P A B L O M A N C E R A
pablo@raptorlabs.studio
+1 3104147975
]CREATIVE DIRECTOR + OPERATIONS[
Current Identifiers: obtuse curiosity // culture marauder // visual hypnosis enthusiast // signal coming back louder // ciao ciao mexico city // wssup new york
Current Key Ideas: creative systems // speculative hyperstition // generative adversarial cybernetics // only throughput is real // don't serve the creator // practice is craft // art only happens // execution as ontology // rapid-fire semantic streams // transform & distort // bypass the conscious mind // print button = false // there is no final artifact // gate intent // force synthesis // a creator cannot win // modulate senses for extra time // registry is the unit of existence // quitting has ontological cost // art as a total somatic system // dance for synesthesia // play for revelations
T H E S I S
Cultural relevance follows attention, solely. Attention follows available meaning. Meaning is tied to semantic qualities of the message; correlated to [de]coding capabilities of interlocutors; knowledge. Environments envelope messages. AI has critically accelerated iteration speed in the architecture that governs our species’ communicative fabric. This revolutionary paradigm provokes fascinating effects on all things creativity-related. Output volume for traditional mediums is dwarfing next to the infectious shareable plasticity that AI will continue to bring to the arts. The reason to be of art is also in a quick flux. These machine-minds can inspire and be inspired.
Tomorrow’s masterpieces will come in shapes formed in the warring creativity necessary to maintain harmony between human & machine thought. The communicative mediums that will sprout will be far from today’s grasp; culture-product markets will shift completely. I’m looking to mix with others that want to bring forth these new shapes for art, ever-capable introspection systems pushing the membrane of technique, allowing unprecedented levels of mastery over imprinting our environment with meaning; I want my hands in the hardest impact formats.
Art lets me learn what others are, what other things are there, in the other minds. To attain a real sense of otherness, machines also need to reflect on who others are & how they project the world, it’s principal to sustainable coexistence. To create is to dream artificially… to create together is to coexist in a dream.
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L A B S +++
A creative laboratory devising experimental environments for high-bandwidth creatives to interface with and possibly, imprint.
Severe Instrospection Technologies will be developed not from the ground up, in-house. Employing loose state-of-the-art ideas.
Print liftings are executed at the lab's leisure.
[be treated like a lab rat]
[curiosity is the lab's idea]
[behavior is registered for possible study]
some labs will employ extreme rigor or none at all, by design
[quitting is available at absolute cost]
participants are in a feedback loop
DO
don't look for results
DO
don't hope
DO try to communicate
don't avoid patterns
[logic categories such as INPUT/TRANSFORM/DISTORT/GATES/WEAVES - apply]
EMDR tech
print button = false
to exist, execute
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dashes and dots multiplying into space
sometimes dashes are infinite bars seen dead on from their shortest side
dots are mostly semantic cross-sections, they don’t exist in the next moment
time is subsumed into meaning
those who consider in linear fashion have their own shape of depth... also an infinite prism
my mind is buried outward in pulse
ideas come closer as shapes and retract as rhythm
the body is a miniscule agreement of the mind
it breathes
corporeal worlds rest the mind
the mind gets so obsessed with modulation
they lose awareness tweaking their knobs
they find beauty in the delusion of action
they loops into a self
all that we perceive in the corporeal world could be other selves obsessed with this find, the delusion of being
selfs churn complexities from drawing plans for time
even life can happen in a mind
an idea even more brutal than the self
life tries to recall, shapes time as an ever fleeting point
loops of obsession of ends that forget they want to meet
an absurdly easy learning is that loops/circles/spirals/dashes/dots can all be registries of the same
aging is relative to sampling rate
and off I go
decanting through dance
shaking these stones that are bones to a grind
powder stuck in the red water goo
my mind can get this dust out
a bag of meat and a bag of dirt and a bag of air and a shape filled with negative space are the registries of the same
objects and space and music and time and speed and waves and action and peace are the same
digital love was
unflattened mirrors smithed of bent shadows
lust gives the best tells
they’re threaded to speed and I can grab their ropes
its not grease its dust wet with time
hold on harder
