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This weekend I participate in the project Trímera organised by DidacArt, Espacio Alexandra and Createctura. My proposal for this artistic drift is titled as "Winding between water memories", a multisensory experience navigating between the visible and invisible through the collective movement of bodies of water and its reflection in the city of Santander (Spain). Thanks to DidacArt for inviting me to lead this collective endervour. 
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Over the weekend, one of the most wanted moments of the project took place. After so much work, ramifications of FloatingStudio research are gradually materializing. A very important part is this, the opera La Gioconda, (translated from the Italian La Jocunda), with music by Amilcare Ponchielli and libretto in Italian by Arrigo Boito that was presented in Milan in 1876. Without explaining the research in depth, I share that this was the opening opera of the Amazon Theater in Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon on January 7, 1897, in the middle of the rubber fever effervescence.
Its context is the main reason why I decided to recompose the lyrics of an excerpt from this opera. This process, which has many points of collaboration along the way, is born in the Amazon River. Its lyrics are a creation based on meetings, dialogues, activities and interviews conducted in the Peruvian Amazon and from the distance, with people from different points of the riverbed. Here you can see some images of the vocal recording with the soprano singer Vanessa Saenz Arconada, whom I thank on behalf of the project for her engagement and dedication to make this idea a reality. I also thank Aitor Sánchez Smith for his support in production and photography, Houari Raúl Lopez Aldana for his advice on vocal technique during recording and Javier Escudero for his sound prowess from Cubex recording studio. This opera is part of the project Estudio Flotante cuando el río suena a Amazonas and will be presented at the artistic-ritual meeting 'Cuando el río suena' in Seville (Spain) that takes place on July 27 and 28. For more information about the event and registration to be part of it at: (in Spanish) https://estudioflotante.art.blog/2021/07/05/desde-el-rio-amazonas-al-guadalquivir/  Yesterday, I had the honour to present the art intervention I made in Herrera de Ibio to its inhabitants who participated in the process. It was very emotional to see their faces seeing the intervention while listening to the collective soundscape created. For now I share the map of all interventions at the festival. Agua eres y en agua te convertiras (Water you are and water you will become) is at the area called La Llanía just next to the river Cedeja.
Soon more pictures to show process and final outcome. More general info about the festival here: www.aselart.art/ The process of the project Estudio Flotante cuando el río suena a Amazonas still is going on. It is in its journey, continua su travesía, temporarily "docking" in Seville for an artistic-ritual action. For this encounter this project is looking for participants with the following official announcement:  Llamada abierta en busca de participantes! Esta invitación para colaboración tiene como objetivo generar un diálogo de saberes y haceres para senti-pensar la relación de los seres humanos con el agua desde la reserva de agua dulce más importante del planeta: el río Amazonas. Es ahí, donde comenzaba el proyecto “#EstudioFlotante, cuando el río suena a Amazonas” que enmarca esta actividad. Durante los primeros meses de 2020, este proyecto sucedía en el cauce del río Amazonas, en su recorrido desde el nacimiento en el Nevado Mismi (Perú) a Belém do Pará (Brasil), llegando a pausarse por la llegada de la pandemia. Desde sus comienzos buscaba tejer una red de intercambio desde/con/para el río, colaborando con personas viviendo en su cuenca. Ahora, en la Península Ibérica, este diálogo se expande desde Sevilla, antiguo Puerto de Indias que conectaba con las Américas a través del río Guadalquivir. Partiendo de las preguntas: ‘¿Qué queda de la selva en tí?’ ‘¿Qué hay de río en tí?’ Se plantea una colaboración desde la conversación y dinámicas para ser más ‘cuerpos de agua’, ser ‘más río’ y así tejernos para crear conjuntamente. Las personas de origen amazónico provenientes de Perú, Colombia y Brasil son especialmente invitadas para ser protagonistas en este encuentro que tendrá un cupo limitado, para ser más cercano, se estima, además, la participación de personas interesadas con otras experiencias y saberes relacionados siguiendo un orden de inscripción. El encuentro está dividido en dos partes, una primera actividad a través de un viaje conjunto acercándonos desde experiencias propias, desde diálogos transdisciplinares y transversales al río conectando con encuentros y actividades en la selva Amazónica y llegar a generar una creación sonora conjunta. Y una segunda parte, un recorrido por la ciudad de Sevilla recorriendo espacios de la ciudad acompañadxs de una ópera compuesta para la ocasión, inspirada en la primera ópera teatralizada en el Teatro Amazonas de Manaos. Una acción artístico-‘ritual’ que busca conectar y generar relaciones más allá del aquí y ahora, aportando preguntas y aprendizajes en este devenir colectivo. Este encuentro se sucederá el 27 y 28 de Julio desde las 8:30pm. Espacio La Insumisa y recorrido en Sevilla. Cualquier pregunta es más que bienvenida, contacto: estudioflotanteamazonas@gmail.com Para más información sobre el proyecto https://estudioflotante.art.blog/ también en Facebook: Estudioflotanteamazonas e Instagram: estudioflotante_amazonas Fecha límite de inscripción: 20 de Julio 2021. Cupo limitado, lxs participantes serán notificadas vía correo electrónico. FORMULARIO DE INSCRIPCIÓN: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_NPMQMNBlH8jWUsv4ZpXtgMT7KV2TOvj-_2Tku5kQM4arDA/viewform?usp=sf_link Esta actividad tiene un cupo limitado, lxs participantes serán notificadas vía correo electrónico. Fuente y más información sobre el proyecto en: https://estudioflotante.art.blog/2021/07/05/desde-el-rio-amazonas-al-guadalquivir/  Today I had the real pleasure to run an intense and immersive workshop titled "‘Artistic resilience’, collaborative approaches to reforest hearts and decolonise minds", a response for the series "Urgent: Inventing new modes of exchange!" in the University of Fine Arts in China.
I would like to thanks Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio for the invitation as well as the participants who were great even if we were separated by hundreds of kilometers and connected by a screen. It has been a real pleasure to work with Izaskun Alonso Saratxaga and Nieves Larroy Larroy in the co-creation and coordination of "Cuando el ayer es hoy", collective performance done in the frame of the research group Art, research and feminisms based at the University of the Basque Country. This performance took place on the 13th of April 2021 in Vitoria-Gazteiz. The process was intense but a whole learning process which allowed us to get to know each other while collaborating together. Thanks again for the kindness and commitment to the project. This frame has been extracted from the documentary still in progress that will tell the story of the research group and our latest projects. For more information about the performance check: https://investigacionarteyfeminismos.wordpress.com/cuando_el_ayer_es_hoy/  The project Estudio Flotante, cuando el río suena a Amazonas is still in progress, the updates of the work are in the blog, instagram and facebook "Estudio Flotante Amazonas". I would like to share some images of this process that has been so intense and which will end in a few months time. For more info: estudioflotante.art.blog/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Cambios en la praxis, de la colaboración en el espacio público al encuentro con el estudio
26 Septiembre 2020 https://estudioflotante.art.blog/.../cambios-en-la.../ #diálogoDeSaberes #BitacoraDeViaje #GotasDeViaje #EstudioFlotanteAmazonas #RioAmazonas #SerMasRio #Reflexion #ritualArtistico #artecolaborativo #ArteEnPandemia #CuarentenaArtística #artprogress #artprocess #art #procesoartístico I would like to share this webpage about TONG YUANJU铜元局美术馆 Art Museum Project to which I contributed when I was at residence in Chonqging. Here you can find work from other artists including Haichuan Wang who has been driving this project along the years: https://sites.google.com/view/wanghaichuan/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5?authuser=0 The project I introduced back in 2014 was titled UNCONSCIOUS POWER: THE ACT OF COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY which can be seen here: http://www.seilafernandezarconada.net/unconscious-power... All the best to my artist' colleagues with whom I shared that fantastic experience in Transnational Dialogues China.   