François Bucher (b. 1972) is the artist chosen to represent Colombia at the Latin American Pavilion-IILA of the 55th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia, at the invitation of the curator Alfons Hug, who presents the exhibition The Atlas of the Empire.
The vision created by Hug explores the new geopolitical aspects of contemporary art, the experience of cross-fertilization between Latin American and European artists, presenting the theme with a communicative and expository structure that is complex and intriguing, and from which the constant dialogue between cultures emerges.
François Bucher, in perfect consistency with this concept, exposes a large video installation titled The Second and a Half Dimension—An Expedition to the Photographic Plateau, made in 2010. The work of this Colombian artist is based on the narrative of Olivares Severiano, who is not just a simple guardian, but a true trustee of the historic memory of the Marcahuasi plateau in Peru, a mythical place situated at 4,000 meters above sea level.
