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Neuland - 7min 22sec - 4:3 - dv_pal - 2009 A dutch landscape. The video-work `Neuland` (Virgin Soil, Unknown Territory) belongs to a series of landscape studies. The definition of the `Argument` and the `By-work` is questioned. It remains unclear if the `Argument` refers to the subject aimed by the camera or the one passing by. The attention is turned to an artificial landscape which stands for modernity and progress. Routine reveals itself as mechanical ritual. Seen from this perspective there is no place for the individual.

Biography José Miguel Biscaya, born in Lisbon in 1973, is a Mixed-Media Artist and Curator living and working in Amsterdam. He graduated at the Sandberg Institute where he received his Master-degree in Fine Arts (MFA). His work has been shown in numerous international festivals and group-exhibitions. He co-curated and produced several shows, including Volume and Hiscox Art Award. In 2007, he created in association with Jonathan Sullam and Tom Hillewaere the Mobile Institute in Brussels. As a jury member of the Media Art Friesland commission in 2009, José co-curated and lined up the Friesland International Media Art Competition program. Currently he is working on a new series of video-works.