Mettapana

Errant Typographies - after its exhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, landed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras at the Museo para la Identidad Nacional within the framework of the annual festival Modular | Electronic Music and Digital Art

Seeing people discover the installation was magical. The work, just like in Buenos Aires, had an incredible reception.

Recap of the installation at MIN, Tegucigalpa.

Thank you Tegucigalpa for the love and the desire to explore interactive art proposals with us ✨

A night with high-flying sounds with Anika Kunst, Black Lotus, and Eden Garcia 🎶🎧

About the work

Errant Typographies implements generative algorithmic rules, reacting to the environment with an organicity that reminds us of the biological processes of nature, what Mettapana calls biological algorithmic cells within the work.

This proposal offers a visual metaphor for the adaptability and resilience of language, human, and biological behavior. Particles group or disperse, showing how meanings can change according to context and interaction, but always tend to reorganize towards a habitual state, achieving a balance between the micro and the macro.

This work investigates typography thought of as layers in different depths: letter as a graphic symbol, ideogram, typographic design, cultural symbolism, and emotional connection.

Information

Mettapana works at the intersection of generative art, creative coding and musical composition; his work explores the dialogue between technology, sound and image as a contemplative practice.

Festivals & Residencies

Mettapana has left its mark on a wide range of festivals including MODULAR (HN) Domo Experience and MUTEK ARGENTINA/SPAIN. He has participated as Artist in Residence at MAB «La Maison André Breton» in France, and exhibited at Creative Code Festival in New York and BRIFW in Brazil. His presence has been recurrent in festivals and artistic residencies across Europe and America.

Artistic Vision

Inspired by the macro and micro universes of nature, his experiences invite immersion in diverse landscapes represented through live visuals of generative and interactive art. Technology is applied to performing arts, where visual compositions render in real-time, interacting audio-reactively with live instruments like bandoneon, piano, and modular synthesizers.

Background

Nicolás is a digital visual artist and musician with over 15 years of trajectory. Recognized as a cultural activist, he has worked in prominent spaces like Archibrazo in Buenos Aires and is the co-founder of Cultura Guacamaya in Tegucigalpa. METTAPANA is the project that reunites all these experiences, where sound design, programming, and visual creations coexist.

Musical Roots

Trained at the Leopoldo Marechal Conservatory and EMBA, he studied Recording Engineering and Music Production at Inartec. A self-taught bandoneon player since 2009, he has toured Europe and South America with groups like MIL ABRAZOS and BICICLETA TRÍO, and composed for dance-theater projects like 'Permiso para pisar un mundo' in Medellín.

Mettapana
Live Performance
Generative Art
Installation

Contact

mettapanasound@gmail.com

Km 5.5 cta a Valle de Ángeles, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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Code, Sound, and Image as a Contemplative Practice.