Luis Jacob
Luis Jacob (born 1971) is an artist, writer, curator and educator living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Life and work
Jacob was born in Lima, Peru and moved to Canada with his family when he was ten.[2] He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1996.[2]
Exhibitions of his work include "LTTR Explosion: Practice More Failure" (Art in General, New York City); "Towards a Theory" (Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam); "Tomorrow’s News" (Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki); "Better Worlds" (
Luis was curator-in-residence at
For a period of time, Luis was a member of
In 1999, Jacob created and produced a limited edition (500 copies) project called 'Without Persons remix CD'. His original audio track 'Without Persons' was recorded and then given to various producers to remix and were all on the CD. Artists including Peaches, Greek Buck, Navigator (Simon Cowling), Aria, The Dot Wiggen Strings (Sandro Perri and Todd Fox), Pausenfuller, Brandon Labelle and Frank Rynne. A CD release and live performance event was held in Toronto when released.
In 2007 he participated in documenta 12.[3]
In March 2010 Jacob's piece, Album IV, was shown at the Guggenheim Museum as part of Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance [1].
Literature
Henry Keazor, `The Stuff You May Have Missed´: Art, Film and Metareference in The Simpsons, in: The Metareferential Turn in Contemporary Arts and Media. Forms, Functions, Attempts at Explanation, hrsg. von Werner Wolf in Zusammenarbeit mit Katharina Bantleon und Jeff Thoss, Amsterdam/New York 2011, p. 463 - 490 (shows Jacob´s reference to "The Simpsons" in his work "Album III" at the documenta 12)
References
- ^ "Luis Jacob". Canadian Art. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b University of Toronto magazine[permanent dead link]
- ^ documenta12.de
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