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 Manuel Correa is a Colombian artist and filmmaker based in Madrid. His work explores memory and post-conflict reconstruction in contemporary societies. 
Manuel’s work is exemplified by the difficult task of negotiating highly complex and fragile social relations formed in the aftermath of trauma. He has used documentary filmmaking as a tool through which to bring people together: creating meeting points for war victims, survivors, activists, and scientists.

Correa has an MA in Research Architecture from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He was part of the Forensic Architecture project. He is currently an Afield Transitional Justice Fellow. 

His works have been presented in venues such as the Spanish Pavillion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, Kunsthaus Graz, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Museo Tamayo in Mexico, Presentation House Gallery in Canada, MediaLab Matadero, The Medellín Museum of Modern Art, The 8th Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos in Chile, e-flux Architecture, DOK Leipzig international documentary film festival, amongst other spaces.


Education
2018 - 2019. Centre for Research Architecture. Goldsmiths College, University of London. UK.
2011 - 2015. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver.


Academic
2021. Lecturer, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia


Exhibitions (Selected)
2024. 24/7, Kunsthaus Graz. Austria
2024.  (As part of OID) Atlas de la Desaparición. MediaLab Matadero. Madrid
2023. Lo Que nos Queda Por Hablar. Museo de la Memoria y los DDHH. Santiago de Chile
2023. Spanish Pavilion at Biennale Architettura. Venice
2023. Huellas de la Desaparición (as part of Forensic Architecture). Museo la Tertulia. Cali
2022. Forensic Architecture (as part of Forensic Architecture). Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Copenhagen
2021. Huellas de Desaparición (as part of Forensic Architecture). Museo Miguel Ángel Urrutia. Bogotá
2020. Esa Historia no es la Historia. Espacio Odeón. Bogotá, Colombia
2020. God in Reverse: When Wisdom Defies Capture. Richmond Art Gallery, Canada
2019. Artecámara. ArtBo. Bogotá, Colombia
2018. Fake Art. Fake Museum. Fake You. (Curated by Gerd Elise Morland) Norsk Nasjonal Museet. Oslo, Norway
2017. II Coloquio Latinoamericano de Arte No-Objetual. Museo de Arte Moderno De Medellín. (Curated by Sofía Hernandez Chong Cuy). Colombia
2017. This is the Sea. Art Montecarlo Special Projects. (Curated by Mohammad Salemy). Monaco
2015-16. 8th Norwegian Sculpture Biennial. (Curated by Anne Szefer Karlsen) Vigeland Museet, Oslo, Norway
2015. For Machine Use Only (Curated by Mohammad Salemy). Schneiderei Gallery. Vienna, Austria
2015. Quoting the Quotidian. WAAP. Vancouver, Canada
2014. INDEX. Gallery 295. Vancouver
2010. Salón Regional De Artes (Antioquia). Medellín


Screenings (Selected)
2024. Écrans Urbains. Lausanne. Switzerland
2024.  El Futuro del Pasado. Cineteca Mardid. Spain
2023. Bogoshorts. Bogotá. Colombia
2023. Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival. Netherlands
2023. Effigies. TEA. Tenerife. Spain
2022. Postcarbon Timelines. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Madrid. Spain
2021. Utopías de la Proximidad. MAM Medellín. Colombia
2021. Arqueología de la Desaparición. CAR. Madrid. Spain
2021. Lo Mejor de Colombia Viva. BIFF. Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Santa Marta. Colombia
2019. Bogotá International Film Festival. Bogotá. Colombia
2019. Cinematik International Film Festival. Piestany. Slovakia
2018. New Politics of Labour. Medellín. Colombia
2018. DOK Leipzig International Film Festival (Next Masters Golden Dove Nomination). Leipzig. Germany
2016. Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthal. Arendal. Norway
2016. Museo Tamayo. Mexico City. Mexico
2016. Lo Schermo dell'Arte Film Festival. Florence. Italy
2016. Palazzo Grassi. Venice. Italy
2016. Il cinema del carbone. Mantova. Italy
2016. Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín. Colombia
2016. A4 Centre for Contemporary Culture. Bratislava. Slovakia
2016. TranzitDisplay Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic
2016. Kunstnernes Hus. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Norway
2016. International Film Festival Rotterdam. Netherlands
2016. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. Rotterdam. Netherlands
2015. Bergen International Film Festival. Bergen. Norway
2015. Kabuso Kunsthal. Øystese. Norway


