José Ignacio Betancourt Simán

José Ignacio Betancourt Simán is a Salvadorean multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver. Born in postwar El Salvador, Ignacio grew up amidst the remaining fears and silences of this conflict, which he experienced from the security of a stable home. He studied Media Arts at Emily Car University, from where he graduated in 2014. He has shown his films in various international animation festivals and performed live visuals with musician Daniel Majer. Ignacio’s visuals examine the fading line between our internal worlds and reality, facilitated by technologies. A home to take refuge from responsibilities and sufferings and facilitating indulgence in our own identities. Landscapes are accompanied by Daniel Majer’s shifting sound compositions.