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Visual artist, urban planner and editorIsaac Torres (Mexico City, 1982) is the director and director of the platform 'El Asunto Urbano' dedicated to the dissemination of architectural and urban culture in Mexico City. Lives and works in Mexico City and Berlin. His work is developed through transdisciplinary crosses between the visual arts, urbanism and architecture. For a decade he has been dedicated to the production of artistic work, in close relationship with Mexico City, architecture, urbanism and the memory of the inhabitants from the second half of the 20th century. In 2013 he presented the exhibition Rastreo y Memoria. Projects about Mexico City at the University Museum of Sciences and Art Rome, composed of audiovisual pieces and installations that would later be condensed in the book 7 projects about Mexico City. He has participated in events such as the III International Biennial of Young Art in Moscow (2012), the Monterrey Emerging Art Biennial (2008) and the World Bank Art program in Washington (2010). In addition, he was artist-in-residence at Künstlerhäuser Worpswede (2009) and Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg (2012).