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Juan Ospina

(BFA Film Studies, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University)  

Juan Ospina is a Colombian-born writer and filmmaker who recently graduated with a BFA in Film Studies from Concordia University. Since his arrival in Montreal, Juan has focused his interests on films and representation of immigrants and diasporic communities; their journeys and their memories. His recent written work in the independent collective Short Ends and his filmography mirror his interests as well as his personal experience.

Santiago Tavera

(MFA Studio Arts: Intermedia, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University)

Santiago Tavera is a Colombian-Canadian artist, researcher and curator based in Montréal. Tavera’s practice revolves around constructing immersive and interactive projects that expand the body and perception through digital media, to evoke virtual simulations of migrant and queer narratives of dislocation. In Tavera’s work, mixed media compositions of videos, 3D graphic animations, text, sound, archival material and architectural elements create blurred experiences of physical and virtual spatial embodiments of the “other”. Tavera’s projects have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Le Conseil des art de Montréal and the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, and presented in Canada and internationally, Tavera holds a Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia from Concordia University, and a Bachelor of Arts with an Honor Specialization in Visual Arts and a Major in Psychology from Western University. www.santiagotavera.com