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Gastón Iungman ( Santa Fe, December 9, 1972) is an
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musician, songwriter and
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, known for being one of the founders of the experimental rock group Duchamp Pilot. Iungman was also one of the creators of the theater and visual arts companies Puja! and Voalá, with which he has performed at important festivals and other events around the world. His most remarkable show is ''Muaré'', a mixture of detailed aerial choreographies and rock music that has achieved international success since 2010.


Career


Beginnings and Grupo Puja!

Iungman was born in 1972 in
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. Since his childhood he became interested in playing the guitar, influenced by classical rock bands such as
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,
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and
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. Between 1989 and 1997 he worked as a guitarist and composer playing for several bands in his natal country. In 2001, Iungman became the musical director and producer of Grupo Puja!, an experimental theater initiative born in Argentina and currently based in Spain that performs in urban spaces using different disciplines such as theater, dance and music, emphasizing in aerial choreography. The group, which has presented, among others, the shows ''K@osmos'' and ''Dodoland'' around the world, has won several awards and recognitions throughout its trajectory, among which the First Prize for Excellence in 1999 in Santa Fe, the Audience Award in the fifteenth edition of the FiraTàrrega in 2005 in Catalonia and in the festivals of Espartinas (2005), Loja (2006) and
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(2008). In 2006 he created the band Beautiful Taste, with which he performed at important events such as the
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in Toronto and the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. With Beautiful Taste he released the studio album ''Of Our Cornea'', recorded in the Blind Records Studios in Barcelona and mastered in the Fluid Studios in London.


Voalá Project, Duchamp Pilot and ''Muaré''

Iungman, settled down in Europe, founded in 2007 the Voalá Project with the collaboration of the Argentinian plastic artist Roberto Strada. Voalá Project is a theatrical and visual arts company that creates aerial choreographies accompanied by a rock band. In 2010 Iungman produced a visual and musical show called ''Muaré'', inspired in the French artist Marcel Duchamp and his ''rotorelief'' technique. The "muaré effect" is an interference pattern that illustrates a principle: two properly combined patterns can generate a different, random pattern. The performance incorporates a group of acrobats who make random geometric figures in the air, using a crane system that allows the development of artistic activity in the air, accompanied by the music of Duchamp Pilot. The project resides in Spain and has operational bases in England and Argentina, as well as a cast of artists from countries such as
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, England,
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, France,
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, Argentina and Spain. The show was performed on the opening night of the twentieth edition of the FiraTàrrega in Catalonia and took part in other important events worldwide shortly after its founding. The band Duchamp Pilot was created to accompany Voalá's visual spectacle. The name of the band was based on the experimental work of French artist
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. In 2014 the group performed at the famous
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in
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and took part in a large number of events in Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as commemorating the anniversary of the city of
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, in a free concert held on the West Coast before 60,000 people. In 2015 the group was responsible for the opening show of the popular Argentine variety program led by
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, ''
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''. Other venues and events visited during this tour were the Puebla International Theatre Festival, the Cervantino International Festival,
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in Barcelona, the
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and the Cibeles and
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squares. After successful performances in Europe, Asia and Mexico in 2017, a year later the group made two shows in the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival of Bogota, returning after their multitudinous experience in 2015. Also in 2018 they presented the show Voalá Station in England, France,
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,
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, Mexico and
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. Iungman has recorded some albums with the band Duchamp Pilot, in which he presents a fusion of rock, pop, new wave and psychedelic elements. In 2015 the band independently released the single "Erratic Rigor Mortis" and a year later their first feature, ''Part of the Process''. In 2018 a new single by the band was released, titled "Hello, what's going on?, with a videoclip recorded in Bogota, Colombia.


Future projects

Two new shows are currently being created and consolidated by Voalá: ''Sylphes'', a ballet developed entirely in the air, and a collaboration with the Spanish theatre company
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, pioneer of the so-called "friction theatre".


Major shows

*1999 – ''El puente que viene'' *1999 – ''Celebración en las alturas'' *2000 – ''Santa Fe sin limites'' *2000 – ''K@osmos'' *2004 – ''Esthesia'' *2007 – ''Voala Station'' *2009 – ''Dodoland'' *2010 – ''Muaré''


Duchamp Pilot members

*Gastón Iungman – guitar *Gaz Twist – vocals *Alan Ferguson – bass *Theo Cuevas – drums


Discography


With Beautiful Taste


With Duchamp Pilot


Studio albums


Singles


References


External links


Gastón Iungman Official PageGrupo Puja! Official PageGastón Iungman
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