RESPONSES, workshop with Irinia Botea
Responses, a workshop by Irina Botea
Dates june 10th. to June 17th. Hours: from 3p.m to 6p.m. place: Hangar
The artist would like to work with a group of people (anybody interested to participate is welcome) to create a series of small performances that reenact and propose different models of personal and public protests. The work will be made in negotiation with the participants, a collage of movements and words that questions how can a protest be effective. For this the participants will watch footage and images of different protests in the area, as well as in Barcelona. The final product will be a video that will be presented in Prague during the MOB festival.
The reenactments would be made on location (in the Poble Nou area) Each session will start with some centering (focusing and trusting) exercises, inspired from Augusto Boal.
For further information next Wednesday, June 8th at 6pm, Irina will meet in Hangar with people interested to participate in the workshop.
This workshop is part of MOB, an European cooperation project, that comes from the collaboration of five cultural organizations involved in supporting new forms of artistic creation and critical reflection on urban space in Europe: Dédale / SmartCity in Paris (France), Makata / Festival Moving Closer in Warsaw (Poland), CIANT / Enter Festival in Prague (Czech Republic), Hangar in Barcelona (Spain) and the French Cultural Centre / Strad’art Festival in Timisoara (Romania).
The workshop is free and open to artists, street musicians, and anyone who wants to participate without age limit. The workshop is free. If you are interested come to Hangar next Wednesday 8 at 6pm and sends an e–mail: clara@hangar.org
Irina Botea is a visual artist, whose works combine cinema verite and direct cinema with reenactment strategies, auditions and rehearsals. Solo and group shows include: National Gallery Jeu de Paume (Paris), Reina Sofia National Museum (Madrid), Gwangju Biennale 2010, U -Turn Quadrienale (Copenhagen), 51st Venice Bienale, Prague Bienale, Kunst-Werken, (Berlin), Casa Encendida (Madrid), Salzburger Kunstverein, (Austria), Argos Center for Art and Media (Brussels), Artefact festival (Leuven), Rotterdam Film Festival, HMKV Halle(Dortmund), Casino de Luxembourg, Kunstforum, (Viena), Foksal Gallery (Warsaw, Poland), MNAC (National Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest), Museum of Contemporary Art in Szczecin (Poland), Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowki Castle (Warsaw).