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About

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

I’m a Creative Technologist specialized in art, culture & communication.

My hybrid background allows me to manage the entire project process, from conceptualization and project management to the technical production of communication assets.

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.

ARCHIVE: Exhibition Design

2026 — Barcelona, Spain

Tecnologia [in]visible: Generative AI & Audiovisual Production

Immersive Exhibition Design, Generative Video Pipelines, Spatial Media Synchronization, Localized NLP Pipelines, Production Management.

Audiovisual Production, Spatial Tech Architecture & Creative Collaboration · with Gracias Grecia

Tecnologia [in]visible is an exhibition by Mobile World Capital Barcelona and the Generalitat de Catalunya at Palau Robert, curated by Genís Roca. It traces twenty years of technological change through a three-act journey: technology as object, as system, and as something we shape collectively. On view 12 June to 27 September 2026.

Gracias Grecia handled exhibition design and creative direction. I collaborated on the creative and led the audiovisual production: generative video, a six-channel testimonial installation, subtitling, and the delivery schedule.

Generative video
Creative direction and full video production for an interactive room where visitors reveal footage by moving a polarizing filter. Eight everyday-technology use cases appear in two synchronized states: a photorealistic scene of the technology in use, and its X-ray counterpart, generated from a shared seed. The pipeline pairs realism and infrastructure, making invisible systems legible.

Six-channel testimonial installation
A six-channel multiscreen piece built from real testimonies about technology, produced end to end including the shoot. Before filming, a fully AI-generated reference version, with synthetic people, scripted statements, and cloned voices, previsualized the piece and set framing, pacing, and channel logic across all six screens. The final work is the filmed testimonies, synchronized across the six channels in two editing structures, one dialogic and one contemplative.

Stack: ComfyUI, Runway, Nano Banana, Claude, ElevenLabs, Whisper, After Effects, Premiere, HTML/JS

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

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.

2021 — Berlin, Germany

Eindrücke: Active Archive & Memory Infrastructure

Archive Strategy, Heritage Culture, Migrant Narratives, Political Activism

Research-driven exhibition transforming a private family archive into a public political statement. Connects three generations of exile and migration with contemporary displacement. Manages cultural heritage through installations that bridge hidden and revealed history.

In collaboration with Ezequiel Monteros & Sandra Feferbaum Siemsen.

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.

2019 — ZK/U, Berlin, Germany

Artmeldung: Field Research & Relational Mapping

Data Mapping, Institutional Critique, Migrant Networks, Symbolic Exchange

Research project on the Argentine artistic community in Berlin. Appropriated institutional forms (Anmeldung) to map migrant artistic insertion. Systematized displacement and reconstruction of autonomy into sociological and curatorial data.

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.

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.