In time of plagues: a conversatorium between Andrea Pagnes and Guillermo Gómez-Peña

Palavras-chave: pandemia, arte performática, eu virtual, crítica social, tempos apocalípticos

Resumo

De fevereiro de 2020 a agosto de 2021, Andrea Pagnes esteve em constante diálogo e troca poética, on-line, com o poeta e artista performático Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Este presente texto é um extrato editado de seus encontros virtuais, de poemas e performances on-line cultivados digitalmente entre eles, os quais posteriormente fundiram-se em um trabalho videográfico de Verena Stenke (VestAndPage). As palavras dos artistas se desenvolveram como uma resposta crônica a múltiplas pandemias, incluindo a COVID-19, os vírus do racismo, da colonização, do confinamento, do deslocamento forçado, e das doenças mentais. As considerações poético-filosóficas dos artistas buscam lançar uma luz radical e poética sobre os abismos de nosso tempo, como a supremacia branca, opressão, violência, isolamento digital, morte, e, em última instância: a sobrevivência a tudo isso através da criação artística.

Biografia do Autor

Andrea Pagnes, VestAndPageVenice International Performance Art Week

Andrea Pagnes (VestAndPage) from ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem, Netherlands. Has been working with Verena Stenke as VestAndPage since 2006. They gained international reputation operating in performance art, filmmaking, social theatre, and art community projects. Their performance practice is contextual, conceived psycho-geographically in response to social situations, natural and historical surroundings, urban ruins. They explore themes such as pain sublimation, suffering, fragility, risk-taking, trust in change, union and endurance to merge reality poetic elements to contrast the exercise of power and discrimination. Since its inception, they have been the Venice International Performance Art Week curators. Their last film, Plantain, received the best movie award at the Berlin Independent Film Festival (2018).

Guillermo Gómez-Peña

A performance artist, writer, activist, radical pedagogue, and artistic director of the legendary La Pocha Nostra performance troupe. Born in Mexico City, he moved to the US in 1978, and since 1995, his three homes have been San Francisco, Mexico City and the “road”. His performance oeuvre, 21 books and numerous lectures have contributed to the debates on cultural, generational, gender diversity, border culture and North-South relations. For over 30 years, he has been staging seminal performance art pieces, forming and inspiring artists worldwide. His award-winning solo performances mix experimental aesthetics, activist politics, Spanglish humour and audience participation to create a “total experience” for spectators, readers and listeners.

Publicado
2023-12-11
Como Citar
PAGNES, A.; GÓMEZ-PEÑA, G. In time of plagues: a conversatorium between Andrea Pagnes and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Ephemera - Revista do Programa de Pós Graduação em Artes Cênicas da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, v. 6, n. 11, 11 dez. 2023.
Seção
Entrevista