[ISEA2022] Artist Statement: Paula Quintana — Huerto

Artists Statement

June 17, Graner, centre de creació de dansa i arts vives. ISEA2022 Extended Programme

HUERTO is an artwork in which astrophysical sciences, biochemical sciences and the so-called ‘occult sciences’, traversed by physical and organic experience. HUERTO places the body not as a tool but as a source of knowledge in itself, made up of systems and knowledge that dialogue and intertwine. A process developed by a team of artistic, scientific and technical professionals who work together in each and every phase of research and creation. A process that addresses this relationship between areas of knowledge without hierarchies, making all components at the service of their common interaction. It focuses not only on the consequences but on the reciprocal action itself, investigating the subtle time-space boundary in which each discipline would cease to be itself to be diluted into something else. An approach that opens up new possibilities and cognitive, imaginative and sensory experiences. The body as the fractal reflection of the movement of the cosmos, the microscopic realm and the social gesture, crossed by the ubiquity of a pulsation. Own observation from each of the disciplines involved: astrophysics, biomolecular, linguistic, sound and scene.
http://www.eimacreacio.com/en/paula-quintana-huerto

  • Paula Quintana. Born in Tenerife (Canary Islands) she has been practicing classical, contemporary dance and flamenco since early childhood. After getting a degree in Dramatic Arts, she moved to Madrid where she continued her training as an actress and dancer, studying and working together with important directors, dancers and choreographers. The above mentioned experiences have taken her to work in different setups of audiovisuals, dance and theatre, within and outside of Spain. https://paulaquintana.com