Gabriel Del Favero (1980, Rome, Italy), visual artist, working in the field of video and installation.
Uses both the language of the documentary as fiction to build stories that cover issues such as the legacy of the Cold War in space exploration, land and depletion of the discoveries or architecture in extreme areas.
Where are we going? and why?, are questions that often appear in the work of Gabriel Del Favero. This is because the videos (their main source of production) speculation is placed the future, science fiction and fiction ceased to be in the center of the narrative. Use both the language of the documentary as fiction to build stories that cover issues such as the legacy of the Cold War in space exploration, land and depletion of the discoveries or architecture in extreme areas.
He studied visual arts at the Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago de Chile and a minor in film theory at the Catholic University of Chile. The year 2012 Juan Downey received the award in the context of the Biennial of Video and New Media.
He did a residency at Hangar AAVC Foundation, Barcelona, Spain (2012) and one in Antarctica as part of the project to the National Council of Culture and Arts. Lives and works in Chile.