Daniel Jacoby

Daniel Jacoby (1985, Peru) is a Peruvian visual artist and filmmaker based in Amsterdam. Fascinated by the intricacies of the human condition, he makes films that portray characters, communities or social practices from inventively tangential perspectives. In his sculptural practice, Jacoby recurrently navigates the tension between his youthful idealization of Western progress in Peru and his adult awareness of the imperialist systems underpinning it since he migrated to Europe. In both films and installations, visual elements borrowed from the Global South help construct a suggestive visual language, imbued with elements from his personal narrative. His work has been presented at MoMA Doc Fortnight (New York), e-flux Screening Room (New York), EYE Filmmuseum (Amsterdam), Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), Delfina Foundation (London), The Banff Centre (Alberta), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), among others. His films have won awards at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Videoex Zürich, Filmadrid, Curtocircuito and Lima Independiente.