Leticia El Halli Obeid
Born in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1975. Studied Fine Arts at the National University of Córdoba (1995-2001). Invited as an artist in residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts in september 2001, by with Paul Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky. Works mainly in video ever since. In year 2003 received a grant of Foundation Antorchas to develop a project in video with the advice of video-artist Gastón Duprat and Regisseur Lucrecia Martel. In December 2003 her video “To write, to read, to listen†received a mention in the contest “Premio Limbo-
mambaâ€, organized by the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires. In 2006 was selected to participate as finalist at the Prize Petrobrás-Arteba, with a subsidy to make an
experimental documentary film which was showed at the International ArtFair. Her work has been exhibited at local shows, and out of Argentina in FAC (Fundación arte contemporáneo) Montevideo, Uruguay; KO videofestival, Durban, SouthAfrica; Centro Cultural de España, Lima, Perú; Zemos98 Festival, Sevilla, Spain, etc. Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Leticia El Halli Obeid is participating in
Title: headphones/auriculares, video, 2001, 2:33 min