I'm
Juan Pablo García Sossa.
I come from Bogotá
and live in Berlin.
I’m a Designer, Researcher and Artist fascinated by the clash between emerging technologies and popular culture in tropical areas.
My practice explores how emerging technologies are remixed and reappropriated in tropical areas and develop alternate understandings and systems.
I research and develop future and alternate realities with real and semi fictional organizations in a wide range of media such as graphics, interfaces, web, installation, and other visual experiments.
I explore ways of sensibilization through narrative experiences of interaction
— and envision tropical futures.
Member of S A V V Y Contemporary – The Laboratory of Form-Ideas Design Department
2020 Rapid Response for a Better Digital Future Fellow
at EYEBEAM.
I studied Design at Universidad de Los Andes Bogotá and Visual Communication (BA—MA) at the University of The Arts UdK Berlin.
Working together ?
Drop me a line at hola@puntojpgs.com
Education
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MA Visual Communication | New Media
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS UDK BERLIN
MA Project with Joachim Sauter | Alberto de Campo | Alexander Müller-Rakow
Digital Class | Joachim Sauter
Class Ai Weiwei
Berlin, Germany
2015—2017
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BA Visual Communication
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS UDK BERLIN
BA Project with Joachim Sauter | David Skopec | Alexander Müller-Rakow
Digital Class | Joachim Sauter
Info Class | David Skopec
Berlin, Germany
2013—2015
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Design
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
5 Semester Design Student
Bogotá, Colombia
2010—2012
Mentions & Residencies
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Supporting Fellow at EYEBEAM Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ)
Phase 2
2020
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EYEBEAM | Rapid Response for A Better Digital Future
Phase 2
2020
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EYEBEAM | Rapid Response for A Better Digital Future
Phase 1
2020
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FAST COMPANY’S INNOVATION BY DESIGN AWARD FINALIST
The TOUCH Technology | Finalist at the Student Category
2015
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GERMAN MULTIMEDIA PRICE MB21
The TOUCH Technology | Winner at the Media Art Category
2015
Exhibitions
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PREGON(IA)R
Solo Show & Interactive Installation
Espacio El Dorado
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
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HERENCIA FUTURA —> EL NUEVO NORMAL | HABANERO INSTITUTE
Direction, Museography & Curation
ARTBO | Chamber of Commerce Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
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THE GLASS ROOM BOGOTÁ
Direction, Management & Curation
Estación Terrena
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
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SACUDIR LA TIERRA
Solo Show with Daniela Medina Poch
Valenzuela Klenner Galería
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
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SÒNAR BOGOTÁ 2018
Campos de Atracción
Bogotá, Colombia
2018
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ARTECÁMARA | ARTBO
Por Medio del Medio
Bogotá, Colombia
2018
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BEYOND THE DÖNER
New transnational dishes for Berlin
CLB Berlin
Berlin, Germany
2018
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ARTTEC FESTIVAL - Festival for Arts and Technology
Shades of Rose
Bogotá, Colombia
2017
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STANDARD INTERNATIONAL #4 SPATIAL CLEARINGS
Me, Myself and The Otherself
GLINT | loop – raum für aktuelle kunst
Berlin, Germany
2017
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Omnium Gatherum of Journeys | Class Ai Weiwei Exhibition & Publication
Me, Myself and The Otherself (Installation + Research Publication)
University of The Arts UdK Berlin
Berlin, Germany
2017
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EXTENSIONS OF PERCEPTION - Transmediale Vorspiel
Shades of Rose
designtransfer
Berlin, Germany
2017
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APPLIED FUTURE
Grids & Lines
Berlin, Germany
2015
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ARTTEC FESTIVAL - Festival for Arts and Technology
The TOUCH Technology
Bogotá, Colombia
2015
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DEUTSCHE WELLE - Arts.21 The Cultural Magazine
The TOUCH Technology (Interview)
Berlin, Germany
2014
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MUTATIS MUTANDIS - International Exhibition | Posters about Technology
Vía Libre
La Tecnología Touch
Bogotá, Colombia
2013
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ANDANDO - BEST FROM UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Talento de Impresión
LaGuía
The Runaways
Bogotá, Colombia
2012
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ANDANDO - BEST FROM UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Deportivo Peatones Vs. Obreros FC
Bogotá, Colombia
2011
Career
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S A V V Y Contemporary–The Laboratory of Form-Ideas
Design Department
Berlin, Germany
2019—
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Estación Terrena
Direction and Creative Lead
Bogotá, Colombia
2019—
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FELD | Studio for Digital Crafts
