Artist Profile

Clemente Castor

Clemente Castor B_N

He received a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) of Mexico to study at the Sarajevo Film Academy in Bosnia Herzegovina, founded by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. He studied Latin American literature at the Iberoamericana University (UIA, in Spanish). Also, he participated in the Mantarraya film workshop, in Mexico City. He is currently studying for a master’s degree in contemporary art at SOMA, Mexico. He is co-founder of the distribution and production company Salón de Belleza. His feature film “Prince of Peace” received the award for best Mexican movie at FICUNAM and had its International premiere at FidMarseille where it obtained a special mention in the international competition and a special mention from the Centre National des Artes Plastiques (CNAP). As well presented at the Lincoln Center in NY as part of the Neighboring Scenes 2020 program. It was also an official competition at festivals like Viennale, Mar del Plata Film Festival, Márgenes, etc. He has directed several short films, which have participated in several national and international film festivals. Also, he works as a contemporary artist and has presented his installations in some independent spaces and in contemporary art museums like Biquini Wax EPS, Queretaro Contemporary Art Museum, Zapopan Art Museum, Baxter St, NY, Queens L.A., Soma, and others.

Featured Work

Ghost Animal

México, 2020, Color, 16min

A machine that contains a ghost. From two eyes to one eye. The same four limbs. The artificial body. The appearance of things, their incandescence. The light on the screen feels more alive than ever. The satellite guides me.

Through a transmutation exercise, a human in old age performs a ritual that allows him to deposit his essence in the body of a drone. In the gaze of the machine, a new illusion is reconfigured.