[ES] ~ 1968
Joan Leandre won international recognition from 1999 thanks to retroYou (RC) (1999 - 2001), a progressive modification of the parameters used to construct the 3D graphics of a car racing video game. In In the Name of Kernel (2006 - ongoing) the kernel, the heart of every operating system, becomes the myth around which coagulates a symbolic event combining travel literature, the alchemy tradition and science fiction, terrorism and conspiracy theories, programming and mountaineering, 3D modelling and satellite mapping, hallucinations and revelations. A high definition metaphor for those who love the clear air of the high peaks.
In 2004 Joan Leandre participated in the Whitney Biennale and has exhibited his work in a variety of museums including: Triennale, Milan (1999); Centre George Pompidou, Paris (2000); American Museum of the Moving Image, New York (2003); Ars Electronica, Linz (2003); and the Laboral Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Gijón (2007).
“In the Name of Kernel!:
Song of the Iron Bird (The Flight Recording Series) 20′” ~ 2006
HD Video
Courtesy Project Gentili, Prato
“In the Name of Kernel!: Song of the Iron Bird 20'” ~ 2006
“The Kernel Peak: At my Limit(Unknown Universal Series)” ~ 2008
Digital Print, 140×102cm
Courtesy Project Gentili, Prato
“In the Name of Kernel!:
7 Columns Mega NFO FIle (The Download Machine Series)” ~ 2008
Digital Print, 153×114cm
Courtesy Project Gentili, Prato
“The Kernel Peak: At my Limit” ~ 2008