Missing Links
Dulzaides project—two videos situated in an expansive site-specific installation—focuses on transitional forms, popularly known as “missing links,” that are lost keys to evolutionary history. He is interested in thinking about how humans are in a constant and ongoing transitional process. What are the human animals of the future? How are we changing now and what are we evolving into? Missing Links encompasses many components, including a 30-foot inflated “jumpy” designed by the artist.
About FELIPE DULZAIDES
Felipe Dulzaides’ work attempts to instigate a poetic experience. His videos, pictures and installation deconstruct his fragmented bicultural experience from different angles. Dulzaides has also developed several public art projects which include billboards, inflatable interactive sculptures and videos for public spaces. He holds a BFA in Drama from the Instituto Superior de Arte of Havana and an MFA from the New Genres Department of the San Francisco Art Institute, where he is currently a visiting faculty member. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; SFMOMA; Centro Cultural de Espana in Havana, Cuba; REDCAT, Los Angeles; the Gwanju Biennale, South Korea; and the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. Dulzaides is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Cintas Fellowship, Creative Work Fund, and Art Matters.
Question & Answer
Q: If you could become any type of animal, what would you be?
A: Dolphin
Q: Favorite food?
A: Pasta
Q: What do you do regularly to help save the environment?
A: I try not to contaminate the environment with garbage. Sometimes when I am at the ocean I pick up empty bottles and cans that some irresponsible people throw into the ocean.
Q: Favorite sound?
A: The sound of my daughter’s voice.
Q: What was your first pet?
A: A dog, his name was Pocho.
Q: What’s an unusual and interesting fact about you?
A: When I was a child I witnessed hundreds of turtles being born and running into the ocean.
Q: Favorite game?
A: Baseball
Q: What band or musician best represents you?
A: Jazz music
Q: Do you have a favorite animal joke?
A: I wish I recalled one.
Q: Do you talk to animals?
A: Yes I do. I also look into their eyes and we understand each other.
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