Fantástico Encarnado
three experimental short films 2015-18

Fantástico Encarnado is a series of experimental animation pieces, which explore forbidden memories, hidden fantasies and recurrent dreams that manifest in an odd way.
The pieces were created with different experimental techniques ranging from drawing scratching of oil on glass to animation of Chinese ink on light table.

Solo exhibitions:

2017, Fantástico Encarnado at Shauschtelle Gallery in Vienna, Austria.
2017, FE: an inventory of uncanny illusions at Asifakeil-Museum Quartier in Vienna, Austria.

Animated short film "V El Artificio" is a journey through subconscious fears, hidden fantasies and recurrent dreams manifesting in a strange way.

Official Selection:

2023, The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, A tribute to Mexican animation (in Annecy, France).
2019, The Ambulante Film Festival, “Injerto 2019. Optical Illusions” section (in Veracruz, Querétaro, Puebla, Coahuila, Jalisco, Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Mexico City, Mexico).
2018, The Havana Film Festival, Avant-garde section (in Havana, Cuba).
2018, CutOut Fest 10 – International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Experimental section (in Querétaro, Mexico).
2018, Animario – International Contemporary Animation Festival of Madrid (in Matadero Madrid, Spain).
2018, Anima Mundi - The International Animation Festival of Brazil, the competitive category Gallery (in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil).
2018, The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Perspectives Short Films section (in Annecy, France). 2018, Animasivo Nomada Oaxaca (in Oaxaca, Mexico).
2018, ABOPevent-Vol.IV (DIY Alternative Cinema). Open projector event for Subculture & Alternative Cinema at Static Age Record Store (in Asheville, USA).
2017, Animasivo - Mexico City Contemporary Animation Festival, National section (in Mexico City, Mexico).
2017, The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Mexican Short Film section (in Morelia, Mexico).

Animated short film "IV Impermanencia". The trace of disturbing memories within a circle where the horizon is lost, what was already seen and reappears without any sense. The tiny space where dreams become lively present. Nothing is permanent, the dreams are foam.

Official Selection:

2019, Dumbo International Film Festival, Experimental (in New York, USA).
2019, The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Mexican Short Film section (in Morelia, Mexico).
2019, The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), Short Films section (Premio Rigo Mora) (in Guadalajara, Mexico).

Animated short film "III In Animata" is inspired by a fragment of the novel “The devil’s elixirs”, where a saint from a painting comes to life after her painter goes mad with desire. The author of this novel ETA Hoffmann is considered the most important artist of German romantic literature, his work represents the feeling of “das unhemlich”, a term also named as the uncanny.

Official Selection:

2023, 19 Athens Digital Art Festival, Poetic-Narratives (in Athens, Greece).