CARLOS SANDOVAL MENDOZA




This is the TREMBLING SUSPENSIONAn object or being simultaneously inhabits more than one state of existence. Click to cross the words.Tap again to open. a space where distinctions become unstable and INTERACTIONSHow coherence, abstraction, behavior and organization emerge through interaction rather than centralized control. Click to cross the words.Tap again to open. unavoidable

WORK 1987-2026

2026

+ MONAS SERIESNET 1: FORESTMONAS, automata by Carlos Sandoval, 2025-2026AUTOMATA, CAMPING, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TREMOR, VULNERABILITY Automata

+ TENT VISIONSNET 1: FORESTTENT VISIONS, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2024-2026CAMPING, DOG VISIONS, FOREST, NOCTURNAL INK-DRAWINGS, TREES Drawing

2025

+ MONAS SERIESNET 1: FORESTMONAS, automata by Carlos Sandoval, 2025-2026AUTOMATA, CAMPING, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TREMOR, VULNERABILITY Automata

+ TENT VISIONSNET 1: FORESTTENT VISIONS, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2024-2026CAMPING, DOG VISIONS, FOREST, NOCTURNAL INK-DRAWINGS, TREES Drawing

+ MYCELIANET 1: FORESTMYCELIA, ink drawing by Carlos Sandoval, 2025ECOLOGY, FOREST, INK-DRAWINGS, NON LINEAR, TREES, TREES-NETWORKS Drawing

+ MATEO Composition

2024

+ POST-COVID SERIESNET 2: AI ARCHAEOLOGYPOST-COVID SERIES, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2021-2024AI ARCHAEOLOGY, GAN-BASED PROJECTIONS, INTERRUPTED AI PROCESS, PORTRAIT Drawing

+ TENT VISIONSNET 1: FORESTTENT VISIONS, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2024-2026CAMPING, DOG VISIONS, FOREST, NOCTURNAL INK-DRAWINGS, TREES Drawing

+ NUBES Y NOMADAS 2NET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCENUBES Y NOMADAS, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2021-2024CHRONOTOPIC INVERSION, ISOLATED COHERENCE, MIGRATION, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Composition

+ METRONOMO Y ESPERANZANET 7: ATTRACTOR SYSTEMSMETRONOMO Y ESPERANZA, video by Carlos Sandoval, 2014ANTHROPOLOGICAL MACHINE, FUNCTION WITHOUT FUNCTION, QUANTIZED MASS Video

2023

+ POST-COVID SERIESNET 2: AI ARCHAEOLOGYPOST-COVID SERIES, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2021-2024AI ARCHAEOLOGY, GAN-BASED PROJECTIONS, INTERRUPTED AI PROCESS, PORTRAIT Drawing

2022

+ POST-COVID SERIESNET 2: AI ARCHAEOLOGYPOST-COVID SERIES, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2021-2024AI ARCHAEOLOGY, GAN-BASED PROJECTIONS, INTERRUPTED AI PROCESS, PORTRAIT Drawing

2021

+ POST-COVID SERIESNET 2: AI ARCHAEOLOGYPOST-COVID SERIES, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2021-2024AI ARCHAEOLOGY, GAN-BASED PROJECTIONS, INTERRUPTED AI PROCESS, PORTRAIT Drawing

+ NUBES Y NOMADAS 1NET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCENUBES Y NOMADAS, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2021-2024CHRONOTOPIC INVERSION, ISOLATED COHERENCE, MIGRATION, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Composition

+ LEPORINASNET 2: AI ARCHAEOLOGYLEPORINAS, ink drawings by Carlos Sandoval, 2021AI ARCHAEOLOGY, GAN-BASED PROJECTIONS, INTERRUPTED AI PROCESS, MEXICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, PORTRAIT

2020

+ HEARING IN BEDNET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCEHEARING IN BED, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2020ISOLATED COHERENCE, LIP-SYNCED-INSTRUMENT-SYNCED, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, PROMPTER SCORE, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION, TIK-TOK SCORES Composition

2019

+ BIBERDAM-ASSUTNET 7: ATTRACTOR SYSTEMSBIBERDAM-ASSUT, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2019INTERLOCKING COLLABORATION Composition

2018

+ THE SIX LOST SONGSNET 8: OFRENDASTHE SIX LOST SONGS, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2018SECULAR RITUAL Composition

