Contact:
Instagram: @artttuuuro
Vimeo: vimeo.com/arturomaciel
Email: arturo.macielf@gmail.com
Based in:
Asunción (Paraguay)
Bio:
Arturo was born in Asunción, Paraguay. His artistic practice navigates the intersections of fiction, performance, documentary, and experimental media. His work critically engages with and challenges heteronormative narratives through the intervention of archival materials. He created work with the mentorship of filmmakers and artists such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lucrecia Martel, Manuel Abramovich, and Paz Encina.
Context:
Arturo is a Chevening Scholar and a 2024 graduate of MA Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London where he got to know other KONTEKST members through the academic network.
KONTEKST:
2025: Arturo’s film How can we sleep when our beds are burning? was featured at the KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE.
PROJECTS:
How can we sleep when our beds are burning? (2024-ongoing)
video · 17:16 · UK · English & Spanish
A work-in-progress video essay-performance-documentary, based on the filmmaker’s exploration of queer histories of violence in Latin America and their representations in media, especially the recurring image of burning beds.
Screened at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE (Feb 2025)
Read more about the project and see the trailer here.