47 magazine - issue5

Pánico is an alternative music
and visual project based in
Quito by musician and visual
artist Sebastián Valbuena.
Sebastian was inspired by the author William
Burroughs and the story of Pan, the Greek god
Panic.
Everything is permitted because nothing is true. It is
all make-believe, illusion, dream...ART. When art
leaves the frame and the written word leaves the
page - - not merely the physical frame and page, but
the frames and pages of assigned categories - - a
basic disruption of reality itself occurs: the literal
realization of art.
The creatures of all your dreams and nightmares are
right here, right now, solid as they ever were or ever
will be, electric vitality of careening subways faster
faster faster stations flash by in a blur.
-William S. Burroughs
Sebastian was fascinated with the idea that art
directly affects life; like how paintings jump out
of their frames and reach the viewer’s eyes and
come to life. Whether he was experiencing the
brightness of dawn or the darkness of night, he
felt the terrors and strong emotions that were
his own living art; his own way of seeing the
world every day.
Sebastian then realized his project had a name:
Pánico.