Daniel Monroy Cuevas

Zapopan, Mexico, 1980
In his videos and video installations, the artist challenges the implications of temporality inherent to the moving image in contemporary subjectivity, maneuvering the intersections between the reality of physical space and the fictionality of projected images. His work has been displayed at the Biennial of the Americas, Denver (2015), and the Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York (2006), among other institutions and venues. He lives in Mexico City.
New Frontier
2015, video, 1920 x 1080, 16:9, NTSC, color, stereo
Shot in an abandoned drive-in in San Louis Valley, in the US state of Colorado, the work features five obstructions found in a vast agricultural expanse along the US/Mexico border. Between the romanticism of cinema and the impossibility of establishing a permanent reference system, the work contrasts two fictions: that which is shown on movie screens and that which creates borders between countries.
New Frontier, 2015
Video
1920 x 1080, 16:9, NTSC, color, stereo

Produzido por ArtPlant e SOMA para a Biennial of the Americas 2015, Denver, Colorado | Produced by ArtPlant and SOMA for the Biennal of the Americas 2015, Denver, Colorado. Equipe de produção | Production crew: Andrew Busti, Rett Rogers, Grant Speich. Diretor de produção | Line producers: Adam Gildar, Kaitlin Maestas. Projeto da estrutura | Structure designers: Daniel Monroy Cuevas, Noah Manos. Construção | Construction: Noah Manos. Catering: Carina Buchwald. Agradecimentos | Acknowledgements: Kermit Carla Herrera-Prats, Tank Studios, Alex DeCarli, Adrienne Garbini, Lauren Wright, Anya Pantuyeva, Adam Lerner, Dale (the Ranger) Rodado em locação no cine drive-in New Frontier, San Luis Valley, Colorado, EUA, em 2015 Shot on location at the New Frontier drive-in, San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA, in 2015