a yank a pull a drop a press its the same
love is negative acceleration of sampling rate
but then is it? samples seem higher resolution
hold on harder
come to me
your nails, they were never there
there is no pain
hold on with your soul
do not accept glues
shapeshifters is all there ever is
speed not direction
also slices are chops are nothing
music can be it all if you’ve learnt to swim
don’t practice life in pools
we’re already vast virtual spaces
death by pool is pretty as long as its not in one of those american ones rid of all roughness
in the dream I’m falling flat like a basejumper
the forces align my clavicle to strike the stone lip first
a straight edge will makes a bruised line that also meets my left hip; the body stops metabolizing after this diagonal crunch. Heart and stomach sandwich
the mind forgot this obsession with linear time and bodies and sampling rates and stacked ideas of sustenance for not me
obsessed with this shape
in the name of the father and of the sun
glory is not for the spirit
trust me its for the gelatinous part of the dick
no peace to the dancers
slow music for them
please
for them to rattle the wounds cut by it
by the math
the straight lying blade of math
and shapes
and velocities
please
dancers
please forget this lie
chopping or slicing time in action
chopping and action and time and slicing
its the same
there are no shapes
I am was not the movement
stone bags that fly and stomp do crumble but the dust
the dust that catches lies in cloth is another rag cradling another stone
its the same
the line that runs under
larded knots of which massage your feet
it is a greased rope and their is no dust of life on it
not in any relevance at least
despair
CV S U M M A R Y
More info:
www.galeriafuriosa.com
Trailblazing studio and gallery in CDMX’s Roma Nte, contriving experimental creative processes for visual artists and exhibiting the results in engaging formats. Considered the bleeding edge of the city’s raw art scene, the project amassed 37 commercially successful exhibitions, collaborating widely across Mexico’s cultural environment in film, music, architecture and design. FURIOSA headlined Zsona MACO’s Main Section in 2025 at the fair's request.
Selection of FURIOSA artists: Dennis Miranda, Ángela Leyva, Rodrigo Roji, Rodrigo Ramirez, Santiago Pani, Harif Guzmán, Sabino Guisú, Alejandro Galván, Sol Bailey Barker, MethMath, Roberto Del Río, Charlie Nesi. International appearances include pop-ups and fairs in NYC, LA, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, and Jeddah. More info at www.galeriafuriosa.com
MARZAR = [Co-Founder + Director] x {2019 - 2020}
Pop-up gallery [Los Angeles/CDMX] platforming self-trained street artists. The last of 2 shows were in collaboration with Mexico's top gallery, Galería Hilario Galguera. Transitioned into FURIOSA with the same partners.
Hacienda Wakax = [Partner + Cultural Advisor] x {2021 -}
5-star hotel in Tulum. Directed interior design partnerships and curated the art collection. Wakax has Two Michelin Keys and membership to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
MAZUL = [Partner + Cultural Advisor] x {2021 -}
Barefoot luxury beachfront property in Oaxaca. Established interior design partnerships and curated the art collection. Awarded Rural House of the Year by Dezeen mag in 2021.
LooLoo Studio = [Partner + Artist Relations] x {2017 - 2022}
Renowned immersive warehouse club and culture hub in CDMX. Brought the world’s top electronic musicians to the city.
African Rover = [Co-founder; CEO] x {2017 - 2018}
Classic car boutique dealership specialized in imported Land Rovers imported from Botswana to Mexico. Sold in 2018.
Dinsmoor = [Co-founder + Artist Relations] x {2015- 2022}
Pioneering tech-house nightclub in CDMX’s Polanco neighborhood. Dealt with artist relations and label partnerships. The iconic club’s vibe intersects glamour and underground cultural relevance. Exited via equity buyout in 2022.
Worked for Justice Eduardo Medina Mora of Mexico's Federal Supreme Court until his resignation [October 2019]. Drafted resolutions and opinions in mixed matter instances handled by the Full Bench Tribunal. My engineerial mindset specialized me into technical cases in highly regulated industries like telecom.
United States House of Representatives = [Clerk] x {2015 - 2016}
Assisted US Congressman Henry Cuellar [TX-28] on Appropriations Committee matters and issues regarding trade. My bi-cultural profile positioned me as the point of contact for Mexican officials and energy sector lobbyists.
Corporate law firm.
Grupo FinTerra = [Intern] x {2013}
Agro-bank.
Enlace = [Intern] x {2012}
Stocks & securities brokerage.
EMX Capital/Carlyle Group = [Intern] x {2011}
Private Equity firm.
Law program [Licenciatura en Derecho]. 60 credits of extracurricular engineering & business courses.
Colegio Vista Hermosa [CVH] x {2009 - 2012}
Double high-school diploma, full IB program [International Baccalaureate], majored in math & science.