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"Rafaël puts together his videos in the same way he creates a visual counterpart for musical expressions in real-time during his VJ performances: by tying together an amalgam of drawn, photographic and video images from his intimate surroundings, layered with a sense of humour and then edited according to rhythmical variations, from kinetic to almost static and back again. A visual idiom unequalled in the nether regions of the electronic music world: looking for beauty and recognition between all that’s drab, dingy and wayward, looking for an identity and personality among a stream of clawing and rending impulses. In El hijo & el libro Rafaël tangles an openly associative web of visual and musical references around two of the things he loves most: his son and the work of Korean artist Milk Pack, best known for his ingenuous, almost childlike illustrations. " Argos Videofestival 2005

"A red & black movie about a son & a Korean book."
Rafaël

El hijo & el libro receive a mention from the jury of Prix de la Création Video in Vidéoformes 2006

Screenings :
Trampoline - England 2005
Island Art Film & Video Festival - England 2005
Black & White Festival - Portugal 2005
Imaginaria – Italy 2005
291Gallery – England 2005
Argos Video-Festival – Belgium 2005
VAIA 2005 - Spain 2005
Exis2005 - Independent Film & Video Festival of Seoul – South Korea 2005
VAD Festival – Spain 2005
Videoformes 2006 – France 2006
Media Art Festival Friesland – The Netherlands 2006
D-NEFF European Experimental Exhibition – Spain 2006
The Tank : New York Experimental - Usa 2006
Instants Vidéo – France 2006
Festival des Sens – Martinique 2006
Ecoutez les Zimages - La Reunion 2006

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