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 – CC – Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 – El Borde entre Dos Espacios – Museo Emilio Caraffa | Gloria Bono, Córdoba, Argentina
2014 – Danza Cittadanza – DidarteContemporanea, Caserta, Italy
2013 – Expo Cor – Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 – Icons | Evita – Martorell art+people | IQ Callao, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 – Icons | Evita – Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 – Icons | Evita – Museo Evita | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 – Apoteosis Barroca – Martorell art+people | IQ Callao, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 – Europe Works – Martorell art+people | IQ Callao, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 – Apoteosis Barroca – Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 – Fundación Internacional Jorge Luis Borges + Martorell art+people, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 – Spiral Works Orígenes – Martorell art+people | IQ Callao, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 – Muestrario – Holbox, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 – Francis Bacon Asimilado – Librería Capítulo 1, Corrientes, Argentina
2011 – Europe Works – Museo Histórico de Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina
2011 – Spiral Works Orígenes – Abulafia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 – Spiral Works Orígenes – Autre Monde Boutique, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 – Europe Works – Gallery Nights Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010 – Europe Works – Expo for Mattia | Palazzo Filangieri, Naples, Italy
2010 – Spiral Works Orígenes – Palermo Fest, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 – Europe Works – Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 – Spiral Works – Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 – With Pedro Luis Raota (1934–1986) – Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 – Spiral Works Orígenes – Gallery Eclectic, London, UKSoundtracks
Angelos Musco Conception Movie – Soundtrack
Giulio Carmassi (Pat Metheny Group) & Matías Kritz (2014)DiscographyUnidad de TransmisiónPrisión Virtual – EP (Remixes) (1993) Carlos Shaw + Matias KritzCPC (Solo Project)Live Online Transmission – Live Album (2011)
Over the Seas – Single (2010)
Quantize Life – Album (2008)
Fear of the World Inside – EP (2009)
Pain Manager – Compilation (1994–1998)Matías KritzAire 3 – Album (2011)
Navegar los Sueños – Single (2011)
En Estado Salvaje – Single (2010)
Todo lo que no se Olvida – Single (2009)
Canciones sobre Aciertos y Errores – Compilation Album (2003–2009)
En Vivo en Inadaptados Radio – Album (2009)
Igual que Ayer – Single (2009)
Un Duelo de mi Alma – Single (2009)
Acústico – EP (2009)
Dar la Vuelta y Desaparecer Dentro – Single (2009)
Imperfecto – Single (2008)
En Concierto – Album (2008)
Todo lo que Hicimos – Single (2008)
12.000 KM – Single (2008)
Distancias Imposibles – EP (2008)
Despierta mi Dolor – Single (2008)
Camino Polar – Album (2007)
CDN – Album (2003)