ocultar - disfrazar - disimular

One hides what you do not want it to be seen, one conceals the obvious, one disguises himself what he wants to be perceived as something other that what it is. To hide by silence, conceals actions, disguised by words. It is revealed by behaviour, or in the speech. Arguably dissimulation is a lie in action…

This 45-minute audiovisual concert transforms Mapa Teatro into an experimental archive laboratory. The performance operates through non-linear accumulation—layers of visual material interfere with sound, creating a disorienting yet coherent flow through TELEFANTE’s recent work. Rather than following conventional narrative logic, ocultar - disfrazar - disimular presents an encyclopedic drift where meaning emerges through collision and juxtaposition.

The piece investigates concealment as both artistic method and political necessity. In the context of Colombian cultural production, the act of hiding becomes a strategy for survival and resistance. The work’s fragmentary structure mirrors the fractured nature of memory and documentation in conflict zones, where truth must often be disguised to be transmitted.

For curators: This work exemplifies post-digital archival practice, utilizing live cinema techniques to interrogate the relationship between documentation and performance. The piece’s 45-minute duration creates a temporal space for contemplation while maintaining the urgency of live media manipulation.

October 4th, 2012, Mapa Teatro, Bogotá, Colombia. Sound collaboration: Andrés Jurado