Federico Fabregat (1975—9 March 2021) was a Mexican visual artist, musician (dJ), filmmaker, and writer. He was born in 1975 in
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
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Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
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Overview
Fabregat was the co-author of the book of poems entitled "SEIS", published by Editorial Agata (2001), which he wrote with five other poets, among them Asdrúbal Eriko Sainz and Daniel Gómez Moreno. He was also a reporter in two of the most important
newspapers in the city of Guadalajara (El Informador and Ocho Columnas), working on the art and performances sections and co-publishing the social section. In addition, he was the creative director of the communication
enterprise Agencia M along with Insight
Marketing. As of May 2006, he was the creative director of Brandcorp, often wrote for media organizations such as Blink, and worked regularly on the Tedium Vitae magazine editorial council.
Tedium Vitae
at www.tediumvitae.com
In addition, he had various artistic musical projects of vanguard, where he had shared the scene with figures such as The Orb and System 7, Nopal Beat Nopal Beat Records is a record label and music collective, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It specializes in a fusion of electronic music with various styles of Latin music (a style usually referred to as acid cabaret). The name comes from th ...
Collective among others.
Fabregat maintained other conceptual art projects of the hand of other artists, among them Tomás López Rocha (a plastic artist also living in Guadalajara, Jalisco).
Fabregat also collaborated in the second most important music & art festival in Mexico: Festival Cultural de Mayo (in Guadalajara, Jalisco). In this event, he worked in two projects for the 2007 edition: 1) an alternative festival of electronic and indie music inside Festival Cultural de Mayo, and 2) in the integral programme of innovative strategies to promote this festival. Besides, in this festival edition, he offered a conversation around the contemporary electronic music movement in Guadalajara, in the MAZ (Museo de Arte de Zapopan).
Fabregat was also the author of the book called Oda al Simulacro (Ediciones Arlequin 2008) and Filosofía de Clase Media (also form Ediciones Arlequín 2014).
Fabregat was also a movie director and wrote scripts. His first short film is called "El Torturador
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Festival Cultural de Mayo
Revista Replicante
1975 births
2021 deaths
Writers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexican people of Catalan descent
Place of death missing
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Mexican artists