Conception, Graphics, Development and Interaction
Bogotá, Colombia
2015—2017
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Design Research Lab
Student Worker for Skintimacy, Neighborhood Labs, Closer, and NurMut Research Projects
Berlin, Germany
2013—2016
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Wiring Challenges
Team Member and Workshop Instructor for the Wiring Language and Boards
2012—
Workshops & Talks
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Real Magicalism: Applied Semi-Fiction to Colombian visions & Worlds
Speculative Futures Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia
2020
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COMING COMMONS, The Art of digital Reappropriation and Redistribution
Discussion with Station of Commons and Nora Sternfeld
Manifesta13
Marseille, France | Hamburg, Germany
2020
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Habanero Institute: Creation as Research
For Class of Leonardo Parra
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
2020
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Real Magicalism: Critical Speculative Design in Colombia, the land of magical realism
Visions from Latin America. A cross-cultural dialogue for uncertain futures
School of Critical Design
London, UK
2020
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COLONIAL POWERS AND OTHER FORMS OF DESIGN
With Elsa Westreicher
Symposium Panel
Weltformat Graphic Design Festival
Lucerne, Switzerland
2020
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Technologies in the tropics and future envisioning
Talk at Spinning Triangles: Ignition of a School of Design
S A V V Y Contemporary–The Laboratory of Form-Ideas
Berlin, Germany
2019
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New Encounters with Transquotidian
With Daniela Medina Poch
Plataforma Canibal
Barranquilla, Colombia
2019
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PECHA KUCHA CAMPUS | Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften
Tropical Virus | A Toolbox For Disruption Talk for the Long Night of the Sciences
TU Berlin | UdK Berlin
Berlin, Germany
2016
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DGTF TAGUNG | Reassembling Relationships: People, Systems, Things
Little Scapes | Workshop for the German Society for Design Theory and Research
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
2015
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DESIGN & EMOTION |
The Colors of Care
Skintimacy - Touch as Digital Interface Workshop for the 9. Design & Emotion Conference | The Colors of Care
Universidad de los Andes | Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
2015
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DGTF TAGUNG | Die Politik der Makers
Skintimacy - Touch as Digital Interface Workshop for the German Society for Design Theory and Research
HFBK Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
2013
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UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Skintimacy - From the Screen to the Skin Workshop for Universidad de los Andes
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
2013
Exhibitions
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RAUPENIMMERSATTISM.
The Affluent Society as Consumed Society or The Myth of Endless Production and Consumption
With Daniela Medina Poch
Papel Soberano
SAVVY Contemporary The Laboratory of Form-Ideas
Berlin, Germany
2020
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Practicing Sovereignty — Means of Digital Involvement
GeoFilters
Weizenbaum Institut
Berlin, Germany
2020
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PREGON(IA)R
Solo Show & Interactive Installation
Espacio El Dorado
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
-
HERENCIA FUTURA —> EL NUEVO NORMAL | HABANERO INSTITUTE
Direction, Museography & Curation
ARTBO | Chamber of Commerce Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
-
THE GLASS ROOM BOGOTÁ
Direction, Management & Curation
Estación Terrena
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
-
SACUDIR LA TIERRA
Solo Show with Daniela Medina Poch
Valenzuela Klenner Galería
Bogotá, Colombia
2019
-
SÒNAR BOGOTÁ 2018
Campos de Atracción
Bogotá, Colombia
2018
-
ARTECÁMARA | ARTBO
Por Medio del Medio
Bogotá, Colombia
2018
-
BEYOND THE DÖNER
New transnational dishes for Berlin
CLB Berlin
Berlin, Germany
2018
-
ARTTEC FESTIVAL - Festival for Arts and Technology
Shades of Rose
Bogotá, Colombia
2017
-
STANDARD INTERNATIONAL #4 SPATIAL CLEARINGS
Me, Myself and The Otherself
GLINT | loop – raum für aktuelle kunst
Berlin, Germany
2017
-
Omnium Gatherum of Journeys | Class Ai Weiwei Exhibition & Publication
Me, Myself and The Otherself (Installation + Research Publication)
University of The Arts UdK Berlin
Berlin, Germany
2017
-
EXTENSIONS OF PERCEPTION - Transmediale Vorspiel
Shades of Rose
designtransfer
Berlin, Germany
2017
-
APPLIED FUTURE
Grids & Lines
Berlin, Germany
2015
-
ARTTEC FESTIVAL - Festival for Arts and Technology
The TOUCH Technology
Bogotá, Colombia
2015
-
DEUTSCHE WELLE - Arts.21 The Cultural Magazine
The TOUCH Technology (Interview)
Berlin, Germany
2014
-
MUTATIS MUTANDIS - International Exhibition | Posters about Technology
Vía Libre
La Tecnología Touch
Bogotá, Colombia
2013
-
ANDANDO - BEST FROM UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Talento de Impresión
LaGuía
The Runaways
Bogotá, Colombia
2012
-
ANDANDO - BEST FROM UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Deportivo Peatones Vs. Obreros FC
Bogotá, Colombia
2011