Hector’s egalitarian vision and his out-of-the-box approach to art, technology and collaboration has seen him inhabit a unique space at the spaghetti junction of the current creative sphere. His world is post-discipline and melds craft and hand-based skills with a digitally informed consciousness.
Hector has hel… Read More
Hector’s egalitarian vision and his out-of-the-box approach to art, technology and collaboration has seen him inhabit a unique space at the spaghetti junction of the current creative sphere. His world is post-discipline and melds craft and hand-based skills with a digitally informed consciousness.
Hector has helped our industry define the trends not follow them. And each year he assembles the most magnetic and inspiring people to converge into one meeting place, and teach us what is possible and where we can be going. Joshua Davis, digital artist.
In 2000, Hector founded the OFFF festival which has become one of the most vital and visionary spaces to discover and understand cross-media activity. OFFF extends its reach beyond its home in Barcelona through an international programme which sees ‘OFFF On Tour‘ visit up to 5 countries a year and reach an audience of up to 20,000 creative professionals and students.
More than just a looking glass on the creative world the festival actively seeks to engage with that world by fostering collaborations, research and education. Collaborations have led to international recognition, such as the winning in 2011 of a Cannes Lion for the festival title sequence. In 2008 Hector co-founded the Atelier, a unique educational center to stimulate and promote the development of new generations of creative professionals.
Hector’s approach is founded in over 20 years experience in the creative industries and education. He has directed various films, shorts and documentaries and worked as a designer in the fields of visual art, design and interactive. Hector currently involves himself in projects as an artist, filmmaker, creative director, storyteller, seeker and curator and describes himself as an ‘experience maker‘.
He lives in Barcelona with wife Aimée Duchamp; their two dogs Jónsi & Lilus and his more than 5,000 strong DVD/Blu-ray collection. He is a long distance runner and aspires to one day become an Ironman finisher. Read Less
