LandEscape Art Review // Special Issue | Page 9

Ivan Juarez
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW spaces . From the beginning I have never conceived architecture just as a specialization , but as a wider vision of understanding and questioning the environment that surrounds us , in which every project can enrich itself through diverse views . For me , architecture and landscape architecture are disciplines that provide experiential approaches through spaces and places , by incorporating the notion of natural surroundings and emphasizing the specific qualities and characteristics of the site . In this perspective , my main field of interest lies on the relationship of architecture with different disciplines and how this connection can be a medium to create new readings that establish new dialogues between art , nature , city and society . I benefit from these current achievements by using the approach and experience that I have acquired so far by contributing with my vision , exploring new dialogues and reflective thinking , through a wide variety of works and media
You are a versatile artist and your pratice includes a wide variety of media , the kaledoiscopic nature of your practice shows an organic synergy between a variety of expressive capabilities . Before starting to elaborate about your production , we would suggest to our readers to visit http :// www . x-studio . tv in order to get a synoptic view of your multifaceted artistic production : while walking our readers through your process , we would like to ask you if you have you ever happened to realize that such multidisciplinary approach is the only way to express and convey the idea you explore .
My intention is to explore different possibilities of thinking and site approaching . I intend to translate the sensory experience of the environment into a series of artistic dialogues , through a variety of ways of expression , such as siteinstallations , body-architectures , mappings , drawings , sculptures , micro architectures , urban acupunctures , photographs or writings . A series of projects conceived them in reason and function of its physical context that could not be generated in other place than in the one of their conception and realization . In this way , the site specificity provides me with a significant source of information about the media , materials and concepts that I explore , and through them , I intend to sensitize on cultural