Opening: Saturday July 29th 12.30pm
How do we experience our bodies? How do we place ourselves in space? How are public spaces arranged? Who navigates through them? Who "uses" them and in what way? Furthermore, how are these spaces interconnected? Is it possible to build an itinerary, and who is part of the community of cultural sites that serve as focal points in the city?
Such questions lie at the heart of this project conceived with William Forsythe's Choreographic Objects: pieces that unveil the ways in which we navigate through space and time and how we interact and explore our boundaries.
We know that we all have the right to culture, to pass through its spaces and to enjoy its attractions, but not all social sectors feel entitled to this access. For this reason, as an inclusive invitation, this unique itinerary in the city of Buenos Aires was conceived to reflect on our ways of performatising spaces, transits, individual and social uses.
Through the presence of the Choreographic Objects in each of the spaces that make up this itinerary, modifying them and challenging the audiences, the aim is to contribute to revealing the individuals' locations within the spaces; an invitation to reassess positions, to yield to the signs and orientations, and, in short, to inhabit a performative experience.
Diana B. Wechsler
William Forsythe's presentation at BIENALSUR 2023 is supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Buenos Aires, Volkswagen and Bayer.
