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BIOGRAPHY Sergio Calderón (born May 22, 1978) is a Spanish artist, writer and musician. Sergio has been interested in writing since his school years, winning some awards with his first experimental short stories, and at the same time he has been experimenting with sound to create narrative non-musical compositions. By the late 1990s, Sergio became involved with visual arts, film and photography. From then on he has dedicated himself to creating film cycles and artwork cycles around narrative ideas that sometimes combine different mediums to create complete works, or from fragmentary experience, complete dream. Sergio has been releasing his projects via books and films and exhibiting his work in art galleries and museums internationally, such as Barbican London, CCCB Barcelona, Centre Pompidou Paris, Intelligentsia Gallery 智先画廊 Beijing and Gazelli Art House London. Sergio has released some of his writing in combination with his artworks. In his last book, CHOSEN LORDS, he collaborated with Céli Lee in a collection of writings and drawings. He has written two novels, the latest one is: On Silence, A Tale of Autumn. Musically, he released his first album EP2 under the alias of HUH? in 2004 and since then he has composed the soundtrack of most of his films. In 2015, Sergio formed the band MU with Céli Lee. Over the following three years, they explored different genres and recording techniques and released four instrumental albums. They did two tours in Japan and shows in Europe, London, and China in 2016 and 2017. They also made the soundtracks for some of their films and installations, of which were performed as live shows. MU hasn't been active since 2018 but the duo continued to record together as Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee and released their first album “The Eternal Dice” in June 2020. Their latest EP “The Beginnings (Part I.)” was released in December 2022. In 2015 Sergio established ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE with the artist Céli Lee, a laboratory where they release their projects. Sergio Calderón's book publications have been sold in stores worldwide and his work has been featured in press and magazines internationally such as: Artnet, Wall Street International, FT, Timeout, Artforum, Artsy, artinasia, ARTnews, Aesthetica Magazine, The Creators Project, Design Week, VICE Magazine, IdN Magazine, It’s Nice That, African Paper, A Closer Listen, The Attic, Aural Aggravation, Dublab, The Beijinger and Tokyo Gig Guide. |
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EXHIBITIONS Apr 12 – Jun 15 2023, DARKROOMS I-XXXIII Works and Music by Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee, ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE, London, UK Aug 18 – Sep 10 2022, LAST SPACE REMAINING / Chapter 0 Works and Words by Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee, ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE, London, UK Sep 24 2017, EVENT No.2 EVENT No.2 performed live by 無 + Screening of filmworks by Sergio Calderón - 金沢アートグミ, Kanazawa, Japan May 19 2017, EVENT No.2 EVENT No.2 performed live by 無, Màgia Roja, Barcelona, Spain Oct 5 2016, L'Impossible L'Impossible performed live by 無 + Screening of LUCILE, a film by Sergio Calderón, Club Doctor, Tokyo, Japan Mar 15 2016, CHIMERAS CHIMERAS performed live by 無 + Screening of STEREO, fRUITYSPACE, Beijing, China Sep 27 – Nov 24 2015, The Long Way Around The Approach, Group show at Gazelli Art House. London, UK Aug 23 – Sep 30 2015, STEREO Group show, 'Not a State, But an Artists' Colony' at Intelligentsia Gallery 智先画廊. Beijing, China Jul 3 – 14 Sep 2014, Gravity 'Energy Flow', Digital Revolution, Group show at Barbican. London, UK 13 Sep 2014, The Unlimited Dream Company 'The Unlimited Dream Company', Installation, Screening, Talk, Trendelenburg Festival, Oviedo, Spain Sep 27 – Nov 24 2013, LAST SPACE REMAINING / A. Gazelli Art House. London, UK Sep 14 – Oct 28 2012, Story Of You And Me Let There Be Light, Group show at Gazelli Art House. London, UK Mar 14 2012, EVENT No.2 Nouveau festival, Pompidou Centre, Paris, France Nov 30 – Dec 12 2004, Melanoma BAC! 04 La piel, V International Festival of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, Spain |
