Roberto Uribe received the architecture degree from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá and his Masters in Fine Arts from the Weißensee School of Arts in Berlin. As a freelance architect he has done research work on Bogotá and the Sabana and he has been an external consultant for the first POT of Bogotá. As a designer he has worked in private residences in Amsterdam and Berlin. From Architecture Uribe-Castro was linked to large scale artistic projects working in research, production and assembly for Doris Salcedo and Mona Hatoum in various projects. The Master of Space Strategies in Berlin marks the beginning of his individual practice as an artist. His interest in the city, architecture and space as historical documents and archaeological sites leads him to take as a starting point either a specific site or an archetypal architectural space, seeking to establish a dialogue between architecture, politics and history through alterations or changes to existing elements. On other occasions Uribe works from urban elements such as billboards in ephemeral public installations that question lesser known histories of the chosen site. Roberto has been awarded the Berlin Senate research grant, finalist in several public space art competitions in Germany and Ireland, shortlisted for the EU competition Beyond Memorialisation. Uribe is co-founder and member of CC_Berlin NGO that works with communities in the development of projects to improve living conditions and decrease the vulnerability of rural communities in Mexico and Colombia.
Solo Shows
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Padrões
Vila Sul, Goethe Institut
Curated by: Ines Linke
The Portuguese word padrão refers simultaneously to a standard, a pattern, a marker or a monument. Historically, padrões were stone pillars erected by Portuguese navigators to claim territories in Africa and the…→ View
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Padrões
Vila Sul, Goethe Institut
Curated by: Ines Linke
The Portuguese word padrões carries multiple meanings: standard, norm, pattern, marker or monument. Historically, padrões were stone pillars erected by Portuguese navigators along the coasts of Africa and the Americas…→ View
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Artist Residency at The Watch
Architectures of Exclusion
The Watch
Curated by: Jean Ulrick Désert
The Watch is part of an ongoing investigation into architectures of exclusion and the spatial mechanisms through which societies regulate access, visibility and belonging.→ View
Curated by: Architect Ulrike Lickert and Architect Regina Jost
Poetic Justice was developed for Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 in Berlin and consists of two large-scale pink giraffe sculptures installed within the public space of the square.→ View
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Trabajos Inacabados
Who Cleans the World? I & II
Wildpalms
Curated by: Jorge Sanguino
Who Cleans the World? takes its title from the writings of Françoise Vergès and her reflections on the invisible forms of labour that sustain contemporary societies.→ View
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Trabajos Inacabados
Vögelperspektive
Wildpalms
Curated by: Jorge Sanguino
Bird’s Perspective is an ongoing project that originated as a performative procession and video installation in Cologne. Developed from the story of Jambga, a young Cameroonian man who died in the city in 1898 after…→ View
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Quarantine Diaries
Wildpalms
Curated by: Jorge Sanguino
The sculpture consists of an old wooden chair delicately holding a row of soaps against the wall. The soaps are the product of collecting them during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2021. The project, which…→ View
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Trabajos Inacabados
Value Magnifiers
Wildpalms
Curated by: Jorge Sanguino
In this version of Value Magnifiers, selected images taken from banknotes are redrawn in pencil directly onto the wall. Portraits, animals, landscapes, monuments and other symbolic elements appear detached from their…→ View
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Competition Villa Liegnitz
An Undeniable Weight
Villa Liegnitz
This temporary installation takes as its point of departure Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Monument to Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, a work destroyed by the National Socialist regime in 1935.Constructed from recycled…→ View
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Proposal for REAKTOR Saal
Tausendundeine Nacht
REAKTOR
Conceived as an immersive audio and video installation, the project brings together stories, myths and songs narrated by migrants living in Germany in their native languages. Distributed throughout the space, the voices…→ View
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Competition Kunst am Bau für das Finanzministerium (Room 4)
Die Abwesenheit, die spricht
This proposal for the Art in Architecture competition at the German Federal Ministry of Finance transforms the building’s structural columns into a distributed archive of memory.Sixteen columns, corresponding to Germany…→ View
