creative research“I explore narratives through cross-disciplinary languages with a focus on integrating new technology. My work in the arts comes from multicultural practice, shaped by my experience of living in diverse countries.” — PV
“This creative research brings the spirit of hybrid projects that blend storytelling and education, using technology as a bridge between cultures and disciplines. Grounded in collaboration, this work invites diverse voices to co-create narratives that rethink how we learn, connect, and communicate across platforms.”
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Our life is half natural and half technological. We must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.”
Nam June Paik
“Exploring new narratives is to question the inherited structures of storytelling. It opens an experiment in perception, shaped by a deep curiosity about the world and interest for reinvention. It requires the courage to step into the unknown, to embrace risks, and to let intuition guide the creative process.
The dialogue between disciplines fosters innovation. Each medium —film, visual theater, writing, visual art— offers a unique lens through which to interrogate reality and reimagine possibility. Filmmaking captures time, memory, and movement; visual theater transforms space into a living, breathing narrative; writing distills thought and emotion into form; and visual art evokes the unspeakable through images and symbols. In each one, there is a profound interplay between the tangible and the ineffable, the personal and the universal.
What if a film could unfold like a dream, untethered from linear time? What if a stage could dissolve its fourth wall, inviting the audience into the performance as co-creators? What if language itself could fracture and recombine, opening new poetic dimensions? What if visual art could reveal wthat words fail to articulate?
Techniques from cinema influence stage compositions; poetic structures inspire visual rhythms; sculptural forms suggest filmic movement. The blend of ideas ignites modes of expression, expanding the possibilities of storytelling —new meanings transform both creator and audience. A journey that is also about forging connections, sparking conversations, and challenging perceptions.” — PV
Narratives
— Photo: Mountain Woman
Interdisciplinary
“I have developed an educational and professional background that integrates multiple artistic disciplines, with a particular focus on filmmaking, visual theater, writing, and visual art.” PV
— Artwork
Multicultural
“I’ve been influenced by a multicultural environment, shaped by my experiences living and studying across global cities.” PV
Innovation
“With a focus on experimental artwork, international collaboration, and higher education in emerging markets, I’ve worked to foster creativity, exchange, and transformation within both artistic and professional fields.” PV.
Technology
“I seek ways to incorporate innovation into my work across multimedia art, transmedia storytelling, and immersive experiences.” PV
— Projects
INTERDISCIPLINARY I “My background integrates multiple disciplines, with a particular focus on filmmaking, visual theater, writing, and visual art —seeking new ways of storytelling through the lens of contemporary art. Cross-disciplinary work is truly exciting —combining the technical language of film with the live nature of performance, or searching words that look and images that speak.
MULTICULTURAL I Living and studying across global cities have shaped my work. I spent over ten years in New York, where I immersed myself in its diverse cultural landscape that was essential in shaping my worldview. Later, I lived in Mexico City for five years, inspired by its cultural heritage and dynamic energy. Nearly two years in the UK helped me to engage with a more European context.
INNOVATION I With a focus on forward-thinking artwork, international collaboration, and higher education in emerging markets, I’ve fostered creativity, exchange, and transformation. Making Artwork based in experimentation to invite new dialogues. Building Global Connections including sustainable networks within the international arts community. Developing University Programs in the evolving context of the creative industries to navigate the intersection of arts, technology, and global collaboration.
TECHNOLOGY I I look at how emerging tools can merge seeking ways to incorporate innovation into my work across multimedia art, transmedia storytelling, and immersive experiences. The interconnected universe of contents is intriguing to me; AI presents a compelling opportunity to extend creative processes; and XR technologies —virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR)— is reshaping the nature of interactive experiences.
From a film festival in Mexico that nurtures new voices, to a European project that connects artists across borders, there is a growing wave of creative research. My exploration of hybrid work in the arts comes from a perspective that, in today’s world, feels almost universal —it’s the way we all live now.“ — Pedro Valiente
Creative Research
INTERDISCIPLINARY
You Are Mythical and New York Spin documentary films, Spain / US. Installations Multiple Portraits trilogy, Spain / Jordan / Mexico.
“Transmedia storytelling is a narrative structure that expands through both different languages (verbal, iconic) and media (cinema, comics, TV, video games).” [Britannica]
FILMMAKING
Robert Wilson The Days Before DDDIII visual theater, New York, Butoh Dance Flying Fish Over Mexico theater-dance, Mexico City, Tilmun Teatro visual theater, Madrid.
Multimedia refers to the use of more than one medium of expression. Cross-media involves more than one form of public communication (TV, radio, internet).
VISUAL THEATER
FILMMAKING Documentary feature films exploring new narratives: New York Spin, an early practice on transmedia filmed in New York, and You Are Mythical, a more recent film produced by Crossing Stages European arts project. VISUAL THEATER Work as director and video designer for visual theater including The Days Before DDDIII by Robert Wilson in New York, Flying Fish Over Mexico Butoh dance in Mexico City; and Tilmun Teatro in Madrid. VISUAL ART Upcoming work including Multiple Portraits video installation trilogy. Work in progress on creative writing, visual theater-dance, and art project searching technology. PROJECTS Interdisciplinary and multicultural projects connected with technology are Transmedia Workshop by Philip Baldwin from Stony Brook University, New York; in Chile; and projects by Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico: Myths MX interdisciplinary arts event at national museum, and The Barbaric Country site with digital media for Innovation Week. I Photo: Behance Digital Art
MULTICULTURAL
Transmedia Performance by Phillip Baldwin from Stony Brook University, NY, with upcoming artists for Arts I Science I Technology event at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Connected with Crossing Stages UC3M. Participation in Transmedia Workshop.
