THE ACTRESS2021
The Actress is a multi-perspective video installation, in which questions of language, enunciation and subjectivities are addressed.
Through this collaborative work, artists Becket MWN and Aimée Zito Lema explore the relations between speech, memory, and movement by working with actors through a process of documented rehearsals.
Central to this process is a script authored by Becket MWN and inspired by Clarice Lispector, wherein patterns of thought weave their way from termite hills through cigarette smoke to shoreline holes in the mind of an imaginary character.
In the black box of a rehearsal studio, I work as an acting director with an actress to practice the language of this script, connecting words and phrases to lightly choreographed movements of the body. Through recurring motion and repetitive motifs words are gradually internalized.
The Actress es una videoinstalación multiperspectiva en la que se abordan cuestiones relacionadas con el lenguaje, la enunciación y las subjetividades.
A través de esta obra de colaboración, los artistas Becket MWN y Aimée Zito Lema exploran las relaciones entre el habla, la memoria y el movimiento trabajando con actores a través de un proceso de ensayos documentados.
En el centro de este proceso se encuentra un guión escrito por Becket MWN e inspirado por Clarice Lispector, en el que los patrones de pensamiento tejen su camino desde las colinas de termitas a través del humo de los cigarrillos hasta los agujeros de la costa en la mente de un personaje imaginario.
En la caja negra de una sala de ensayos, trabajo como director de actores con una actriz para practicar el lenguaje de este guión, conectando palabras y frases con movimientos ligeramente coreografiados del cuerpo. A través de movimientos recurrentes y motivos repetitivos, las palabras se van interiorizando poco a poco.
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CONCEPT & IDEA
Aimée Zito Lema & Becket MWN
TEXT
Becket MWN
Amsterdam Shoot
ACTING DIRECTION
Juan Miranda
PERFORMER
Alicja Gimblett
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Manel Pino Braga
SOUND RECORDING
Andrés García Vidal
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
Andrea Chehade
LIGHTNING DESIGN
Roy Taylor
Buenos Aires Shoot
PERFORMER
Maia Kosow
ACTING DIRECTION
Helena Nesis
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Alan Segal
SOUND RECORDING
Mariana Delgado
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
Regine Bergmeijer
EDITING
Sebastian Diaz Morales
CO-PRODUCTION
If I can´t Dance, I don´t Want to Be Part Of Your Revolution - Amterdam
Steirescher herbst ´21 - Graz
Grazer Kunstverein
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Mondriaan Fonds
Stiching Dommering Fond
SPECIAL THANKS
Rijksakademie
Teatro el Espiòn︎
2021 - Grazer Kunstverein - Austria
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Aimée Zito Lema & Becket MWN
TEXT
Becket MWN
Amsterdam Shoot
ACTING DIRECTION
Juan Miranda
PERFORMER
Alicja Gimblett
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Manel Pino Braga
SOUND RECORDING
Andrés García Vidal
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
Andrea Chehade
LIGHTNING DESIGN
Roy Taylor
Buenos Aires Shoot
PERFORMER
Maia Kosow
ACTING DIRECTION
Helena Nesis
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Alan Segal
SOUND RECORDING
Mariana Delgado
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
Regine Bergmeijer
EDITING
Sebastian Diaz Morales
CO-PRODUCTION
If I can´t Dance, I don´t Want to Be Part Of Your Revolution - Amterdam
Steirescher herbst ´21 - Graz
Grazer Kunstverein
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Mondriaan Fonds
Stiching Dommering Fond
SPECIAL THANKS
Rijksakademie
Teatro el Espiòn︎
2021 - Grazer Kunstverein - Austria