+ FATALISMO MAGICONET 3: MASSESFATALISMO MAGICO, performance, 2018ACOUSTIC FIELD, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, CHRONOTOPE, CULTURAL AUTOMATION AND HOPE, DEEP CULTURE, FICTION-NON FICTION, LANDSCAPE AS FUNCTION, OBSERVATION AS SYNAPSE, SOCIAL PROOF Performance

+ DIE TRÄNEN DER DINGENET 8: OFRENDASDIE TRÄNEN DER DINGE, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2018CARTESIAN DUALISM, EMOTIONAL PORNOGRAPHY, ISOLATED COHERENCE Composition

+ HIDDEN 2NET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSHIDDEN 2, video by Carlos Sandoval, 2018CARTESIAN DUALISM, METAMORPHOSIS, PERSONAL IDENTITY Video

2017

+ BLIND BOX Sculpture

+ SE FUERON LOS PAJAROSNET 7: ATTRACTOR SYSTEMSSE FUERON LOS PAJAROS, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2017RANDOM-BASED ACOUSTIC FIELD

+ THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEMNET 3: MASSESTHE MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2017ACOUSTIC FIELD, ATTRACTOR SYSTEMS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, DEEP CULTURE, FICTION-NON FICTION, SOCIAL PROOF Composition

+ QU TROMPA 2NET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSQU, composition by Carlos SandovalTRANSFERRED ECOLOGY, WATER CYCLE Composition

2016

+ VIERTEL NACH SCHATTENNET 3: MASSESVIERTEL NACH SCHATTEN, performance by Sandoval / Castillo-Deball, 2016CHRONOTOPE, CHRONOTOPIC INVERSION, DEEP CULTURE, FICTION-NON FICTION, OBSERVATION AS SYNAPSE, SOCIAL PROOF Performance

+ TELEPROMPTER 2NET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCETELEPROMPTER / NUBES Y NOMADAS, compositions by Carlos Sandoval, 2015-2024CHRONOTOPIC INVERSION, ISOLATED COHERENCE, MIGRATION, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Composition

2015

+ TELEPROMPTER 1NET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCETELEPROMPTER / NUBES Y NOMADAS, compositions by Carlos Sandoval, 2015-2024CHRONOTOPIC INVERSION, ISOLATED COHERENCE, MIGRATION, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Composition

+ ANTILEGOSNET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCEANTILEGOS, three chamber pieces by Carlos Sandoval, 2015CONTROLLED IMPROVISATION, ISOLATED COHERENCE, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Composition

2014

+ ANTILEGONET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCEANTILEGO, photo series by Carlos Sandoval, 2014-2015COLONIALISM, COMPOSITE ENTITY, COMPOUND INCOHERENCE, DENIED CONVERGENCE, RUBIK'S ANTHROPOLOGY

+ TRANSFOREST

2013

+ MAQUINA LATINANET 4: ARTIFICIAL COHERENCEMAQUINA LATINA, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2013COMPOUND OF ERRORS, CONTROLLED IMPROVISATION, ISOLATED COHERENCE, MUSICIAN'S VIDEO-ISOLATION, SELF-PORTRAIT, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Composition

+ DER WALD Video

2011

+ URSULA, THE ART OF DYINGNET 8: OFRENDASURSULA, THE ART OF DYING, video by Carlos Sandoval, 2010DIVERGENCE-CONVERGENCE, SECULAR RITUAL Video

2012

+ SINUS-KOPEKNET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSSINUS-KOPEK, video by Carlos Sandoval, 2011OBSERVATION AS SYNAPSE, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, SONIFICATION Video

2010

+ EL INSTRUMENTONET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSEL INSTRUMENTO, live electronics by Carlos Sandoval, 2010CARTESIAN DUALISM, PERSONAL IDENTITY Live Electronics

+ TREES WITH SENSORSNET 1: FORESTTREES WITH SENSORS, installation by Carlos Sandoval, 2006-2010AUTOMATA, GLOBAL ECOLOGY, NON LINEAR, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGY, TREES-NETWORKS Installation

2009

+ TREES WITH SENSORSNET 1: FORESTTREES WITH SENSORS, installation by Carlos Sandoval, 2006-2010AUTOMATA, GLOBAL ECOLOGY, NON LINEAR, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGY, TREES-NETWORKS Installation

