Published: Feb. 12, 2021

Stills from work-in-process A World in The Evening by Daniel Boord (Professor Emeritus Critical Media Practices) and Luis Valdovino (Professor, Art and Art History).

On location (2019) at the San Francisco de Asís Mission Church in Taos during the Christmas Las Posadas celebration. This project is being photographed entirely at night in Madrid and New Mexico.

Meet the Artists

Photo of Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino.

Daniel Boord and Luis Valdovino. Photo by Roddy MacInnes. 

Boord and Valdovino’s work has been widely exhibited, including the 17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC Videobrasil in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England;  the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Oberhausen Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany; the 50th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and by La Biennale di Venezia at the Venice Film Festival.

Recent Awards:

Watch the Skies: Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria International Film/Video Festival, Jersey City, NJ, January 2020
A Feeling for Leaving: Best International Documentary, Roma Cinema Doc, Rome, Italy, March 2019; Jury’s Choice Award, Black Maria International Film/Video Festival, Jersey City, NJ, January 2019
Congo: Jury’s Citation Award, Black Maria International Film/Video Festival, Jersey City, NJ, January 2018; Best Short Documentary, Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, Chicago, IL, November 2017