ROOTS AND AVANGUARD IN TERRITORY

2023-09-06 21:40:03

ROOTS AND AVANGUARD IN TERRITORY

The International Festival of Performance Art of Ibiza, directed and curated by Isa Sanz, brings together for the fourth consecutive year an outstanding selection of artists from all over the world who work with the living arts, delving into the practice, reflection and learning of action art In any case, the objective is to “close distances and lose fear of live arts”, as well as to connect artists and the public through the body in a specific context linked to the territory.

This fourth edition will take place from September 13 to 24, 2023 and will take place in different locations in Ibiza under the motto “Raíz y Vanguardia”. For twelve days, the island will host different activities around action art with a program of performances, workshops, conferences, audiovisual sessions, a professional session and an exhibition.

Since it began its journey in 2020, Territori has opted for a high presence of women or non-binary people (more than half). This year it is worth noting Nieves Correa (Spain), Sarah Trouche (France), Ana Matey (Spain) and Isabel León (Spain) with their Exchange Live Art project or Marina Barsy Janer (Puerto Rico) together with Isil Sol Vil (Spain). . Efforts have also been made to promote island creation through the Open Call Balearic call, which this year includes works by Joanna Hruby (Ibiza), Kaori Ishihara (Menorca), Mariana Mazzarino (Formentera) and Loli Pamboli, alter ego of Alejandro Fuster ( Mallorca), among other artists, who will carry out a series of actions site specific linked to the Mediterranean Sea.

As a novelty, this year a hybrid territory between performance and comedy will be experienced at the hands of the clown Alicia Maravillas, who will present a piece of research and approach to action art from a fun and educational perspective that allows this discipline to be brought to all audiences.

One of the main axes of the festival is training, for which different activities have been programmed that aim to bring the performance closer to all audiences and, particularly, to young people, such as IES students. sa Blanca Dona and the Escola d’Art d’Eivissa. The curator and art historian Susana Blas (Spain) will offer the talk “I bleed in inches. Notes on performance, technology… and Spirituality”in which he will reflect on the ritual encounter between the body, spirituality and technology, analyzing works by referential artists in this field.

Finally, there will be a professional day of an open and participatory nature that will bring together artists, cultural agents, curators and journalists to discuss some questions about the living arts in the present. Under the title “Living Arts, what for?”, the introduction will be given by the art historian Marta Mantecón, followed by a dialogue with the artist Nieves Correa and a discussion that will include the participation of the cultural journalist and presenter of the Fluido Rosa program on RNE Rosa Pérez together with other speakers.

PROGRAM:

Wednesday September 13 | 8 p.m.
Equality House of Ibiza
“I bleed in inches. Notes on performance, technology… and spirituality”. Conference by Susana Blas.
Talk about the ritual encounter between the body, spirituality and technology analyzing the works of the artists S. Kubota, L. Montano, M. Abramovic, M. Journiac, R. Athey, M. Hatoum, CF Sigler, B. Viola , Orlan, MT Hincapié, C. Vidal, M. Rivera, I. Sanz and I. León, among others.

Friday September 15 | 8 p.m.
Sa Nostra Culture Hall in Ibiza
Absurd Times. Performance by King Vaara
Vaara’s performance art is absurd, but so is the world from which it is born. The world flows through Vaara in the opposite direction. Performance, like life, is lived only once. Nature is unique. Do not cheat.

Saturday September 16 | 12 noon
Parking Cala Pada de Santa Eulària des Riu
“Reverse”. Performance by David Novell (Open Call Balearic Islands)
Reverse is the way back. Return to the starting point to reverse the devastating effect caused by uprooting and the absolute loss of identity.

Saturday September 16 | 6 p.m.
Studied Tur Costa de Nuestra Señora de Jesús
“Tree Life”. Performance de Joanna Hruby (Open Call Balear)
A reflection on the Mediterranean Sea in relation to the freshwater wells of Ibiza, exploring the collapse of sacred folklore by the overwhelming tide of globalization.

Sunday September 17 | 12 noon
Espacio Micus in Cala Llonga de Santa Eulària des Riu
“Verb tenses”. Performance by Nieves Correa
Activity included in the Cultural Agenda of the Women’s Institute.
Language plays a fundamental role in the development of autobiographical memories, since it is an instrumental medium that allows organizing personal experience.

Sunday September 17 | 6:30 p.m.
Sa Punta des Molí cultural space in Sant Antoni de Portmany
“Tribute 22”. Performance by Ana Matey and Isabel León (Exchange Live Art)
Dynamic performance created from 22 chained micro actions in an action that runs through and integrates the space where it is performed.

Monday September 18 | 6:00 p.m.
Cas Serres auditorium in Ibiza
“Living arts, what for? Conversations about action art, culture and utility in times of fierce consumption”. Professional session moderated by Marta Mantecón with Nieves Correa, Jaume Reus, Rosa Pérez and Llorenç Perelló.
Open and participatory meeting where questions related to the living arts will be discussed: why do we need culture? What value do we give to creative effort? What place does art occupy in a society where utility is measured only in economic terms?

