Directed by Alejandro Cesarco and Irina Raffo, Clemente Padín, documents the Uruguayan artist Clemente Padín’s reading of Memoria Viva, which he considers one of the most important performances of his career.

270 is a series of short films created to preserve and amplify the rich contributions of Latin American artists. Each film is one artist’s homage to another, resulting in an intimate portrait of a single living artist whose work has shaped engagement with contemporary art.

The series title, 270, alludes to the concise length of the films, varying at brief vignettes of around 270 seconds or four and a half minutes. The resulting films capture facets of each artist’s life and creative journey, shining a light on the networks that have supported artistic production and celebrating the subjects’ contributions to our shared cultural histories.

The 270 film series was produced with creative direction from artist Julio Grinblatt and supported by the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York.


Directed by Alejandro Cesarco and Irina Raffo
Featuring Clemente Padín
Produced by Julio Grinblatt
Sound recording by Santiago Bednarik
Sound by Daniel Yafalián
Translated by Jane Brodie
Color Correction by Elisa Barbosa Rivas/Artemisalab
Thanks to Alexander Alberro

All works © and courtesy Clemente Padín

© Institute for the Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)