Mercedes Maga Estrella de la Mañana
Prats Nogueras Blanchard•May 30, 2024 — Sep 07, 2024
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Let’s suppose there are multiple lives living in a body. Lives that live momentarily through gestures, gestures transcribing, scratching language on the surface.
Almost a century ago, in an empty ballroom with mirroring ceilings, somewhere in central Europe, right before dawn, a masculine figure finds himself freed. He is traversing the floor, spinning in a forgotten tutu, and his spins are not only gestures but also music. Meanwhile, marks of his movements are imprinted on the reflecting ceiling.
Suddenly the room seems full again, inhabited by friends, ambiguous characters from the past and the future. All mirrored upside down.
The masculine figure realises then that each character –regardless of their gender, generation, or coordinates – has something from him, a common red thread that ties them together. As he observes the body of bodies spinning, and therefore dancing, he also realises that transformation is possible.
To capture this moment one could…
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Mercedes Maga Estrella de la Mañana
Prats Nogueras Blanchard•May 30, 2024 — Sep 07, 2024
Press Release
Let’s suppose there are multiple lives living in a body. Lives that live momentarily through gestures, gestures transcribing, scratching language on the surface.
Almost a century ago, in an empty ballroom with mirroring ceilings, somewhere in central Europe, right before dawn, a masculine figure finds himself freed. He is traversing the floor, spinning in a forgotten tutu, and his spins are not only gestures but also music. Meanwhile, marks of his movements are imprinted on the reflecting ceiling.
Suddenly the room seems full again, inhabited by friends, ambiguous characters from the past and the future. All mirrored upside down.
The masculine figure realises then that each character –regardless of their gender, generation, or coordinates – has something from him, a common red thread that ties them together. As he observes the body of bodies spinning, and therefore dancing, he also realises that transformation is possible.
To capture this moment one could…
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