La Ribot
mariachi nº 17
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talk with film: duration 60 mins; video documentation above – 10 mins 25 secs
From the original Festival website:
Video screening & talk
The video (25’’) was created in 2009 for the performance llámame mariachi, by La Ribot.
‘In mariachi nº 17 the moving body, the dancing body, is filmed by a camera that not only captures images but also conveys the experience of dancing. The camera’s point of view provides an insider’s perspective on this experience and places it in other realities.
It is not an innocent, lifeless camera that might move by accident because attached to the body, it is a camera that watches, that breathes; it is a camera that is…
The camera is not a tool, an instrument, a fixed object, an invention. On the other hand, the body is used as an instrument and the camera becomes eye, brain, gaze, intention.’ La Ribot (March 2009)
La Ribot’s new creation is the conclusion of a series of research projects inspired by Pa amb tomáquet (2000) – the last of her distinguished pieces. During her talk, La Ribot will explain her approach through the presentation of various videos created between 2000 and 2009.
Born in Madrid La Ribot created her first choreographic work in 1985. Between 1993 and 2003, she developed her signature project, Piezas Distinguidas. From 1997-2004 she lived in London and, in 2000, she received the National Prize for Dance from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. In 2003, she integrated all the distinguised pieces in one performance lasting three hours called Panoramix. It was presented at Tate Modern in London a part of Live Culture. In 2002 she began the project 40 espontáneos, for which she recruited more than 400 amateur “espontáneos” to participate. In 2004, she moved to Geneva. Switzerland and in 2006, she presented Laughing Hole, at Art Unlimited | Art Basel. In 2007, she directed a film Treintaycuatropiècesdistinguées&onestriptease. Between 2004-2008 she taught at the Geneva University of Arts and Design. In 2008 she created Gustavia a collaboration with French choreographer Mathilde Monnier and in 2009 she produced llámame mariachi.
mariachi nº 17
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From the original Festival website:
The video (25’’) was created in 2009 for the performance llámame mariachi, by La Ribot.
In mariachi nº 17 the moving body, the dancing body, is filmed by a camera that not only captures images but also conveys the experience of dancing. The camera‘s point of view provides an insider’s perspective on this experience and places it in other realities.
It is not an innocent, lifeless camera that might move by accident because attached to the body, it is a camera that watches, that breathes; it is a camera that is…
The camera is not a tool, an instrument, a fixed object, an invention. On the other hand, the body is used as an instrument and the camera becomes eye, brain, gaze, intention. La Ribot (March 2009)
La Ribot’s new creation is the conclusion of a series of research projects inspired by Pa amb tomáquet (2000) – the last of her distinguished pieces. During her talk, La Ribot will explain her approach through the presentation of various videos created between 2000 and 2009.
Born in Madrid La Ribot created her first choreographic work in 1985. Between 1993 and 2003, she developed her signature project, Piezas Distinguidas. From 1997-2004 she lived in London and, in 2000, she received the National Prize for Dance from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. In 2003, she integrated all the distinguised pieces in one performance lasting three hours called Panoramix. It was presented at Tate Modern in London a part of Live Culture. In 2002 she began the project 40 espontáneos, for which she recruited more than 400 amateur “espontáneos” to participate. In 2004, she moved to Geneva. Switzerland and in 2006, she presented Laughing Hole, at Art Unlimited | Art Basel. In 2007, she directed a film Treintaycuatropiècesdistinguées&onestriptease. Between 2004-2008 she taught at the Geneva University of Arts and Design. In 2008 she created Gustavia a collaboration with French choreographer Mathilde Monnier and in 2009 she produced llámame mariachi.
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