Photo: Visuals for Artist Talk I Transmedia Workshop
PERFORMANCE
Chile
Arts Event Myths MX by Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih., produced at Quinta Gameros Museum for local audience and press, connected with Crossing Stages UC3M European project linking Mexicans with classic myths. Contemporary dance choreographer Cynthia Correa projects her performance live on screen. BA Communication director: Virginia Aceves I Project director: Pedro Valiente.
ARTS EVENT
Mexico
Digital Platform The Barbaric Country (El País Bárbaro) website produced at INNOVATION WEEK (semana i) by students from Architecture, Engineering, and Law: film/digital media, photo, writing, and design by Marlyn Chacón and Karla Ramírez. Project connected with The House of My Dreams and Barbaric Portrais films. Semana i looks at a "global vision, entrepreneur spirit, and human awareness" in the context of innovation. Project supervisor: Virginia Aceves. Project director: Pedro Valiente
DIGITAL
Mexico
INNOVATION
Pedro Valiente was appointed to develop a new program BA (Hons) Contemporary Media Practice at Arts University Plymouth, UK. “AUP is an independent university-sector art school run by artists and designers for artists and designers, widely regarded as a dynamic catalyst for creative learning and social justice.” —AUP
Work involved shaping the new degree, teaching as principal lecturer, and managing program (staff, spaces, resources) as well as research, scholarship, and practice. Selected projects: Media Lab innovation; MIXarts workshops, and Ulysses international artists. ▶ PLAY Film/Media
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM
UK
Online Course (MOOC) by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid for edX by MIT/Harvard University. “This course features new trends and formats in contemporary documentary film with a focus on innovative works in an interactive and multi-platform environment. It includes an overview of essential authors and genres, as well as the contribution of national and international scholars, professionals of the field and documentary makers. The learning experience is enhanced with videos, slideshows, infographics and timelines, to provide the learner with an interactive, reflective and entertaining experience.” —edX
▶ PLAY Trailer I TEAM Director: Pilar Carrera I Co-producers: Eva, Herrero, Clara Sáinz de Baranda, Pedro Valiente.
MIT: MIT Open Documentary Lab I edx Bio I edX PDF I edX Trailer I On the Net: Indilibre I Coursebuffet I CCSubs
ONLINE COURSE
US
European Arts Project Crossing Stages co-funded by the European Union connecting daily life and classic myths, explores new narratives and technology including augmented realty and robotics. I Ccommunication director Pedro Valiente coordinates transmedia contents. I UC3M I Vimeo I YouTube
▶ PLAY Transmedia: You Are Mythical (80:00) feature film I Peneloope is Waiting (7:00) video installation I Crossing Europe (30:00) documentary film I Crosssing Stages Web Series 100+ digital media I Crossing Stages Websites I Crossing Stages Book art book/media card
EUROPEAN PROJECT
Spain
TECHNOLOGY
Contemporary Media Program I UK. BA (Hons) Contemporary Media Practice.Visual presentation, AUP, UK.
CONTEMPORARY MEDIA PRACTICE
UK
Arts/Science/Technology I Chile. Visual presentation for Artist Talk, PUCC, Chile European Project I Spain. Texts for Crossing Stages book. Program for Transmedia Screenwriting, MA Transmedia Documentary Film and Reportage, UC3M, Spain.
ARTS / TECH
Chile I Spain
Contemporary Media I UK Capturing Contemporary Media: The Invention of the Real visual essay for AUP publised by ARTSevilla Magazine, Spain; and Critical Transmedia, digital book by Phillip Baldwin, Stony Brook University, NY.
CONTEMPORARY MEDIA
UK
“We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets.”
AI has turned into a major force as technology is changing the nature of creative process. AI art refers to artwork including procedural 'rule-based' generation of images using mathematical patterns, and algorithms that simulate digital effects.
“Ability of a computer or a robot to do tasks that are usually done by humans because they require human intelligence and discernement.” [Britannica]
Metaverse blends digital and physical worlds. “Replace ‘metaverse’ with ‘cyberspace.’ The meaning won't substantially change 90% of the time. It doesn't really refer to any specific technology, but rather a broad shift in how we interact with it.” [Wired]
VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality).
— Photo: Blue Astronaut
Fab Lab is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication. Hardware: Laser cutter, CNC mill, NC knife, 3D printers. electronic workbench, tooling. Software: 2D/3D design, raster picture, scan, audio/video, simulation.
“A place to play, create, learn, mentor; a place for learning and innovation.” [Fab Foundation] “Wherever we open, we've found that it attracts exactly the same profile of bright, inventive people.” Fab Lab founder/MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld. [MIT]