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Title: 
Screensaver
Programme: 
eszenAZ. Live Arts Season
Date: 
10-11-2022
Place: 
Lantegia 1, Kubo Baltza, floor 1
Artist(s): 
Rodríguez, Manuel (1980 - )
Produced by: 
Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao
Type: 
Dance
Tags: 
Performing Arts
Body language
Summary: 
Dancer, choreographer and visual artist, Manuel Rodríguez’ work is focused on dance and visual arts with special emphasis on the creative process.

Screensaver, Manuel Rodríguez‘s multidisciplinary project, is being presented at Kubo Baltza jointly with Dantzaldia, the International Dance Festival organised by La Fundición. Screensaver delves into the concept of contemplation, how the visual act, via the sensorial, the symbol and the shape, can become an act of faith.
The choreographic installation comprises a performance and photographic series made up of various visual materials generated during the creative process of the piece. This project, internationally recognised with multiple awards, attempts to delve into how contemplation is related to human consciousness, and how the visual act becomes an act of faith through the sensorial, the symbol and the shape.
Through this piece, Manuel Rodríguez endeavours to relate something as natural as a human being with a totally artificial element like computer software.
The body acts as a screensaver which is activated to move towards a new cognitive plane projected towards the infinite. This body-screen is superimposed on the landscape and guides us like a host, envisioning itself in the search for balance and harmony.
Description: 

Creation, performance, photo and video: Manuel Rodríguez
Lighting design: Xesca Salvá
Costume design: Moisés Nieto
Support: Graner Centre de creació, Festival Sâlmon 2014, CND Cía. Nacional de Danza, Centro Coreográfico de la Gomera, Teatro Victoria de Tenerife, Estudio DDZ Headquarters, Centro Coreográfico Canal, Conde Duque - Coreógrafos en comunidad.
Appears in Collections:
Scenic arts