OPEN LABORATORY
July 2019, Paris
Directed by Carlos García Estévez. Co-directed and Coordinated by Paige Allerton. Assisted by Olmo Hidalgo.
…to share and deepen our latest research.
Contributing Artists: Roberto Kuzmanich (AR), Vicky Sachpazi (GR), Patrick J. O’Reilly (UK), Yiouli Archontaki (GR), Mizar Antorán (ES), Paige Allerton (CA), Fabienne Vegt (NL), Heng Wang (TW), Raquel Martín (ES), Jill Kathleen (USA), Alessandra Cortesi (IT), Olmo Hidalgo (ES), Eugene Ma (CA), Hagit Peled (IL), Clara Lloret (ES), Asahi Ishikawa (JP), Xuan Shiung (TW), Alisa Debelic (HR), David McDonald (USA), Natalia Arteman (AR), Elena Vassilieva (RU), Wesley Mulder (NL), Carlos García Estévez (ES).
Photos by Wesley Mulder
“It’s like a sheet in the wind. You need invisible forces to show the visible. It’s like atoms pushing and pulling. I saw it on the street this morning... it’s all theatre. Very poetic.”
- Hagit Peled-T'Syen - Painter, Visual Artist, Teacher (IL)
“A theatre that is more related with us and not with stereotypes. Something completely new every time. Poetry and suggestion.”
- Roberto Kuzmanich - Stage Director (AR)
“There was a perfect harmony going on - something that people in the dance field spend many years finding. And in the end it comes back to a very simple understanding.”
- Fabienne Vegt. Contemporary Dancer, Dramaturge (NL)
“Going into the unknown together with faith…. The Spatial Dramaturgy is very clear to me. I start seeing trace marks of these dynamics in space very quickly - as an editor of space - which it is amazing!”
- Eugene Ma. Theatre Maker, Director, Clown Teacher, Composer, Actor (CA)
This talks to me in so many different levels.
An architectural level, an acting level …
…and what stays in my head is Humanity... the idea of Humanity.
- Yiouli Archontaki. Architect, Physical Theatre Performer (GR)
“It is so close to the world! There is so much imagination. The actor believes and the audience believes too and then suddenly we have this strong connection… there is where the magic happens.”
- Heng Wang. Choreographer, Performer, Producer, Art Educator (TW)
“I saw a completely new world that I hadn’t seen before.
Profound kindness without any judgement... just impossible in our world.
It is possible to tell people’s stories all together to have more evolution.”
- Elena Vassilieva. Dramatic Soprano, specialized in Modern Music (RU)
