THE IMAGES WE CONSUME AND PROJECT | Natalia Leal, Claudio Alarcón y Sebastián Rojas Images as the trigger for action, truth, and the construction of our own reality; how they show some truth about the being that created them: these were some of the concepts confronted in the exhibition Windows. Starting with these concepts in mind, we began to weigh the challenge of creating a theatrical activity that would help the viewing public consider questions raised by visual arts, a staged experiment that began with “dramatized mediation.” The project opened a dialog between visuality and theater, without either of them predominating the interaction. We decided not to talk about technique or context, but rather about the depths art can uncover in our regular, day to day lives after a long period of confinement. With the aim of promoting an intimate atmosphere, throughout the course of the theatrical performance, only three people were permitted at a time. A fundamental aspect of the project was to foster different feelings and emotional states in the viewing public. What Do Visual and Performing Arts Have in Common? The construction of an imaginary order is the foundation of performing arts. The actors try to get inside the head of each artist in order to translate their work into an emotional state, generating a dramatic dialog between these two characters (Valentina and Klaudio), who live in the same house (theatrical space). The work is set in the year 2070, after a series of pandemics, starting with the public health crisis provoked by COVID-19. Klaudio apparently suffers from a psychological disorder stemming from a total fixation with the images associated with 2020, while she tries to help him recover. A constant struggle in which memories from the state of disaster unfold. Upon entering the house, visitors are accompanied by a guide, while they constantly listen to the sound of the clock. In another room, the actors commence their performance looking at each other, with full face shields, hazmat suits and rubber gloves. They move through the house as the public follows. Poetic texts, mantras and music intermix, while Klaudio or Valentina look at the photographs that inhabit the stairway space, or they tap on the keyboard of a typewriter in the blue room.
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