Rafael Yaluff was born in Santiago, Chile in 1983 and spent his youth in the interstice of the dictatorship, the arrival of democracy, and the mall economy of the 1990s. At university, he studied art and philosophy before leaving Santiago to lead a nomadic life between Brazil, Patagonia, and Europe, where he encountered the remnants of the punk movement that would influence his work. His projects have involved drawing, painting, and sculptural constructions, addressing issues related to urgency, tragicomedy, intimacy, honesty, and the anachronistic. He currently lives and works in New York.
Karaoke is a collaborative project by Rafael Yaluff with Bruno Lança, Ana Brito, José Pinto, and Tiago Madaleno. It originated as part of the challenge to use glass and my desire to paint. The project consists of three paintings about the city and its liquids, and three sculptures about science fiction and transfusion. Karaoke is an interpretation; here we offer, hopefully, the music, and if all goes well, you may come and sing a song.
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resources: painting, plaster, aluminium, glass, gelatine, electronic material format: residency cycle 01 photography: Bruno Lança
