Artist Statement

CAPASSO+KELLER+TINAJERO is an artist collaborative founded in 1998 that specializes in large-scale participatory multimedia installations. We use sound, video, and sculptural elements to create immersive environments that become alive as the audience meanders through them, fostering social interactions and unique perceptual experiences. Collaboration is critical to our work. Working together promotes an open dialogue that involves not only the artists, but also the audience in participatory ways. 

Since 2006, with the development of the sound sculpture Green Canopy, our work has focused on the theme of ecological sustainability. Our work explores home both as architecture, i.e. the place where we live, and as planet Earth and emphasize how cultural and social forces shape our perceptions. We view culture as a ubiquitous element that tempers humans’ relationships with the environment. Through our site-specific installations we hope to raise awareness about our footprint on the planet and contribute to a more sustainable and respectful relationship with the Earth. 

We have developed numerous large-scale multimedia installations, including InMesh (2014), Palafito (2012, 2013), Urban Corridor (2000), Carry On (2002-2004) and Green Canopy: The Forest, The Tree and The Bud (2006-2007). Tinajero & Capasso have collaborated on Medical Diagnosis (1999), a series of performances in Colorado, and Carry Away (2004), a performance on homelessness, which took place in several New York City parks. Keller & Capasso have exhibited internationally the audiovisual installations La Conquista (2000), Vivir sin después (2003) and Sisyphus (2004). Our work has been exhibited, among others, at Museum of the Americas (Denver, 2013), Islip Art Museum (East Islip, 2006), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (Boulder, 2004 and 2001) and Museo del Barrio (New York, 2002). The group has received grants from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (2013, 2012, 2004, 2003), National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (2013) and the Boulder Arts Commission (2001, 2000). In addition, the conceptual underpinnings of our work have been documented in peer-reviewed journals and international publishing companies such as Cambridge University Press, Springer and Routledge.