Rafael Abreu Canedo

Bio

Rafael Abreu Canedo was born in Brasil and came to the United States in 1994. Through the use of photography, video, installation, and performance, Rafael explores issues of social behavior, power relations, and identity, with focus on the body. He has exhibited and taught throughout the US over the last 7 years. In this time, Rafael has worked with organizations such as New Langton Arts, Sprout Fund, M.T.V.'s Rock the Vote, No More Prisons, Books Not Bombs, the MOVE Organization, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Oakland Unified School District, and countless artists, developing a commitment to communication through the arts; changing the future by working for a better today.

For more information on Rafael Abreu Canedo, please visit http://rafcanedo.info.

Statement

Time: A dimension that enables two identical events and/or actions occurring at the same point in space to be distinguished, measured by the interval between the events/actions (quantified betweeness).

Work: The time a person spends carrying-out an action.

Worker: A person who acts. One who does manual labor (manual relates to, done with or involving hands).

Labor: Effort of performing a task.

Machine: Arrangement of moving and stationary resources used for production.

Capital: Resources considered in terms of their contribution to an economy.

Economy: An orderly, functional arrangement of parts.

Is your position solely defined by these terms?