Juan David González Monroy

Juan David GONZÁLEZ MONROY (1983, Colombia) is a visual artist based in Berlin. Since 2010, he has been working with the German artist Anja Dornieden under the moniker OJOBOCA. Their body of work consists of short films, performances, installations and workshops. OJOBOCA has presented its works internationally at a wide variety of venues. Both González Monroy and Dornieden are members of the artist-run film lab LaborBerlin.

Filmography

(all short) The Circle of Confusion (2008), Tunnels (2009), How to Catch a Mole (2009), And It Was Good (2009, doc), Awe Shocks (2011, co-dir), Oro parece (2012, co-dir), The Handeye (2012, co-dir), Eigenheim (2012, co-dir), A Flea's Skin Would Be Too Big for You (2013, co-dir), Come and Dance with Me (2013, co-dir), Gente perra/Dog People (2014, co-dir), Wolkenschatten/Cloud Shadow (2014, co-dir), The Masked Monkeys (2015, co-dir), Heliopolis Heliopolis (2017, co-dir), The Skin Is Good (2018, co-dir), Comfort Stations (2018, co-dir)

More info: ojoboca.com

Juan David González Monroy at IFFR

Wolkenschatten

Hypnotising slideshow of weathered images presents itself as a relic of an impressive event full of trauma and wonder.

Juan David González Monroy, Anja Dornieden

17'
Germany

IFFR 2015

The Masked Monkeys

Satirising ethnographic documentary, OJOBOCA documents the training of masked monkeys whose performances take us to where shadows, dreams and death meet.

Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy

30'
Germany

IFFR 2016

Comfort Stations

A found set of images and sounds with an instruction text make a special type of film. Comfort Stations manifests itself as some sort of psychological test.

Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy

26'
Germany

IFFR 2018

The Hot and the Cold

OJOBOCA uses film and slide projectors for anaglpyh 3D images, stroboscopes and music to evoke a magical world in answer to an unhappy history.