Envoltura, historia y síncope arises from the circumstances surrounding the death of Antonia Mercé y Luque, La Argentina (1890-1936), flamenco and folk dancer, who was the first artist to be decorated by the Second Spanish Republic. Her physical death, which occurred suddenly on 18th July, 1936 is understood here in relation to the collective feeling of the times, as a reflection of a fracture in the line of history. This fracture is repeated at different times through artists like the Japanese Kazuo Ohno, who recovers the figure of La Argentina 50 years later after having watched her dance.
This performative conference makes its Bilbao debut coinciding with the publication of the book with the same name by Caniche. The text proposes an affectionate journey exploring how movement is transferable from one body to another and how images, outlines, drawings and rhythms appear in the attempt to anchor it.