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Narcissus
Minus 20 Degrees
Projected onto the façade of a building, the work consists of a continuously growing list of names drawn from existing documentation of migrant deaths at Europe’s external borders. Slowly emerging across the dark…→ View
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Koloniale Kontexte
Black Gold
Schloß Charlottenburg
Curated by: Carolin Alff
This proposal temporarily transforms the courtyard monument of Elector Frederick William I by surrounding it with a large mound of ground tyre rubber. Rising around the equestrian statue, the black mass partially…→ View
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Landmark | Ned's Point Fort
Art Link
Curated by: Adriana Valderrama, Rebecca Strain and Martha McCulloch
with fotos by Jessica Auer and Roberto Uribe
Landmark (Ned’s Point Fort) forms part of the ongoing Landmark series, which uses red-and-white barrier tape commonly associated with construction sites and restricted areas to investigate places marked by historical…→ View
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Topography (I)
The Grid
Curated by: Eva Nieuweboer
Topography (I) consists of a series of stone-like blocks cast from melted glass schnapps bottles collected in the streets of Berlin. Discarded after consumption and largely unnoticed in public space, these small bottles…→ View
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Vogelperspektive
Q18
Curated by: Michael Stockhausen
Bird’s Perspective is a performative procession and video installation developed in Cologne. The project takes as its point of departure the story of Jambga, a young Cameroonian man who died in the city in 1898 after…→ View
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Quarantine Diaries
Art Link
Curated by: Rebecca Strain, Martha McCulloch
It is a collection of more than 3000 photographs of soaps that was formed during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. What started as a display of soaps collected through my Instagram account,…→ View
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Mein Kiez Mein Atelier
Topography (I)
The Cabins
Curated by: Eva Nieuweboer
These stones of approximately 5 x 5 x 5 x 5cm are made with small melted liquor bottles. These small bottles are usually discarded after consuming their contents in the street where they last for a long time because…→ View
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Mein Kiez, mein Atelier
Landmark
The Cabins
Curated by: Eva Nieuweboer
Landmark is an ongoing series of site-specific interventions using the red-and-white barrier tape commonly associated with construction sites, accidents and areas under transformation.→ View
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Mein Kiez, mein Atelier
Topography (II)
The Cabins
Curated by: Eva Nieuweboer
Topography (II) consists of hundreds of small glass schnapps bottles suspended from the ceiling in a precise grid. Collected over several years in the neighbourhood where the artist lives, the bottles are traces of…→ View
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Mein Kiez, mein Atelier
Between Heaven and Earth
The Cabins
Curated by: Eva Nieuweboer
Between Heaven and Earth emerged from the long-term collection of feathers found throughout the city. Gathered from streets, courtyards and overlooked urban corners, these fragments became traces of the multiple forms…→ View
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Mein Kiez Mein Atelier
Ghost Station
The Cabins
Curated by: Eva Nieuweboer
“Ghost Station" y es una copia exacta de la valla publicitaria de la estación de metro de Moritzplatz. Esta valla publicitaria me ha llamado la atención desde que me mudé al barrio. Para mí, el andén del metro se…→ View
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An Homage to Roger Casement
Seringueiro
Commissions Sculpture Dublin
This proposal for the O’Connell Plinth is dedicated to Sir Roger Casement, whose investigations into the atrocities committed during the rubber booms of the Congo and the Amazon exposed some of the most violent…→ View
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Proposal for Fragmentos Arte y Memoria
Smoke Curtain
Fragmentos Espacio de Arte y Memoria
Cortina de Humo (Smoke Screen) was developed for Fragmentos in Bogotá and takes as its point of departure a largely remembered yet insufficiently examined episode of Colombian history.→ View
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Ornament und Verbrechen
Ornament and Crime consisted of two large-scale billboards installed at the intersection of Potsdamer Straße and Kurfürstenstraße in Berlin, a site whose street names still recall the feudal and monarchical structures…→ View
Wayúu Columns
Untitled
with Wayùu Community
Invited by members of the Wayúu community to develop an intervention within one of the buildings they inhabit and use collectively, the project was conceived from the outset as a collaborative process. Participation was…→ View
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Kunst am Bau
Haunted by the Absence
Developed for the 28th anniversary of German reunification, this proposal consisted of temporarily installing twelve additional columns within the openings of the Brandenburg Gate. Replicating the dimensions and…→ View
