Muestra de Video Arte Faenza started in the context of Circuito Distrito Artistas Centro (DAC – Artists of Centro District) in Bogotá, where selected works were projected over at the Open Studios days, hosting its first edition in May 2018.
The open call received more than 70 applications from over 10 different countries, which were projected on 4 programmes: Siénte-lo (feel-it), Abstráe-lo (abstract-it), Juega Local (play local) and Efímero (ephemeral) and hosted the work of established guest artists Miler Lagos and Ricardo Moreno. Projections were displayed at Cinemateca in Universidad Central in Bogotá, at Universidad Católica of Pereira and at Obra Comisionada in Medellín. For 2019, juror selected 82 projects from 73 countries, which were curated in the proggrames Abstráe-lo (abstract-it), Humano (huma), Juega Local (play local) y Lo social no quita lo político (social does not mean unpolitical) together with the vide art work from guest artists Mario Opazo (retrospective) and Mauricio Rivera Henao, all being projected in the theaters of Universidad Central, of FUGA Bogota, Universidad Católica in Pereira and in Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) together in association with Hermanos Saíz.
Video Arte Faenza is organized and produced by Fredy Forero, Libertad Patiño and Lorena Parada, members of the artistic group Proyecto Faenza, a team of 15 artists located in Bogotá, looking for inclusion of various forms of expression in contemporary art and interested in presenting them to the public, aiming to establish a dialogue between the artistic creation, colombian and international local culture.