Criaturas humanas

ANAMORPHOSIS

[Site-specific performative lecture]

“The imaginative use of pieces of fabric, with which the artist adds new meanings to her body, is particularly effective” - Ema Leban, aplavz!.
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[ESP] Al revelar un archivo distorsionado de un diario personal, la artista expone su cuerpo femenino para reflexionar sobre temas sociales más amplios que condicionan los cuerpos humanos: autoestima, narcisismo digital, sexismo, estereotipos de belleza, opresión religiosa, violencia, educación sexual y cultura corporal. El performance se presenta en espacios que tienen relación con prácticas corporales, desde peluquerías, baños públicos, centros comerciales, gimnasios, hasta museos de ciencias humanas e iglesias. También se invita al público al camerino a reflexionar sobre los conflictos dentro de sus cuerpos en donde pueden transformar y amplificar sus cuerpos en identidades teatrales para convertirse en lo que Susana llama Criaturas Humanas.

[ENG] By revealing a distorted archive of a personal diary, the artist open up her female body to reflect on wider social themes that condition human bodies: self-esteem, digital narcissism, sexism, stereotypes of beauty, religious oppression, violence, sexual education and body culture. The show is to be presented in spaces that have a relation to corporal practices, from hair salons, public bathrooms, shopping centers, gyms, to human science museums and churches. The audience is invited to the dressing room to reflect on the conflicts within their bodies, they can transform and amplify their bodies into theatrical identities to become what Susana calls as Human Creatures.

︎La pieza puede ser adaptada a / The piece can be adapted to:
- Long version [75 min] participatory dressing room and lecture
- Short version [60 min] lecture

Direction and concept: Susana Botero Santos
Artistic consultation: Petra Hauerová, Cristina Maldonado
Dramaturgical consultation: Sodja Zupanc-Lotker
Scenography: Vecinas Chicoteras (Mara Ingea, Susana, Laura Cuervo)
Light design consultation: Carmen Lee
Video: Enzo Perrier (videographer), Andrés Silva (music), Susana Botero (edition)

Content devised with: Andrés Silva Diaz, Daniel Victoria, Daniel Gibran Victoria Mancilla, Howard Lotker, Hrdličkovo Muzeum Člověka, Laura Cuervo Restrepo, Mara Ingea, Michał Salwiński, Nadezda Nazarova, Richard Janča, Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir, Susana Botero Santos.

Past shows:

27.05.2022 DISK - Studio Řetízek (Prague, Czech Republic)
10.06.2022 Hrdličkovo Muzeum Člověka, Charles University (Praga, Czech Republic)
26.08.2022 (x2 shows) Festival Mladi Levi, (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
07 y 08 10.2022 Festival 4+4 Days in Motion, Erpet Sports Centre (Prague)
04.12.2022 DISK - S. Řetízek, DAMU MA DOT Showcase (Prague)

In collaboration w/ Vecinas Chicoteras and DAMU, Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

︎ Michael Lozano

FASCIARIUM (LAT. FASCIA: CONNECTIVE TISSUE)

[Staged party]

“Pure flamboyance”
- Borisav Matić, See Stage.
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[ESP] Fiesta teatral para celebrar la anatomía de nuestros cuerpos, nuestros traumas y placeres corporales. Un campo que es atractivo a nivel visual, espiritual y picante. Un grupo de “investigadores de la fascia” invita al público a disfrazarse en un laboratorio abierto para repensar temporalmente su identidad activando su fascia (del latín tejido conectivo). Los trajes son personajes que curan, bailan, embellecen o desfiguran, hacen reír o avergonzar. La nueva identidad los transfigurará en criaturas humanas. El público experimentará la transformación y el diálogo interior al visitar diferentes departamentos, liberando lentamente sus nuevos cuerpos en una fiesta extraña y alegre. En el laboratorio, los investigadores consideran que las criaturas humanas que se sienten sexys, honestas y experimentales son criaturas más felices y tolerantes.

[ENG] Theatrical party to celebrate the anatomy of our bodies, our coporeal traumas and pleasures. A field that is attractive in a visual, spiritual and kinky way. A group of “fascia researchers” invites the audience to wear costumes in an open laboratory to temporaly rethink their identity by triggering their fascia (lat. for connective tissue). The costumes are characters, they heal, dance, beautify or disfigure, make someone laugh or feel embarrassed. The new identity will transfigure them into human creatures. The audience will experiment transformation and inner dialogue by visiting different departments, slowly releasing their new bodies to a weird and joyful party. In the laboratory the researchers believe that human creatures that feel sexy, honest and experimental are happier and more tolerant creatures.

︎ El performance se realiza junto a un taller con la comunidad local para diseñar los vestuarios y convertirse en performers / The performance is made together with a workshop with the local community to design the costumes and become performers.

Direction and concept: Susana Botero Santos
Dramaturgy: Sodja Zupanc-Lotker and Domen Šuman 
Scenography and costumes: Susana Botero and Mara Ingea
Music: Andrés Silva Diaz
Light Design: Carmen Lee 
Content devised with: Andrés Silva Diaz, Mara Ingea, Michał Salwiński, Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir, Daniel Victoria, Yu En Ping, Aljoša Lovrić, Kirstine Hupfeldt Nielsen, Sai.

Past shows: