"Dance for a XXI Century Token"
Festival Performancear or Die, curated by Gustavo Alvarez,
Norogachi, Chihuahua, México. April 2019
This performance happened during Performancear o Morir, a performance art festival that merged contemporary artists with the indigenous community of Raramuri in Chihuahua State on the Norht Mexico.
This poetic performances happened as a series of improvised somatic movement with simple actions using objects found across the journey.
Trying to evoke the essence of the human on the inert, the artist did an effort to merge with the surrounding, but instead the performance became also a ritual and moment of recognition of self awareness.
This poetic performances happened as a series of improvised somatic movement with simple actions using objects found across the journey.
Trying to evoke the essence of the human on the inert, the artist did an effort to merge with the surrounding, but instead the performance became also a ritual and moment of recognition of self awareness.
The sculpture I made from found objects at Samalayuca sand dunes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Performance photos by Adriana Balderrama.
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In this particular action, the artist had the opportunity to present his work directly and exclusively for the Raramuri community.
The performance consisted in running while carrying a cement/concrete industrial construction block until exhaustion and then using it as a constrain to body movements trapping his arms and legs to signify the burden that comercial construction represents for society. After finally breaking the cement block, the artist takes the earth hand made adobe brick and shows respect and affection to this objet while rubbing and in contrast to the previous action, he makes a point to revalue the traditional construction materials and techniques.
The performance consisted in running while carrying a cement/concrete industrial construction block until exhaustion and then using it as a constrain to body movements trapping his arms and legs to signify the burden that comercial construction represents for society. After finally breaking the cement block, the artist takes the earth hand made adobe brick and shows respect and affection to this objet while rubbing and in contrast to the previous action, he makes a point to revalue the traditional construction materials and techniques.
