Babylon

Performative residency, Teatro el 5 de Velarde. Madrid. Spain.  along with Matias Zanotti, Samuel Silva and Melisa Romero.

What is that kind of theater that moves us today? Where is the theatrical experience when the encounter is dangerous? What scenic possibilities are resignified in a spiritless context? Spiritual poetic scenic ritual – something of an essence vanishes, humans empty of spirit, drowned in modern speculations empty of blood, guts, subjected to frenetic instantaneous emotions. The format of the screen takes over our daily life. The links are woven between avatars that hide our folds, our smell, where are the scars? Dizzying rhythm of days, how long is a year? Species with multiple jobs, in multiple cities, with multiple affective ties all at the same time. And the touch? cities that do not find silences.

Bodies do not distinguish time. Every day is Monday. In the midst of so much noise we propose to find a corner where we can stop the vertigo for a moment. Capture it to build images that allow us to caress ourselves. Remember that it is possible to look at each other, stop talking, silence the thought of words and feel through the pores of the skin.

Immersive experience – viewers are active participants. It is an invitation to a collective stage event. We are aware of the current pandemic, of the complexity of the meetings. Reason for which we decided to think and reflect on the way that an artistic practice such as theater-performance can offer in a context where contacts are restricted. The experience takes place in different spaces and simultaneously, the journey, the transition and the stay is free to the desire of each participant.

“The path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom”
William Blake