+ INTERAKTION FESTIVALNET 7: ATTRACTOR SYSTEMSINTERAKTION FESTIVAL, performance, 2009RANDOM-BASED ACOUSTIC FIELD Performance

2008

+ DIE BASTA ZEITEN SIND VORBEINET 9: QUANTUM ENSEMBLEDIE BASTA ZEITEN SIND VORBEI, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2008BUTTON-TRIGGERED MUSICIANS, FREE-HAND DRIVEN DYNAMICS AND INSTRUMENTATION, QUESTIONED CONDUCTOR AUTHORITY, SIMULTANEOUS CONDUCTORS Composition

+ TREES WITH SENSORSNET 1: FORESTTREES WITH SENSORS, installation by Carlos Sandoval, 2006-2010AUTOMATA, GLOBAL ECOLOGY, NON LINEAR, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGY, TREES-NETWORKS Installation

2007

+ QU TROMPANET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSQU, composition by Carlos SandovalTRANSFERRED ECOLOGY, WATER CYCLE Composition

+ TREES WITH SENSORSNET 1: FORESTTREES WITH SENSORS, installation by Carlos Sandoval, 2006-2010AUTOMATA, GLOBAL ECOLOGY, NON LINEAR, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGY, TREES-NETWORKS

+ THE BODY OF LIGIANET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSTHE BODY OF LIGIA, live electronics performance by Carlos Sandoval, 2007ACOUSTIC ANATOMY, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES Live electronics performance

+ MOSAICOSNET 9: QUANTUM ENSEMBLEMOSAICOS, mother-cell composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2007FREE-HAND DRIVEN DYNAMICS AND INSTRUMENTATION, GLOVES WITH SENSORS, MUSICIANS AS SYNTHESIZER, OPEN-MEANING LINEAR SOUND-TRIGGERING BUTTONS Composition

+ DIE SCHAUKELNET 8: OFRENDASDIE SCHAUKEL, performance multimedia by Carlos Sandoval, 2007NETWORK OF TREES, SECULAR RITUAL, TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION Performance Multimedia

+ NANCARROW IN 12 CHANNELS Installation, Concert

2006

+ TREES WITH SENSORSNET 1: FORESTTREES WITH SENSORS, installation by Carlos Sandoval, 2006-2010AUTOMATA, GLOBAL ECOLOGY, NON LINEAR, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES, TECHNOLOGY, TREES-NETWORKS Installation

+ THE BIRTH OF A SHIPNET 5: INSTRUMENTS AS BEINGSTHE BIRTH OF A SHIP, composition and performance by Carlos Sandoval, 2006ANTHROPOMORPHISM, HUMAN-MEDIATED MACHINE, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES Composition, performance

2005

+ PETENERANET 5: INSTRUMENTS AS BEINGSPETENERA, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2005ANTHROPOMORPHISM, HUMAN-MEDIATED MACHINE, SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCES Composition

+ QU VARANET 6: BEINGS AS INSTRUMENTSQU, composition by Carlos SandovalTRANSFERRED ECOLOGY, WATER CYCLE Composition

2004

+ STEIM: GLOVES WITH SENSORS Instrument

2003

+ MEX TOYSNET 3: MASSESMEX TOYS, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2003ACOUSTIC FIELD, ART AND TOYS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, FICTION-NON FICTION, SEX CULTURE, SOCIAL PROOF, UNCOUPLED ACOUSTIC FIELDS Composition

2001

+ MANDARINO MARIONETA

2000

+ LA PASION SEGUN LA GENTENET 3: MASSESLA PASION SEGUN LA GENTE, composition by Carlos Sandoval, 2000ACOUSTIC FIELD, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, CHRONOTOPE, CHRONOTOPIC INVERSION, DEEP CULTURE, FICTION-NON FICTION, LANDSCAPE AS FUNCTION, LATTICE SYSTEMS, MULTICHANNEL SOUND PERSPECTIVE, SOCIAL PROOF Composition

1999

+ STEIM: GLOVES WITH SENSORS

1996

+ STEIM: GLOVES WITH SENSORS

1994

+ MIDI PIANOLA CONSTRUCTION

1992

+ FAST PIECE and SLOW PIECE FOR PLAYER + PIANO Composition

1987

+ HUGE MOBILES