How has digital technology changed our perception of reality? This question has fueled the work of Madrid artist,
writer, and curator
Daniel Canogar for the last two decades. In the late
nineties, he developed a multi-projection system using fiber optic cables. Eliminating the photographic frame, these
immersive photo-installations cast the viewer as a moving screen that covers and uncovers images. These work also call
on our age-old fascination with magic and illusionism, while updating the notion of the technological phantom.
Ultimately, Canogar submerges us into the image to investigate how identity is altered by the space of the spectacle.
Daniel Canogar's work has been widely exhibited throughout Europe and the Americas where it is found in many
important collections. He has also written extensively on the architecture of the image, contemporary photography,
and new media art. Canogar is currently artistic director of VIDA, an annual international competition sponsored by
the Fundación Telefónica, showcasing work that investigates the intersection of art and artificial intelligence.
above: Daniel Canogar,
Clandestinos, 2006, video projection on the Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid
(courtesy of the artist)