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Eine Mündliche Erzählung von Migranten
Tausendundeine Nacht
with the support of Andrea Ideli
Thousand and One Nights is a sound and video installation developed through workshops and collaborations with migrants living in Germany. The project brings together stories, songs, myths and personal narratives shared…→ View
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Circles and Cycles
Landmark
Plattenbauvereinigung
Curated by: Sarah Ambrosi
Landmark is an ongoing series of temporary interventions using the red-and-white barrier tape commonly employed around construction sites, accidents and areas under transformation.By introducing this familiar material…→ View
Solo Shows, Colaboration
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International Decolial Monument Competition. Berlin
Beacon of Truth
with Jean Ulrick Désert
Research: Mokia Laisin
LICHT der Wahrheit (Beacon of Truth), developed in collaboration with Jean Ulrick Désert, was conceived as a decolonial memorial for the entrance plaza of the Global Village in Berlin.The project combines a ground…→ View
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International Decolial Monument Competition. Berlin
Beacon of Truth
with Jean Ulrick Désert
Research: Mokia Laisin
LICHT der Wahrheit (Beacon of Truth), developed in collaboration with Jean Ulrick Désert, was conceived as a decolonial memorial for the entrance plaza of the Global Village in Berlin.The project combines a ground…→ View
Solo Shows, Group Shows
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Narrative Under Construction
Con los ojos en el cielo y los pies en la tierra
Projektor of HAWK (Hochschule von angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst)
Curated by: Leonid Keller
Con los ojos en el cielo y los pies en la tierra investigated the observatory as both a scientific instrument and a political structure through which knowledge about the world is produced, classified and transmitted.→ View
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Narrative Under Construction
Con los ojos en el cielo y los pies en la tierra
Projektor of HAWK (Hochschule von angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst)
Curated by: Leonid Keller
Con los ojos en el cielo y los pies en la tierra investigated the observatory as both a scientific instrument and a political structure through which knowledge about the world is produced, classified and transmitted.→ View
Group Shows
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Abyss
Swan Park
Curated by: Adriana Valderrama
Abyss is a site-specific installation developed for Art in the Park IV in Buncrana, Ireland. Conceived for the ruined structure known as O’Doherty’s Keep, the work transforms the entire interior courtyard of the tower…→ View
For the exhibition celebrating the gallery’s 50th anniversary, the design challenged the notion of the gallery as a neutral space and instead approached it as a territory connected to its broader context: the city of…→ View
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Gläsern
Tavsan Kani
Schloß Biesdorf
Curated by: Harald Theiss
Tavşan Kanı (Rabbit Blood) brings together 36 Turkish tea glasses arranged throughout the exhibition space, transforming a familiar object of everyday life into a fragile architectural landscape.→ View
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Gläsern
Topography (I)
Schloß Biesdorf
Curated by: Harald Theiss
Topography (I) consists of a series of stone-like blocks cast from melted glass schnapps bottles collected in the streets of Berlin.Discarded after consumption and largely unnoticed in public space, these small bottles…→ View
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Overview Effect
Historic Riese Cobbler Store in Beelitz
Curated by: Roberto Uribe-Castro
with Artist:
Andrea Acosta
Jakob Argauer
Jean Ulrick Désert
Anna Julia Fridbjornsdottir
Manaf Halbouni
Leonid Keller
Roberto Uribe-Castro
Overview Effect was a group exhibition developed for the historic Riese cobbler store in Beelitz. Taking its title from the phenomenon experienced by astronauts when viewing Earth from space, the project explored…→ View
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ZNE
Seringueiros
Ufer Hallen
Curated by: Adrienne Goehler
Seringueiros consists of a series of sculptures made from pulverized recycled tyres. The forms reproduce the interior volume of buckets traditionally used during the extraction of latex in the Amazon rainforest.While…→ View
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Rabbits Blood
Tavşan kanı
Istanbul Artist Residency
Curated by: Özge Yılmaz
Tavşan Kanı (Rabbit Blood) was originally conceived for the Akaretler Row Houses in Istanbul, a housing complex built in the nineteenth century by the Armenian architect Sarkis Balyan to accommodate workers from the…→ View
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The Allien Every Day
Topography (I)
Spoiler
Curated by: Jakob Argauer, Mgada Mai, David Möller, Frederic Spreckelmeyer,
Topography (I) consists of a series of stone-like blocks cast from melted glass schnapps bottles collected in the streets of Berlin.Discarded after consumption and largely unnoticed in public space, these small bottles…→ View
