ZOOA Collective Founded in Madrid in 2023 by an Ecuadorian artist and a Peruvian filmmaker, emerged from Four Dimensions of a Monolith, a short film that activated stone as a site of memory, fiction, and inquiry. That encounter became a methodological detonation, guiding the collective toward research-driven, interdisciplinary practices that move from mineral to vegetal, image to text, document to myth. ZOOA develops hybrid languages across visual arts, cinema, literature, and sound, cultivating speculative ecologies of knowledge.
Cesar Jumpa (b. 1983, Lima) is a Peruvian screenwriter, writer, and photographer based in Madrid. He studied screenwriting, showrunning, and humanities with a specialization in linguistics. His photographic work has been exhibited at PhotoEspaña, and he has received awards and selections at film and series festivals in Spain. As a writer, he has published articles and visual essays in Latin American and Peruvian media, working across narrative, criticism, and visual storytelling.
Astro Escudero (b. 1988, Quito) is an Ecuadorian interdisciplinary artist based in Madrid. They hold an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed the Creative Practices Program at the International Center of Photography. Working across installation, moving image, photography, sound, and material research, their practice engages the intersections of body, territory, memory, and technology. Through long-term, situated processes, Astro develops immersive projects that connect artistic, rural, and industrial contexts.
