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Work · /imagine · with Catalina Lineronode: 088 · type: collaboration · 2024

The system is busy.

A VR experience by Catalina Linero. Images by Melisa Machuret.

Nineteen portraits, one grey wall, one light. A dialog rests over one face at a time.

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The faces

node: 088.1 · type: portraits · 2024

One at a time, large. The same grey background, white clothes and frontal light for everyone.

There are no captions. What each face carries is theirs.

A man with short black hair and a short beard, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A young woman with her hair pulled back and blue eyes, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A woman with short dark hair and freckles, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A woman with short curly black hair and a small earring, head slightly turned, in a white t-shirt against a grey background.
A woman with long black hair tied back, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
An older man with grey hair and a grey moustache, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A young woman with shoulder-length black hair, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A young woman with wavy light-brown hair, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A man with short black hair, a moustache and a greying beard, in a white t-shirt against a grey background.
A woman with long curly black hair, freckles and a small leaf tattoo on her neck, in a white t-shirt against a grey background.
A young man with curly black hair and freckles, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A man with a shaved head, small earrings and neck tattoos, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
An older woman with grey hair pulled back, in a white lace top against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A woman with long dark hair streaked with grey, in a white top against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A young woman with long curly dark hair, freckles and blue eyes wide open, in a white t-shirt against a grey background.
A person with short wavy black hair, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
The same person with short wavy black hair, eyes closed, in a white t-shirt against a grey background.
A young man with short twisted black hair, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
A young man with short black hair swept up, in a white t-shirt against a grey background, looking at the camera.
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The printed side

node: 088.2 · type: book · 2024

/imagine also exists as a book, the printed side of the experience.

It was shown at the Bienal del Libro “Entre-Tener”, Facultad de Artes, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, from October 15 to 26, 2024.

A frontal portrait of a person with long dark hair. A grey retro system dialog covers the eyes. In Spanish it reads: El sistema está ocupado. Parece que el usuario está procesando otras solicitudes en este momento. Por favor, intente de nuevo más tarde.
From /imagine: the dialog this page takes its title from, in the original Spanish.
where
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana · Facultad de Artes
event
Bienal del Libro “Entre-Tener”
dates
Oct 15–26, 2024
on the cover
#mente #tecnología #miedo #tendencia
At the Bienal and in print
An exhibition wall reading Bienal del Libro, Entre-Tener, 15 a 26 de octubre de 2024, Facultad de Artes, next to a column of curatorial text.
The wall at the Bienal del Libro.
The /imagine book standing on a purple plinth in a bright exhibition hall.
The book on its plinth.
Printed portrait pages and text pages spread out on a table.
Printed pages on the table.
An open book. The left page holds a short list of hashtags, blurred here; the right page shows a portrait seen through a phone screen.
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An open book. The left page is titled Cibercondría; the right page shows a portrait with a search bar across the neck that reads Ingrese sus síntomas.
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The book cover: a frontal portrait of a young woman, the title /imagine, the name Catalina Linero C. and the tags #mente #tecnología #miedo #tendencia.
The cover: /imagine, Catalina Linero C.

Logos and app names in these photos are blurred.

Credits

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A VR experience by Catalina Linero. Images by Melisa Machuret.

VR experience
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Melisa Machuret
shown at
Bienal del Libro “Entre-Tener”, Facultad de Artes, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Oct 15–26, 2024
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