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Leo Castañeda (he/him)

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Leo Castañeda adapted 3D modeling techniques and combined painting, drawing, and sculpture to create the immersive video game installation on view here. He incorporated paintings by his grandmother Maria Thereza Negreiros to depict a fantastical landscape of Colombian and Brazilian ecosystems inflected with Latin American Surrealism. As players move through this territory in the game, they use camouflage and electromagnetism to solve environmental puzzles and resolve conflicts, ultimately altering the course of a cataclysmic explosion. 

The video presented here offers a 360-degree flythrough of the game environment. Castañeda has also released a preview of Camoflux: Levels & Bosses Video Game Installation Incendio Igapó on the gaming platform Steam.

Leo Castañeda adaptó técnicas de modelado en 3D y combinó pintura, dibujo y escultura para crear la instalación inmersiva de videojuego que se muestra aquí. Incorporó pinturas realizadas por su abuela Maria Thereza Negreiros para representar un paisaje fantástico de ecosistemas colombianos y brasileños salpicados de surrealismo latinoamericano. A medida que los jugadores se mueven por este territorio, utilizan camuflaje y electromagnetismo para resolver acertijos ecológicos y solucionar conflictos, alterando finalmente el curso de una explosión catastrófica. 

El video que se presenta aquí ofrece un recorrido de 360 grados por el entorno del juego. Castañeda también ha publicado un avance de Camoflux: Niveles y jefes finales instalación de videojuego Incendio Igapó en la plataforma de juegos Steam.

Camoflux: Levels & Bosses Video Game Installation Incendio Igapó, 2026

A surreal green underwater scene with rocks, sea plants, and a large slug-like creature in the foreground.
A surreal green underwater scene with rocks, sea plants, and a large slug-like creature in the foreground.

Leo Castañeda, still from Camoflux: Levels & Bosses (Igapó), 2023–25. Ultra-HD video game, color and sound, dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist. © Leo Castañeda and Maria Thereza Negreiros

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