Andrew Roberts (b. 1995, Tijuana) has built his practice across gameplay, roleplay and worldbuilding, creating multi-platform narratives that materialize through digital animations, objects and poetry. Mining the history of monsters and the material dimension of horror, he is primarily concerned with representation systems, death as a form of labor and the haunting relationship between Mexico and the United States of America.
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Protean Silicone Matter2023
Protean Silicone Matter
Pequod Co., Art Basel Miami Beach
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Haunted Silicone Matter
Pequod Co., Art Basel Miami Beach
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Tank2023
Tank
Pequod Co., Mexico City
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Necromancer2022
Necromancer (Vanitas)
House of Chappaz, Barcelona
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Necromancer (Mining Mana)
House of Chappaz, Valencia
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A hourse on fire is a ghost, a factory on fire is a specter2022
A house on fire is a ghost, a factory on fire is a specter
Best Practice, San Diego
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The Harvest2021
The Harvest (Pilot Episode)
Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz
Delaplane, San Francisco
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The Harvest
Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz
Delaplane, San Francisco
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La Horda (The Horde)
Pequod Co., Mexico City
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CARGO
Pequod Co., Mexico City
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Undead
Pequod Co., Mexico City
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Isla, dinos tu nombre (Island, tell us your name)2019
Isla, dinos tu nombre
Roca, Isla, Glaciar, Museo Jumex, Mexico City
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Towards Electromateriality2018
Towards Electromateriality
Ficción y tiempo, Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco
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Towards Electromateriality
Ficción y tiempo, Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco
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Sunrise Corporation2017
Brief History of the Sun
Centro Cultural Tijuana
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The Complex
Centro Cultural Tijuana
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Sunrise Corporation Headquarters
Centro Cultural Tijuana
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Isla, dinos tu nombreMuseo Jumex, 2021
09/19/2021 — 01/09/2022
Isla, dinos tu nombre, 2019, installation view at Roca, Isla, Glaciar, Museo Jumex, 2021
Isla, dinos tu nombre, 2019, 4K CGI video, color, sound, 6:00 min.; automotive paint on 3D prints
In Isla, dinos tu nombre [Island, tell us your name] (2019), by Andrew Roberts, the archipelago of the Coronado Islands—formed by four islands in the Pacific Ocean near Baja California—is invoked to speak about its history of colonization, and exploitation. The voiceover to a digital animation reclaims the words of the archipelago’s conqueror, taking a political stance on the territorial oppression it has suffered as a product of its geographical location at the border with the United States. The Islands present themselves to the public by telling “the story of a humanity that before inhabiting, tries to conquer” and going on to de- scribe stories of murder, smuggling and slave trade, from their own self-awareness as eternals. The digital animation is composed from hundreds of photographs, as well as the artist’s childhood memories, and together they form the body of the islands.
Excerpt from text by Marielsa Castro for Roca, Isla, Glaciar.
Isla, dinos tu nombre, 2019, 4K CGI video, color, sound, 6:00 min.; automotive paint on 3D prints