Amanda Lopez   -  (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1972)

She studied Fine Arts (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Bilbao and Manchester, (2001 - 2006 ), Audiovisuals and Interactive Arts. She is living in Berlin .
 
Her main artistic production focuses on video art, photography and graphic design, even thought between 1990 y 2000, her creative interest was linked to music. She played in two rocks bands, Soviet Love and Saliva , and a few individual music proyects too. 






She has taken part in electronic music proyects of Klitekture Records label and Sinergy-Networks net label, translating the works of diferent artist into the minimal electronic scene, to visual shape. From 2002 she has participated as visual performer in meetings, concerts, festivals, etc.,(CCCB, FAD -Barcelona-; MUSAC -León-;OPA -París-; Colourstudio -Tokio-;Dispatch -Belgrado-; etc. ...).
 
She currently heads Sinergy-Networks with teammate Luis Ortiz. This project is based on the synergy theory which states that the sum of the work of two separate persons is less than the sum of their work together. 
The Sinergy-networks activities include events production, netlabel (online music label), promotional tours organization, design and curatorship of international festivals. These projects have been held in Berlin (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Guadalajara (Mexico), Tokyo (Japan), Barcelona (Spain), Canary Islands (Spain), etc.. and counted with the participation of artists from Japan, Singapore, China, Vietnam, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, USA, France, Italy and Spain.

 

Sinergy-networks have organized tours to promote Spanish and international artists in Europe, Asia, America and serves currently as a healer of some renowned international festivals such as Festival de Mayo in Guadalajara (Mexico). 
  
The netlabel has more than 100 artists and was nominated as best label of 2007 in Paris Qwartz awards alongside other prestige labels such as Touch, Staubgold, Ant-Zen.




Sinergy-networks have made several online events through its own Web and in advanced art festivals and contemporary art museums as JPAC and MUSAC (museum of contemporary art of Leon) who have had the participation of artists from Gran Canaria (Spain), Tenerife (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Brighton (England).
 
Visual performer events

 

 

Macc ( auditorio de Tenerife, España )

 




Club La Java/Quartz awards (Paris); Eintakt @Zementgarten (Berlin); Berghain kantine-Canarias Crea (Berlin); Watergate- Canarias Crea (Berlin); Family (Dublin); Killekill @ Berghain kantine (Berlin); Rosis-Eintakt Night (Berlin).
 




LEV Festival (Gijón); Family (Dublin); Qwartz awards ceremony (Paris); Eintakt@Rosis (Berlin); G.L.3.4(Gran Canaria); Klitekture/Stasis collective showcase (Dublin); Stock, La Santa, Shaga (Guadalajara - Mexico); Centro Cultural España (Mexico DF) ; Loft (Missoula - USA); Canarias crea @ Club der Visonaere, Watergate (Berlin); Mentalzirkus Kunst Festival (Berlin); Eintakt@Mobel-Fabrik (Berlin); Et 19 Release Party-Ballhaus Ost (Berlin). 


 

 

Insolent Club (Burgos); Giratoria @ Submarino (Salamanca); Dispatch Festival (Belgrado); Milk (Tokio); Shiondoh (Niigata City); Colours Studio (Tokio); Bullets (Tokio); Canarias Crea (Madrid); WAX (Dublín); Zementgarten (Berlín); Barlive (Montpellier); Chemical Warfare (Londres); LOFT ( Barcelona); MUSAC (León); Mänefisken Electro (Oslo); Opa (París);Project 101 (París); Radio (Madrid); Dimension (Madrid); C3 Bar-CCCB (Barcelona).

 


FAD (Barcelona); Mau-Mau Underground (Barcelona); Festival Chroma (Tenerife); Inauguración Mediateca Espacio Digital (Gran Canaria); Laboratorio B9 C.A.A.M (Las Palmas); Ciclo de Música Mínimal , Puertas de Castilla (Murcia); Presentación del PAAD (Proyecto Atlántico de Arte Digital); Canariasmediafest (Las Palmas).



 

 

Events GL. Colectivo +0 , Gabinete Literario (Las Palmas); Presentation of CD compilation Extraños en el Paraíso (Las Palmas); Closing of Universidad de Verano de Maspalomas (Gran Canaria).


