Laura Ramirez  [Optika VJ]
Av Director - Visual artist - VJ

 
Laura is a visual arts lover dedicated to direct and produce live visuals projects and experimental
pieces for commercial brands, art exhibitions and worldwide academic presentations. She produces herself and host her work under the name of "Optikal Ink Lab"  an AV laboratory and label.

In 2007 she started to develop live performances as Optika VJ (Video Jockey), to directs video mapping projects, organises workshops and conferences and creates light experiences which have leading her to participate in electronic art festivals like VJ UNIVERSITY- Sao Paulo 2010 and CANVAS fest 2023, MAPPING FESTIVAL -Switzerland 2010/11/12/15, LPM-Rome and AMSTERDAM 2016 , Vision'R Paris 2012, NARRATING STRUCTURES London 2016, SPLICE Festival London 2017, institutions such as the PROJECTION MAPPING ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN in Tokyo 2018 and the VISUAL BRASIL/TELENOIKA 2019 and 2022.

As VJ Laura has performed in events, concerts and renowned clubs in different countries of South America, USA, Europe and Japan, in clubs like the "REX Club" in Paris, the ""TRESOR" in Berlin, TBA CLUB, RESOLUTE, NewYork and AGEHA,, Tokyo among others, additionally their video art pieces have been exhibited at the Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro and the International Mobile Innovation in New Zealand.

As video mapping director she designed the AV Invader Bogota (2011) for 90,000 people with 140 m2 of video projection and directed/produced the VIP stage area for Katy Perry (2016) concert in Colombia with 480 m2, also she is part of the international crew  UNITED VJ'S and is constantly working on intervention of PUBLIC SPACES doing commissioned works for festivals like the NUIT BLANCHE BOGOTA, the SSA MAPPING FEST in Salvador, BR. and the BRASILIA MAPPING FEST, also Led media Facade projects in Colombia and  SP URBAN FESTIVAL. In recent years Laura has dabble into the creation with DMX / LED systems, DESIGNING CLUBS, creating INSTALLATIONS and CLOTHING, she has recently created pieces for FULLDOME winning local awards among projects to design visual stages for BALLET, CLASSIC and CONTEMPORARY OPERA mixed with VJing and video mapping and public space interventions related to ART+ACTIVISM supporting the social protest in Colombia.

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Interviews and reviews

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BRASILIA MAPPING FEST - (Portuguese) LINK
NACLA REPORT - (English) LINK
GERMANY EMBASSY (Español) LINK
SSA MAPING FEST (Portuguese) LINK
ARTCETERA BRASIL (Portuguese). LINK
ALTERNATIVA MAG - (Español) LINK
VICE MAG- (English) LINK
MAD MAPPER (English) LINK
CREATE DIGITAL MOTION (English)  LINK
VJ TORNA BRAZIL (Portuguese) LINK
MAD MAPPER  (French-English) LINK
VJ TORNA BUDAPEST (English - Portuguese) LINK

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