A collaborative multimedia art project
Arlequines
Ten Digital Portraits | Ten Short Musical Pieces
Created by Charlo & Daniel.
The project
Arlequines is a multimedia collaboration created by Charlo & Daniel featuring 10 digital portraits, each accompanied by a short musical piece.
Through a new audiovisual form for both artists, the project weaves together the story of their friendship since the age of ten, with each title inscribing a memory of a shared experience. Arlequines honours the mysteries of friendship and those enduring relationships that serve as anchors, reminding us where we come from and pointing toward our ultimate destination.
Charlo — Image
Each arlequín begins with a physical form: folded paper that is scanned and intuitively responded to through Charlo’s line work. Moving between the physical and digital worlds, the figures emerge somewhere between both.
Daniel — Music
Experimenting with a combination of sampling techniques, reverse vocal tracks, digital synthesizers, and programmed beats, the music endows each “arlequín” with a distinct voice, one that evokes the specific memory it represents.
«La amistad es un quieto, apacible, tibio y dulce fuego que el tiempo no abate ni amengua».
— Salvador Novo, Joyas de la Amistad
Charlo
Charlo is a Mexican-American multimedia artist and designer from Monterrey, Mexico, based in Denver, Colorado. His practice explores the line as a visual language through drawing, murals, collage, and digital work, examining memory, identity, emotion, and connection. His work has been presented through exhibitions, public art projects, and cultural collaborations in the United States and Mexico, alongside a career in design and creative direction spanning more than 16 years.
Daniel Bortoni
Daniel Bortoni is a Mexican-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer from Monterrey, Mexico, based in Vancouver, Canada. He has released two independent studio albums in addition to writing and producing music for other artists. He is currently pursuing a practice-based PhD in Musicology at the Complutense University of Madrid, where his research explores how digital production techniques mediate music, meaning, and contemporary subjectivities.
A project by Charlo & Daniel