Continuing with the collective action done last week in Vitoria, titled "Cuando el ayer es hoy" I would like to share some visual documents that show a glimpse of the work done there. I would like to thank again all the fantastic team I have been part of to make this project happening. For more information please check previous posts in this blog which addresses the depth of the action and the need for more conversations regarding the colonial past, very present today. All documentation in this post has been done by Aitor Sánchez Smith to whom I would like to thank for his excellent work. More information: https://investigacionarteyfeminismos.wordpress.com/cuando_el_ayer_es_hoy/  El pasado martes tuvo lugar la acción colectiva Cuando el ayer es hoy, en la cual he tenido el placer de ser co-creadora siendo integrante del grupo de investigación Arte, Investigación y feminismos de la Universidad del País Vasco. Agradecer enormemente a todas las personas integrantes del grupo de investigación, agradecer a cada una, entre ellas Nieves Larroy, Izaskun Alonso Saratxaga, Gladys Giraldo, Txaro Arrazola y todas las demás, cada persona que ha contribuido a hacer de ese proceso de aprendizaje un pequeño pasito a avanzar en este tan importante y necesario debate transversal al presente. Agradecer también al fabuloso apoyo logístico en Vitoria entre ellos Aitor Sánchez Smith y Lorna Biermann además de cada persona que estuvo presente en el caminar de la acción en Vitoria, quienes estuvieron presentes en todo su recorrido y quienes aparecieron brevemente. Aquí un artículo sobre la acción en el Diario de Álava: https://www.noticiasdealava.eus/cultura/2021/04/14/pasado-colonial-presente-artistico/1092163.html **English translation below  Last Tuesday the collective action "When yesterday is today" took place, in which I have had the pleasure of being co-creator as a member of the research group Art, Research and Feminisms of the University of the Basque Country. Thank you enormously to all the people of the research group, to thank each one, including Nieves Larroy, Izaskun Alonso Saratxaga, Gladys Giraldo, Txaro Arrazola and all the others, each person who has contributed to making this learning process a small step to move forward in this so important and necessary transversal debate to the present times. Also thanks to the fabulous logistical support in Vitoria, including Aitor Sánchez Smith and Lorna Biermann, as well as each person who was present during the action in Vitoria, the ones who were present throughout its journey and the ones who appeared briefly. The following is the English translation of the article posted previously where more in depth info can be found: "Colonial past, artistic present The Art, Research and Feminisms group at UPV-EHU university walks from The Fine Arts Museum of Álava to Artium, museum of Contemporary Arts. "When yesterday is today" took place on the 13th of April 2021 by Art, Research and Feminisms research group, University of the Basque Country. More information in Spanish and Basque language can be found in the following link: https://investigacionarteyfeminismos.wordpress.com/cuando_el_ayer_es_hoy/ The following information is an English translation of the article "Colonial past, Artistic present" published as response to the collective action by Diario de Álava. The article describes the aims and objectives of this process briefly. https://www.noticiasdealava.eus/cultura/2021/04/14/pasado-colonial-presente-artistico/1092163.html Reflect and create from decolonial feminism approaches. On this basis, the group Art, Research and Feminism of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country has been developing a work that yesterday afternoon crystallized in the performative action When yesterday is today, which took place in the center of Vitoria, connecting the Fine Arts Museum of Álava and Artium. "This artistic action derives from the reflections of a women's circle emerging from the research group. The dialogue focused on the relationship between the local territory and some colonial past events that are still present. With this, the aim is to highlight and question the oppression and violence with which fortunes were built by people considered illustrious. People including Julián de Zulueta and Amondo, one of the most ferocious slave traders of the 19th century. For this action, the group has created a collective textile-map with visual creations that were carried by various bodies on this joint path. The journey had different stops along and passed through out the areas the Florida, the Virgen Blanca and Los Arquillos. These places contain public sculptures and buildings built with the fortune obtained from this colonial past. This kalejira aimed to raise questions about the current reproduction of the colonial past. How art can contribute to creating a more inclusive, conscious and coherent reality? how the perspective of decolonial feminism is present in the art system? Due to the circumstances marked by the pandemic, the action was developed with all the sanitary measures." |