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DISCOGRAPHY 2023 – Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee, A Journal of Transform 2022 – Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee, The Beginnings (Part I.) 2021 – Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee, Iron String 2020 – Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee, The Eternal Dice 2018 – MU, 變形記 A Journal of Transform 2016 – MU, L'IMPOSSIBLE [notebooks 2 & 3] 2016 – MU, L'IMPOSSIBLE [notebook 1] 2016 – MU, STEREO 2004 – HUH?, EP2 |
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FILMOGRAPHY 2023 – DARKROOMS I-XXXIII 2022 – DARKROOMS (FIVE) 2022 – We Entered Enchanted Rooms and Illuminated the Dark with Our Fingertips 2022 – DARKROOMS (TWO) 2022 – DARKROOMS (ONE) 2022 – Night Breath On The Beach 2020 – There's More to Be Found 2017 – EVENT No.3 2017 – EVENT No.2 2016 – [Notebook 1] 2016 – LUCILE 2016 – CHIMERAS 2015 – STRANGELOVE 2015 – Impossible Yes 2014 – Raúl Ruiz 2010 – EVENT No.1 2009 – Twenty Six Seconds Of Nothing 2009 – EVENT No.5 2008 – Forty Three Seconds Of Happiness, And Two Seconds of Darkness 2008 – (Intentionally) Missing 2008 – I Don't Remember 2008 – New Search |
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PUBLICATIONS 2023 — CHOSEN LORDS Book of drawings and writings by Sergio Calderón & Céli published by ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE. Ltd. Edition of 96. The book contains writings by Sergio Calderón 2021 — IRON STRING Book with CD by Sergio Calderón & Céli published by ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE. Ltd. Edition of 117. The book contains writings and poems by Sergio Calderón 2017 — QUERENCIA Photobook published by ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE. Ltd. Edition of 96, signed and hand numbered by the artist 2016 — LUCILE Photobook published by ENTERTAINING VIOLENCE. Ltd. Edition of 200, signed and hand numbered by the artist 2015 — A New Tradition Book published by Gazelli Art House showcasing an array of works by artists that have exhibited within the gallery’s programme since it’s London debut in 2010. Includes showcase by Sergio Calderon 2012 — Let There Be Light Book published by Gazelli Art House to accompanie the group exhibition, Let There Be Light, including works by Sergio Calderon 2004 — BAC! 04 La piel Book published by CCCB to accompanie the V International Festival of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, including works by Sergio Calderon |
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BROADCAST May 19 2017, Dublab Sergio Calderón & Celi Lee, Interview / L'Impossible, Sergio Calderón & Celi Lee - Improvisation (Excerpt), The Cosmic Rider, Dublab, Barcelona, Spain |
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SCREENINGS Sep 24 2017, Filmworks by Sergio Calderón Screening of filmworks by Sergio Calderón - 金沢アートグミ, Kanazawa, Japan Oct 5 2016, LUCILE Club Doctor, Tokyo, Japan Sep 22 2016, STRANGELOVE MUTOSCOPIO Film Festival, 3rd Edition, International Selection, Puebla, Mexico Mar 15 2016, STEREO fRUITYSPACE, Beijing, China 13 Sep 2014, The Unlimited Dream Company 'The Unlimited Dream Company', Installation, Screening, Talk, Trendelenburg Festival, Oviedo, Spain Sep 27 2010, Ashes in the Snow Short & Sweet, London, UK |