 

Sinergy-Networks netlabel showcases
 
Disk Union, Tokyo, Japón, 2008
superdeluxe , Tokio, Japón, 2008
zurmobel fabrik , Berlín, Alemania 2008
Mojo club, Las Palmas, España 2008
Canariasmediafest , Las Palmas, España 2008
Bar 25, Berlín, Alemania 2007
Tailor´s Hall, Dublín, Irlanda, 2007
Qwartz awards, Paris, Francia, 2007 – Nominación como mejor sello de 2008 y muestra del sello en la ceremonia entrega de premios
 
Audiovisuals
 
Pyroclastic(2008) Original music Krater (Luis Ortiz, Cristóbal Montesdeoca y Raúl González).

Viscosity (2007). Original music Krater (Luis Ortiz, Cristóbal Montesdeoca y Raúl González).

Sábado gris (2006). Original music LOD a.k.a. Luis Ortiz.

Nitrogen (2005). Original music LB^LC (Juan Hernández León, Iván Marrero Bass y Raúl La Capria).

Strange Things (2005). Original music Kriipis Tulo y textos de Artur Punte (Orvita Colectiv, Moscú).

Si no te gusta, puedes cambiarlo (2005).

Chari-lah-mutante (2005).
Soledad (2004).

Autorretrato (2004). Música original de Amanda López.

Diminutivo (2004).

Dummy (2004). Original music LOD, remix by Amanda López.

Like Irregular Chickens (2004).Colaboration with artist Néstor Torrens, in works of editing. Presented in ARCO 04. Madrid.



 

 

Distorsiones, documentos, naderías y relatos. Colectiv exhibition curator Alicia Murría, Néstor Torrens y Gopi Sadarangani. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2007.


Exposiciones de Ultraperiferia Digital. Exhibition on-line. Web pltform for digital artist from Macaronesia. (www.ultraperiferiadigital.com). 2006
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Exposición audiovisual. Colectiv exhibition curator Josu Rekalde. Organized by Fine Arts Faculty of Basque Country University. Sala de exposiciones BBVA. Bilbao. 2005.



 

 


Festival Chroma 06. Puerto de la Cruz. 2006
Laboratorio B9. CAAM. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2005.
El hueco del Ojo (Multidisciplinar space of contemporary dance company El Ojo de la Faraona). Arucas. 2005.

Publications
Vídeos Dummy (2004), Strange Things (2005) y Sábado gris (2006).www.sinergy-networks.com.
Vídeo Nitrogen (2005). DVD. Magazine Al-harafish, septiembre 2005.
Montaje fotográfico Rompecabezas (2006).Mecánica. Images and art urban catalogue. Gobierno de Canarias. 2006.




LOD (Luis Ortiz, Klitekture, Calima, Sinergy-Networks, España); Sutekh (Klitekture, Context, U.S.A.); Deadbeat (Klitekture, Scape, Canada); Crackhaus (Onitor, Canada); Mikael Stavostrand (Mitek, klitekture, Suecia); Dieter Krause (Sinergy-Networks, Eintakt, Plong, Alemania); Alejandro Lopez (Minimise, España); g_n44f (-N, Japan); shalma- (-N, Japan); masaya sasaki (-N, Japan); Rob Mazurek (Mego, Thrill Jockey, Chicago); Pep Gaya (Klitekture, España); G SMBP (Sinergy-Networks,SMBP, Italy): Tore Honor e Boe (Origami-republica, Noruega): LB^LC (Mascero, Spain); Ruin Man (Ruin Records, Spain); Lion (Mascero, Spain); La Capria (Mascero, Spain); Rafa Valido (Mascero, Spain);


 

MUSIC PROJECTS
 
Records Released


Soviet Love: Soviet Love (1995) (CD, Ruin Records); Soviet Lovesongs (1996) (Single, Ruin Records); Emulsified (1996) (Single, Ruin Records)White African Punk (1996) (CD, Ruin Records); Pregnant (1996) (CD, Ruin Records);Dance (1997) (CD, Subterfuge); 


Saliva: Coming Zoom (1998)(CD, Ruin Records)

 

 

Finalists in Rock contest Villa de Bilbao; 1º prize in demo contest musical magazine Ruta 66 (Barcelona)



 

Festivals 


 

Festimad (Madrid); Serie B (La Rioja); Psychiatric (Barcelona); Youthing (Mallorca); Underplatano (Las Palmas)



 

 

Sueño de Cangrejos. (2000). Contemporary dance . Compañía Platanera. Festival de teatro y danza de Las Palmas. Festival Dansa Valencia 2001. Produced by Elojodelafaraona. Original music by Amanda López



Lagrimas de Una Sirena (2001) Contemporary dance. Pieza de Ruth Moreno produced by El ojo de la faraona. Original music by Amanda López



Nasty Summer (2004) Track for canarian musicians compilation Extraños en el Paraíso.Ruin Records.