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Affecting Memory
Images of Rubber
Deutscher Künstlerbund
Curated by: Oscar Ardila and Stefan Krueskemper
Using one of the large windows that has the gallery. With a dimension of 3.2 meters wide and a height of 2.2 meters this glass houses a photo of Roger Casement accompanied by 10 Indians of the Chorrera in the Colombian…→ View
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Redraw Tragedy
Even Dust Can Burst into Flames
Künstlerforum
Curated by: Natalia Wehler
with Wie-yi Lauw
fotos by Rolf Sachse
A nest of large proportions made with branches charred by fire. This piece is accompanied by 8 frottages made in Gois, with paper collected from an abandoned factory that, like a photograph, store on their surface the…→ View
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Redraw Tragedy
Seringueiros
Künstlerforum
Curated by: Natalia Wehler
with fotos by Rolf Sachse
Seringueiros consists of a series of sculptures made from pulverized recycled tyres. The forms reproduce the interior volume of buckets traditionally used during the extraction of latex in the Amazon rainforest.While…→ View
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Büro für kuratorische Fürsorge & kollektives Experiment
Value Magnifiers
Quartier am Hafen
Curated by: Michael Stockhausen
The money is an abstraction of values that have make possible the exchange of goods for many centuries, but their representation goes beyond the currency. They stand for ideologies, economical…→ View
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BÜRO für kuratorische Fürsorge und kollektives Experiment / Phase 2
Vogelperspektive
Quartier am Hafen
Curated by: Michael Stockhausen
Following the procession and video installation Bird’s Perspective, the mobile projection device used during the project was presented as part of the exhibition BÜRO für kuratorische Fürsorge und kollektives Experiment…→ View
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Enterventionale 2020
O Jehovah Quam Ampla Sunt Tua Opera
Bonn University
Curated by: Julia Krings and Michael Stockhausen
This work temporarily displaced five taxidermy specimens from the collection of the Alexander Koenig Museum in Bonn to the chapel of the University of Bonn. In their place, cloth-covered replicas occupied the museum…→ View
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Enterventionale 2020
Landmark
Museum Alexander Koenig
Curated by: Julia Krings and Michael Stockhausen
Landmark is an ongoing series of temporary interventions using the red-and-white barrier tape commonly employed around construction sites, accidents and areas under transformation.By introducing this familiar material…→ View
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The PDF Project
Landmark
Exgirlfriend Berlin
Curated by: Jason Lazarus
Landmark is an ongoing series of temporary interventions using red-and-white barrier tape commonly associated with construction sites, accidents and areas under transformation.By introducing this familiar material into…→ View
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Entre los días y las cosas
Topography (I)
Colombian Embassy
Curated by: Oscar Ardila
Topography (I) consists of a series of stone-like blocks cast from melted glass schnapps bottles collected in the streets of Berlin.Discarded after consumption and largely unnoticed in public space, these small bottles…→ View
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And Even Dust Can Burst into Flames
Topography (I)
Volume
Curated by: Lynn Busch
Topography (I) consists of a series of stone-like blocks cast from melted glass schnapps bottles collected in the streets of Berlin.Discarded after consumption and largely unnoticed in public space, these small bottles…→ View
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Third Berlin Becher Trienale
Value Magnifiers
Berlin Glas e.V
Curated by: Julius Weiland
Value Magnifiers examines banknotes as carriers of political, cultural and historical narratives. Although money primarily functions as a medium of exchange, its imagery often reflects the values, aspirations and…→ View
The Law of the Market
Ghost Station 2012
Freies Museum
Curated by: Stefan Koppelkamm
Ghost Station is an exact replica of a billboard located on the platform of Moritzplatz station in Berlin. Rather than understanding the billboard as a surface for communication, the project approached it as an…→ View
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La Belle Alliance show
Viktoria
Weißensee Kunsthochschule
Curated by: Maren Strack, Frederic Schröder, Stephan Mörsch
While the angel sculpture of Berlin’s Mehringplatz was temporarily removed during renovation works, this intervention recreated its image using discarded bottle caps collected in the neighbourhood.Installed on the wire…→ View
Aleph
Weißensee Kunsthochschule
Curated by: Fritz Balthaus
with Wi-Yi Lauw
Developed during my first year in the MFA Space Strategies programme at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, this sound installation explored the layered history of one of the academy’s buildings, a former chocolate…→ View
