Rene G. Cepeda

Category: Museology

  • New Episode Alert! Ep 31 H/F Gallery Presents: New Media Collections

    In this solo episode, Rene takes us on a tour of many of the New Media collections around the world, their pros and cons, and what he thinks is a way to address these issues.

  • New Episode Alert: Technonecromancy – The Afterlives of New Media Art

    New Episode Alert: Technonecromancy – The Afterlives of New Media Art

    Explore the intricate world of preserving digital art in our latest episode of Header/Footer Presents! Join hosts RenĂ© G. Cepeda and Constanza Salazar as they delve into the fascinating realm of art preservation in the digital age. 🖼️ In this episode, we explore: As technology continues to evolve, so do the questions surrounding the preservation…

  • New H/F Presents, Light and Stillness in The Trace of Dawn

    New H/F Presents, Light and Stillness in The Trace of Dawn

    In this episode Harshini J. Karunaratne joins us as curator of “The Trace of Dawn,” along with the six artists who are exhibiting their work: QOA (AR), Orange Grove Dance (US), Fiona Patten (IR), Sandrine Deumier (FR), Carlos Páez González (VZ/UAE).  The Trace of Dawn is an online exhibition on screen-based light works hosted by…

  • New H/F Presents, NMC: In Conversation

    New H/F Presents, NMC: In Conversation

    This month we’re joined by a very special guest: Nick Bontrager, President of the New Media Caucus. In this episode Nick walks us through his approach as an interdisciplinary artist and plans for the New Media Caucus. 

  • Ep 10 H/F Presents: New Media: Challenges in Curation

    Ep 10 H/F Presents: New Media: Challenges in Curation

    Rene Cepeda and Harshini Karunaratne is joined this week by Nadar Asor, Director of the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology in Connecticut and Harshini J. Karunaratne who curated and founded MANIFEST:IO in Berlin. Both will discuss their challenges in curating and organizing a symposium with new media works.

  • New Publication is Up

    I wanted to share with all of you my latest academic article “Making a Manual: The Manual for the Curation and Display of Interactive New Media Art“, published in Artnodes. Abstract While the study of new media art is diverse and encompasses a wide range of art practices, curatorial and art historical concerns, as well…

  • MetaPhoto exhibition

    MetaPhoto exhibition

    Visit my new exhibition at Header/Footer Gallery! This new exhibition explores videogames as sites to be photographed and experimented in. See it at newmediacaucus.org Co-curated alongside Kat Mustatea #art #exhibition #newmedia #videogames #screenshots #photography

  • New episode of H/F Presents is up

    New episode of H/F Presents is up

    In this episode, producer Harshini Karunaratne and I talk about our experiences at isea2022 in Barcelona.

  • New Exhibition is Up!

    New Exhibition is Up!

    ¡Mi primera exhibiciĂłn para New Media Caucus está lista! Mi first exhibition for New Media Caucus is now online! Una Era de Fractura es una nueva exhibiciĂłn de artistas mexicanas de nuevos medios y sus preocupaciones sobre el mundo actual y sus efectos en la identidad, polĂ­tica y la vida en un mondo en pandemia. Co-curada con Harshini Karunaratne (PerĂş-Sri Lanka)…

  • Institutional Tokenism and Performative Collaboration

    *Disclaimer: the following text is derived from my personal experiences as a POC in a museum setting. This morning I came across an article discussing the ways museums can be predatory and cause harm to the communities they purport to help. As a Mexican art historian and curator, whose entire academic and professional career has…