Joaquin Cofreces
Ushuaia
Joaquin Cófreces was born in 1975 . Sound storyteller (feature, radio art, radio drama, museum installations, field recording, sound art, soundscapes,etc) from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. He dictated conferences and workshops and has been featured by broadcasters, festivals and galleries around the world (China, Iran, India, France, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Belgium,Norway ,Croatia, Finland,Australia , etc.) Dedicated collector of sounds brings on his travels a recorder instead a photograph camera. Intuitive journalist, understands radio like a space of experimentation, sound as a global way of telling stories in an emotional language.He dictated workshops, conférences and talks at Berlin art University, Bauhaus Universitat Weimar, Universidad Iberoamericana de Mexico, Universidad de Buenos Aires,ETER, TEA, Centro Cultural España Cordoba,Norway, Croatia, etc. His features and radio art pieces were awarded in different festivals: Premio radio sin limites (Buenos Aires 2006), Bienal Internacional de radio (Mexico, 2006 and 2012), Premio abri los ojos (Fm Metro - Buenos Aires 2009) , 8th International radio festival (Iran 2007). 10 th International radio Festival (Iran 2009. Best sound editor. Best innovative program) Phonurgia Nova (radio art – France.2009) Ake Blomstrom award (Ebu - IFC 2010) nominated to the prize Fundacion Nuevo periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI - 2007) honorable mentions: Premio periodistico Rey de España (Spain 2007), Grand Prix of radio (URTI – France 2007), Septima Bienal internacional de radio (Mexico 2008).
Joaquín Cófreces es documentalista y artista sonoro de Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego.Sus feature y piezas de radio arte fueron emitidas en Argentina (FM La tribu, Metro, Eter , Alas, UNC,Radioactiva, etc. ) y el mundo (Deutschland Radio Kultur y SWR de Alemania, abc de Australia ,France Culture y en medios públicos y/o universitarios de India, China , México). Su trabajo ha sido presentado en el IRCAM Pompidou (Paris) , Musee Rateau (Arles), Hortheater (Berlín), auditorio de Radio Nacional (Buenos. Aires.),Sala Nini Marshall (Ushuaia),Centro Cultural España (Cordoba) y en festivales como FILE Brasil y Tsonami Chile.
Fue nominado para el premio de la FNPI (Gabriel García Márquez), mención honorífica del Premio Rey de España y Grand prix de radio (URTI Francia) y primer premio Phonurgia Nova (Francia), Festival de radio (Irán), Ake Blomstrom award (Unión Europea de radiodifusión), Bienal Internacional de radio (México 2006 y 2012), premio abri los ojos (FM Metro), entre otros.
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