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About

Mano Leyrado – Magister in Fine Arts (Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin).

Creative communication strategist specialized in art, culture, communication, and technology.

Services

Advanced Digital Support: Deep experience in media design, covering video production, graphic design, web development, coding, CMS platforms, and more. AI tools integrated.

Production and Logistics: Hands-on assistance, preparation of artworks, installation, and de-installation of exhibitions.

Documentation and Communication: Content generation, support in project communication, and preparation of materials for publication.

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ARCHIVE: Creative Development

2025 — Berlin, Germany

pseudo-co. spawning alt-reality: Speculative Design & Spatial Strategy

Bio-digital Mutation, Capitalist Realism, Consumer Space, Post-digital Ecologies

Curatorial intervention in a mall center. Body mutation in consumer space. Uses the space as a laboratory for data swarms and subjects. Speculates on post-digital life via pseudo-commercial simulations. Transforms retail areas into narrative environments through capitalist residue.

In collaboration with Yun Kima

2024 — Vienna, Austria

Elenchus: Creative AI Video

AI Ethics, Generative AI, Latent Space, Neural Networks, Synthetic Media

Video research on boundaries between natural and artificial via Generative AI. Features a dialogue with an artificial agent leading to semantic collapse. Custom workflow navigates latent spaces to generate organic textures based on video game assets.

Acquired by Belvedere’s Bildarchiv & Ursula Blickle Video Archiv’

2023 — Milan, Italy

When Time Dreams: Hauntological Strategy & International Exhibition

Future Archeologies, Hauntology, Hyper-temporal Nodes, Visual Storytelling

Strategic approach to memory, treating artworks as hyper-temporal nodes. Challenges linear narratives through a spatial experience where the present is accessed via future speculation. Poetic reconstruction of history through visual storytelling.

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In collaboration with Maximiliano Aduki

2021 — ZK/U, Berlin, Germany

Ectobodies: Curatorial Research & Decolonial Discourses

Body Politics, Cultural Identity, Decoloniality, Field Research, Latin American Art

Research project developed during a residency stay at ZK/U Berlin.

Focuses on emerging Latin American artists and the body as a key element of study. Implements a methodology to exhibit colonial preconceptions and Western binaries (body vs idea). Explores the “ecto-” concept (bodies expelled from history and contained as nature) to reveal socio-political realities.

2017-2021 — Palacio Barolo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

CPU (Contemporary Processes Unit): Experimental Curatorial Lab & Research Platform

Art & Tech Discourse, Art Bunker, Radical Curation, Site-specific

Founded with Boris Aiub as a platform to subvert established notions of aesthetic discourse and the socio-political implications of technology. Developed experimental exhibition formats from a site-specific context to push curatorial boundaries and technological discourses.

2019 — Berlin, Germany

Salvajes ‘Contemporary Monkey’: Identity Mapping & Cultural Ecosystems

Cultural Homogenization., Identity Narratives, Locality, Urban Anthropologies

Multidisciplinary festival celebrating the Berlin-Buenos Aires sistership. Mapped self-legitimized artistic circuits outside mass-market nomenclature. Explores Argentine identity as a culture hybrid layers where nature and industry merge.

2018 — Córdoba, Argentina

El Gran Vidrio: Gallery Management Systems & Web Development

Art Market Strategy, Digital Archive, Gallery Management Systems, UI/UX Design, Web Development

Digital ecosystem for a contemporary art gallery. Created architecture for archiving and inventory management. Balances visual design with art-market tools.

2018 — Buenos Aires, Argentina

LAURA O: Minimalist Branding & Editorial Production

Editorial Craftsmanship, Material Philosophy, Premium Branding, Strategic Communication

In collaboration with Juan I. Scheller

Management and production of a book-object for LAURA O. Translates design philosophy into a tactile piece without photography. Relies on the golden ratio and technical drawings to maintain aesthetic rigor.

2018 — Belgrade, Serbia

Monitor 0717 [M0717]: Data Intelligence & Relational Mapping

Data Storytelling, Database Art, Information Plasticity, Social Archives

Investigation of databases as a reflection of contemporary society. Mapped a social graph of 150 agents through digital records and objects. Displayed via random-access web archive and physical exhibition. Uses data to reveal hidden social structures.

2016 — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Planck Festival: Hypergeographic Research & Live Streaming Architecture

Digital Ephemerality, Hypergeography, Live Streaming, Virtual Territories

Online festival exploring the scale where classical geometry fails. Exists in the virtual realm through non-archived live streaming. Research on hypergeographic jurisdictions and the boundaries between artworks and digital frames.

2013–2017 — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pirámide Selva: Branded Content & Social Creative Strategy

Branded Content (Cynar), Multi-format Production., Pop-up Culture, Social Creative

Direction of a cultural production company for multidisciplinary cultural events. Highlights include the Pirámide Selva Camp series for Cynar. Merged brand objectives with cultural scenes through pop-up events in unconventional spaces.