Natalia Salazar
Specialty
Visual arts. Expanded cinema. Analog image.
Training
PhD student in Fine Arts at the University of Castilla La Mancha-Cuenca (UCLM)
Master in Visual Artistic Research and Practices from the University of Castilla La Mancha-Cuenca (UCLM)
Associate Degree in filmmaking Production. City College of San Francisco, California
Degree in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Career path
During her formative years in film production in San Francisco (United States), she was closely involved in the city's experimental-analogue film community, collaborating with institutions such as the San Francisco Cinematheque or ATA (Artist Television Access), where she presented a double live 16mm screening of her work. LandEscape.
Between 2018 and 2021 she was technical and production coordinator at Cineteca de Matadero Madrid, where she produced the three editions of RAYO, Festival of Expanded Visual Arts, with the presentation of shows by artists such as Pedro Maia, Bruce McLure, Pedro Costa or Rosa Barba, among many others.
Currently, she combines her work as a cultural manager with teaching duties, as well as with the development of her artistic practice.
Subjects and workshops
Bachelor's degree in Filmmaking
- Expanded Cinema
Research lines
(Im)materiality of analog images. Relationship between body/identity and the film medium in expanded cinema performances.
Other merits
Residency in La Gascona (Gascueña, Cuenca). Artistic residency in a rural setting, project directed by Marta Jarabo.
University of Castilla-La Mancha Scholarship: call for grants for undergraduate and master's students in projects of special relevance that participate in national and international contests, competitions or events.
Film/performance corpus #2. Cinema Hall of the Concert Hall in Cesis, Latvia. Presentation of the expanded cinema performance within the Spectral Ball Summer School programme.