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SELECTED ARTICLES AND PRESS "SERGIO CALDERÓN / CÉLI LEE: The Beginnings (Part I.)", Album Review, African Paper, 22 April 2023 "SERGIO CALDERÓN / CÉLI LEE: The Eternal Dice", Album Review, African Paper, 20 October 2020 "No Seasons", Artworks Feature, Under The Influence magazine, Issue 10, Spring Summer 2012 Christopher Nosnibor, "無 (MU) – STEREO", Album Review, Aural Aggravation, 21 June 2016 Emily Gosling, "Last Space Remaining", Feature, Design Week, Issue September 2013 Kathleen Flood, "User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Sergio Calderón", Interview, VICE / The Creators Project, 23 May 2012 "Mountains / Story of You and Me", Feature, Artworks, Traum Noir, Issue #2, 2010 "Sergio Calderón: Last Space Remaining", Art / Installation, Time Out Magazine, 23 September 2013 Sarah Rayner, "Last Space Remaining at Gazelli Art House", Exhibition Review, The Upcoming, 28 September 2016 "Sergio Calderón: Last Space Remaining", Exhibition, New Exhibitions, September 2013 "Sergio Calderón: Last Space Remaining", Exhibition, All In London, September 2013 "The Approach", Exhibition, Art Rabbit, September 2015 Theodora Sutton, "Gravity by Sergio Calderón and FIELD", Interview, Alpha-ville, Pick of the Week #85, 20 March 2013 Nicola Orlandino, "Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee – Iron String EP", Feature, SonOfMarketing, 17 April 2021 Rob Alderson, "Sergio Calderón and Céli Lee's under-water inspired film is exquisite", Article, It's Nice That, 24 January 2013 Priscilla Chan, "Sergio Calderón — EVENT No.3 Trailer", Feature, On Air, IdN Magazine, November 2017 John Gow, "Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee: There’s More To Be Found", Article, Live Eye Tv, 18 August 2020 Abdullah Saeed, "Sergio Calderón: Visuals for Attila Csihar and Stephen O’Malley", Featured Works, Week 42, VICE / The Creators Project, 10 May 2012 "CÉLI LEE / MU: A Journal of Transform", Album Review, African Paper, 8 December 2018 Béatrice Romand, "The Eternal Dice", Album Review, AllMusic, 21 July 2020 "Calderón Calderon & Recycle Art Group", Article, Wall Street International, 28 August 2013 "Not a State, But an Artists' Colony", Feature, Artforum, September 2015 Michelle Lhooq, "London-based creative agency The Ultimate Dream Company discuss their magical, modern fantasy", Interview, VICE, 15 May 2013 Hannah Foster, "Review of Let There Be Light, Gazelli Art House, London", Exhibition Review, Aesthetica Magazine, 25 September 2012 John Gow, "Sergio Calderón & Céli Lee Release “Iron String” EP with Art Book Via Entertaining Violence", Article, Live Eye Tv, 12 April 2021 "Let There Be Light", Article, Wall Street International, 19 August 2012 The Cosmic Rider, "Sergio Calderón & Celi Lee", Interview, Radio, Dublab, 19 May 2017 "MIYANISHI KEIZO THE HUNDRED DEVILS / KUROPIPE / 無(MU)", Feature, Tokyo Gig Guide, 5 October 2016 "Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental / The Outer Limits", Feature, Closer Listen, 6 September 2018 Will Griffith, "MU at fRUITYSPACE", Article, The Beijinger, 14 April 2016 Josh Feola, "Weekly Update: Sour Soup", Article, pangbianr, 14 April 2016 RSNY, "Sergio Calderón: Showreel 2012", Feature, Design Collector, 13 January 2012 John Gow, "無(MU) to Release Multi-Media Project 變形記 A Journal of Transform via Entertaining Violence", Article, Live Eye Tv, 15 August 2018 Pablo Antón Marín Estrada, "Arte tras los muros de la antigua cárcel", Article, El Comercio, 14 September 2014 "The Unlimited Dream Company", Article, Europa Press, 12 September 2014 "Gazelli Art House", Artwork, Artforum, Artguide Dragoș Rusu, "變形記 - A Journal of Transform", Article, The Attic Magazine, 6 March 2019 Masafumi Inaba, Interview, Art Glossary, 16 February 2012 Patricia J. Friedrich, "Sergio Calderón: The Space Between", Feature, artpjf, 1 March 2012 |
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