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LandE scape

Raúl Moyado
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW born as a personal need to interpret the world and to create new ones .
Hello , first of all I want to thank LandEscape for its interest in my artwork and to give me the opportunity to share and speak about it in its publication .
I believe that the rural context in which I grew up had a great influence on my nature ´ s representation approach . I was born in Baja California but some years of my childhood I lived with my family in a mountain and forest area in a central state of the country .
During that time I did not have access to computer technologies . Fortunately , at that stage of my life I was able to experience life offline , the mystery of not having all the information instantly and everywhere ... something so inconceivable for the new generations .
I think the natural environment was important to be aware of the habitat around me , to develop my affinity for drawing and for all kinds of visual representation from that moment on .
Upon returning to Baja California and to a more urbanized environment , my creative perception already had enough cognitive tools to face the imminent digital transition . Video games stimulated my imagination to other directions . I think that all our array of experiences are somehow integrated to the own artistic creation ,
On the subject of my formal academic background : I believe that the influence of my professional training in both disciplines , art and technology , has an evident effect in my most recent work . Mobile Cyclorama seeks to extend and reconcile the aesthetic relationship of the plastic arts with digital platforms . One of my theoretical supports is through the history of panoramic painting and its relationship with virtual reality , these type of reflections are the product of linking my training in both disciplines , each one of them contributing from its own field to the subject in question .
The evolution and adaptation of my style are directly related to the different challenges that each