Monday September 18 | 8:30 p.m.
Traveling from the Cas Serres Auditorium in Ibiza
“In the light, we dance.” Performance by Sarah Trouche
In a floating space bathed in luminescent nightclub light, the artist wants to question the relationship between the body and nature to build a performance in which nature emanates from this contamination.

Tuesday September 19 | 6:30 p.m.
Sa Caleta de Sant Josep de sa Talaia
“Posideîa: Fertility Ritual for Posidonia”. Performance by Dihue Miguens (Balearic Open Call)
Ritual land art performance to collectively thank the marine plant Posidonia for its protective work in the Mediterranean and raise awareness about its preservation.

Wednesday September 20 | 6:30 p.m.
Playa Pou des Lleó de Santa Eulària des Riu
“Site specific”. Performance by Flavio Rodrigues
Nature will serve as a starting point for the realization of a site-specific: a dialogue process between performer and territory whose result can be seen in Pou des Lleó de Santa Eulària.

Thursday September 21 | 8 p.m.
Theater of Spain in Santa Eulària des Riu
“I Did It My Way”. Roi Vaara Exhibition
The exhibition is a carefully selected and representative sample of Vaara’s art of over 40 years. After the exhibition, the public has the opportunity to comment and ask Roi questions.

Friday September 22 | 6:30 p.m.
Baluard Sant Pere de Ibiza
“Poetics of the underground”. Marina Barsy x Isil Sol Workshop
Local and international artists participate in this workshop with Marina Barsy x Isil Sol. As a result of their work in Ibiza, they will make a performance proposal that includes the experience learned in Territori.

Friday September 22 | 8 p.m.
King’s Rod of Eivissa
“Peace, Esther, Fina and me.” Performative comedy by Alicia Maravillas and Juan Gómez Alemán
This action piece proposes a journey through the history of performance art in Spain as well as the journey of an artist clown to understand the codes that this discipline hides.

Friday September 22 | 9:30 p.m.
Itinerante from the Plaça del Parc de Ibiza
“Ich bin is your souvenir”. Performance by Alejandro Fuster (Open Call Balearic)
Loli Pamboli, a local Balearic product and souvenir, will be the idyllic port of welcome for more than she could bear.

Saturday September 23 | 10am-2pm (tickets here)
Hangar 8289 of Ibiza
Meeting-Masterclass with Abel Azcona
The artist will hold a conference where he will review his most relevant works and share his work methodology in a participatory theoretical session. Over 16 years.

Saturday September 23 | 6 p.m.
Refectory room of Dalt Vila Ibiza
“Matrix | of a now that spreads out”. Performance by Flavio Rodrigues
Drawing using the body as highly attentive and perceptible matter, manipulating objects loaded with symbolism and force (sometimes not visible) and transforming each presence into something alive, these are the triggers for this event.

Saturday September 23 | 7 p.m.
Traveling from Baluart Santa Llúcia de Dalt Vila Ibiza
“Demonstration”. Participative performance by Roi Vaara
The leader of the demonstration carries a sign with a text on the front asking them to follow him. The Vaara tour of Dalt Vila ends in the same place where it began.

Saturday September 23 | 9:30 p.m. (tickets here)
Hangar 8289 of Ibiza
“Regression and game. Three actions or games of regression, through body and word, the day they raped me”. Performance by Abel Azcona
Composed of three performances, through bodily and verbal activation, the artist delves into his childhood marked by mistreatment and child abuse. With music, play and documentary performance, his resilient body uses art as a means of survival.

Sunday, September 24 | 11:30 a.m.
Plaça d’Espanya de Sant Joan de Labritja
“6-3-23”. Performance by Mariana Mazzarino (Open Call Balearic Islands)
On a specific day someone decides if our life has value or not. May privilege never cloud our empathy.

Sunday, September 24 | 12:30 p.m.
Square of the Church of Sant Joan de Labritja
“Umi no Namida”. Performance by Kaori Ishihara (Open Call Balear)
This action, “Tear of the sea”, highlights the joy of living near the sea along with concern for the fragility of the marine environment.

Sunday, September 24 | 5:00 p.m.
Piers of Port des Torrent de Sant Josep de sa Talaia
“Specific Site”. Performance de Marina Barsy Janer x Isil Sol Vil
Nature will serve as a starting point for the creation of a site-specific: a dialogue process between performer and territory.

Sunday, September 24 | 8:00 p.m.
Hotel OD Ibiza (Sky Bar Marina Botafoc) in Ibiza
Meeting party with artists, participants and the festival team, with the participation of Ibiza Sónica Radio, DJ session and the best images of Territori 2023

More information:
www.territorifestival.com