Programme 2024

Matías Umpierrez

Eclipse

Programma soort: Main programme
Genre: Theatre
Herkomst: Madrid, Spain
Extra info: With aftertalk on 28th August

For nine millennia, people have been hiding their faces to chase the idea of becoming something ‘other’ than their one limited identity. Matías Umpierrez’ spellbinding solo performance dissects our obsession with (un)becoming ourselves.

Entrance

€ 18,-

Duration

90 minutes

Language

Spanish with English subtitles

Location

Grand Theatre

Accessibility

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From astronaut to deepfake: who's behind the mask?

You’re invited to attend an exclusive conference of forgotten mask-wearers and secret societies. An enthralling yet completely unidentifiable lecturer will weave stories together about what the most kissed face in human history, the Anonymous hacker group and your social media profile have in common.

This performance falls under the The Old Now New theme and you can get theme discounts. For more information, check out this page

Monday 26 August

Available times

19:00

Tuesday 27 August

Available times

19:00

Wednesday 28 August

Available times

19:00

About the artist

Matías Umpierrrez’s work is an investigation into the relation existing between the public and fiction. Through this inquiry, his projects set themselves at the frontier of the performing arts, visual arts and curatorial projects generating dialectics between memory- oblivion-spectator-stage-scene-territory. His work, thus, creates dialog in a global manner—changing locations, languages, mediums and disciplines. His projects have been presented in different cities around the world and in unconventional spaces such as train stations, food factories, forests, or recognized theatres, cinemas and museums.

Umpierrez’ projects have included ECLIPSE (performance), The Museum of Fiction (video installation), Dramaturgy for a Conference (curatorial project performance), The Forests (Video installation), dramaHOME (Site specific performance), Constructions (Video installation), TeatroSOLO-LONEtheater (a global site-specific performance), Distance (Virtual Show for theater), Novela (play), among others. Umpierrez founded in 2014 The International Playwriters Festival in Argentina. In 2018 he created the Plataforma Fluorescente (Fluorescent Platform), a transdisciplinary program that promotes collaboration between creators and institutions from different geographies.

Credits

Produced by Studio Matías Umpierrez & Teatro Español with the support of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

This programme is supported in part by a grant from Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

Matías Umpierrez dedicates a show to the memory of Julieta Vallina, an exceptional actress who changed his perception of acting.