Conferences, Talks
2024. DOCU/Days Ukraine War Archive + Docu/Synthesis Lab. Mentor.
2024. Oblivion and Impunity: Anamnestic Justice and the Construction of a Common Past. The Ecologies of Peace II. TBA 21. Córdoba, Spain
2024. Cultural Heritage Resilience and Censorship. King's College. London
2024. CRA Round Table: Foodscapes. Goldsmiths College. London
2023. Methodological Exchanges: Urbanism and Dictatorship under the Franco Regime. RCA, London
2023. Journalism and OSINT for Human Rights and the Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes. Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Complutense. Madrid, Spain
2021. Utopías de Proximidad. Conversación con Oswaldo Osorio. Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
2020. Online: Sala de Estar. With Rafael Ortega. Museo Amparo. Puebla, Mexico
2020. Online: Unearthing Monuments and the Construction of History. With Dima Srouji and Marina Otero Verzier. e-flux Architecture / Het Nieuwe Instituut. Netherlands
2020. Online: Los Límites de la Evidencia. Abrazando la Ficción. Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
2020. Online: The Missing Circle (Conversation with Pavel Aguilar). Kadist/Museo Amparo. Puebla, Mexico
2019. Interlocutories Symposium. Spike Berlin. Germany
2019. NYU Madrid, Politics of Memory (Invited by Allen Feldman). Spain
2018. The Missing Circle. Kadist Art Foundation (Curated by Magalí Arriola). Merida, Mexico
2016. Bots. Bodies. Beasts. Studium Generale Rietveld Academy. Netherlands
2016. Our Digital Selves. Kunsternes Hus. Oslo, Norway
2015. Speaking off it. Field Contemporary. Vancouver, Canada


Residencies
2024. Afield Transitional Justice Fellowship
2023. Berlinale Talents, DocStation. Berlin, Germany
2023. Laboratorio y Foro de Coproducción. Ventana CineMad. Madrid, Spain
2022. MediaLab Matadero. Research residency. Madrid, Spain
2018. CAR Madrid. Centro de Acercamiento a lo Rural. Madrid, Spain


Collections
Kadist Arts Foundation 
Norsk NasjonalMuseet


Bibliography (selected)
2022. Capturar la Vida Mientras Sucede, La búsqueda de Manuel Correa. El Espectador. Print
2020. Manuel Correa Reckons Violence and Memory. Interview by Jenna Sauers, Cultured Magazine. USA
2020. DesistFilm. Interview by Tomáš Hudák. Online
2018. DOK Leipzig International Film Festival Catalogue
2016. Vancouver At The Movies. Canadian Art Magazine, By Aaron Peck. Canada
2015. A Democratic Project. Interviewed by Erlend Hammer. Kunstrikikk.no
2015. Bergen International Film Festival Catalogue
2015. Kunsten Tilhører Dem Som Ser Den. 8th Norwegian Sculpture Biennial Catalog
2014. Aint-Bad Editions. Issue No.9


Text
2019. Politics of Math in the Age of Post-Truth, an interview with Fernando Zalamea. &&& Journal.
2016. Embracing the Digital. Manuel Correa interviews Benjamin Woodard for #Artoffline. &&& Journal.
2016. Nowhere, Today. Terremoto Journal. (Edited by Natalia Valencia). Mexico City
2016. Talbot’s Dream. For Machine Use Only (Contemplations on Algorithmic Epistemology). &&& Publishing in association with Gwangju Biennale.
2015. The Philosophical Origins of Digitality. Manuel Correa interviews Alexander R. Galloway for #Artoffline. &&& Journal.
2015. Harun Farocki: On the Documentary. e-flux conversations: Day 5. Online component of Venice Biennale Super Community.


Films
2023. Agente Biológico (Co-directed by Marina Otero Verzier). 24'
2023. Peñoncito. 30'
2020. Cuatrocientas Tumbas Inquietas. 23'
2020. No Sabía que Había Muerto. 4'
2018. La Forma del Presente. 75'
2015. #ArtOffline. 65'
2018 - Ongoing. Atlas de la Desaparición (In production).





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