Fernando Martín Velazco is a Mexican writer, researcher, and founder of Stultifera Navis Institutom, a platform dedicated to creative expeditions that bring together artists, scientists, and researchers to explore the relationship between humans and the natural world. His interdisciplinary practice unfolds in remote landscapes where art becomes a tool for observation, ecological inquiry, and storytelling.Working at the intersection of literature, environmental science, sound, and visual arts, Velazco develops projects that challenge conventional boundaries between disciplines. His methodology is rooted in the belief that creative expeditions—unlike laboratories—embrace uncertainty, allowing unexpected encounters with landscapes, species, and ecosystems to shape both the artistic process and scientific understanding.Through initiatives such as Los Juegos del Leviatán and the award-winning project The Maihaiowit's Lullaby, Velazco has explored the lives of gray whales and other marine species, weaving together ecological research with poetic narratives that invite new ways of understanding our connection to the living world. His work proposes that art and science are not parallel practices, but complementary ways of observing, caring for, and imagining the future of fragile ecosystems.
During his residency at Hotel El Ganzo, Fernando Martín Velazco developed the pilot edition of KLEODORA, an interdisciplinary project that understands technology as common ground between art and science, exploring how ecological monitoring can become both a scientific practice and an artistic language.Working within the San José Estuary, the residency combined field observation, environmental data collection, sound recording, and visual experimentation to create new works inspired by the rhythms and hidden dynamics of one of Baja California Sur's most important ecosystems. Rather than treating scientific information as static data, KLEODORA transformed measurements, sounds, and environmental processes into immersive visual and sonic experiences that encourage a more sensitive relationship with the natural world.Alongside this new body of work, the residency also presented projects developed through previous expeditions by Stultifera Navis Institutom, where artistic research in the protected landscapes of the Baja California Peninsula gave rise to visual, performative, and sound-based narratives centered on marine life and the interconnectedness of coastal ecosystems.As part of the residency, local community members were invited to participate in documenting their own relationship with the sea through video, photography, and personal observation. These individual perspectives were later woven into a collaborative short film, transforming many voices into a shared portrait of life along the coast. The project reflects one of El Ganzo's core beliefs: that creativity can foster deeper environmental awareness by creating space for dialogue between artists, scientists, local communities, and the landscapes they seek to protect.
