Imperio / How it’s going
2024, digital art installation with analog television, variable dimensions.
Many of his pieces are intertwined by using moving elements that bounce from one point to another, hitting the edges of the frames. The point represents a unit, a focus point that attracts our attention.
In these pieces, points covering different areas of space are joined by invisible lines. The works take on another dimension due to the presence of several moving points.
The use of analog TVs is tied to José Wolff and their emotional significance in his personal and artistic development, as he grew up watching them.
When he graduated from his digital art studies in 1998, his digital art pieces were in analog TV format. It wasn’t until the mid-2000s that HDTV became more widely available.
In Imperio / How It’s Going, he returns to analog TV. After an invitation to participate in a group sample dealing with the theme of everyday life, José Wolff was drawn to creating a work of points due to their contemplative nature. Only this time he did it while reflecting on the events of 2024 –the images of genocide, flames, destruction, and death that flooded his social media. Feeling the intensity of the flames, he recalled the illusion of the veil in The Emperor’s New Clothes, envisioning an empire engulfed in fire—much like the contrast in the meme “How it started / How it’s going.” Inspired by this, he created this artwork, which also connects to his beginnings, where a simple, white, smooth point (“how it started”) moved back and forth. The result was a burning, flaming point (“how it’s going”).
Guatemala, 1975.
Multi-disciplinary artist.
Has participated in solo and group exhibitions in spaces such as the Extra Gallery and the Spain Culture Center in Guatemala.
Has worked with audiovisual materials for MTV Latin America and the Miami Locomotion channel. Has produced videoclips for Miranda!, Plastilina Mosh, and Gaby Moreno, among others.
