Carlos Gómez Salamanca
His visual work finds its roots in realist painting. Through this art he explores the media's iconography in a critical way. Recently his work has extended to experimental animation. He has shown his work in numerous public and private places in Colombia and abroad. His 2012 film, “Carne,” has been shown at numerous international festivals, such as Annecy, Bradford and Sao Paulo. “Lupus” is his second animated short film.Filmography:
Lupus (2016)
Carne (2012)
Films
- "Lupus" D: Carlos Gómez Salamanca, AN: Carlos Gómez Salamanca, Gilles Coirier, Fabienne Collet, ED: Carlos Gómez Salamanca, Juan Pablo Gómez Salamanca, FR/CO 20169’
In December 2011, a security guard was killed by a pack of stray dogs prowling in a poor neighbourhood, in the Bogota suburbs. This tragic news inspired the Columbian director to make a one-of-a-kind animated film, taking on weighty issues of body, wildness, and territory. The film reminds one of a dark, disturbing thriller. The howl of hungry dogs, heard in the background, becomes a terrifying leitmotif of the whole picture.
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