Four, UL BA3, Photographer Maurice Gunning
What role does place play in your work?
My work doesn't focus on a specific geographical ‘place’ but rather on the internal spaces of human experience and the body-space relationship within the performance setting
My work doesn't focus on a specific geographical ‘place’ but rather on the internal spaces of human experience and the body-space relationship within the performance setting
Who or what are your biggest influences as an artist?
Pina Bausch, was and still is probably the most influential artist to me, I believe like her that : “Dance is something other than technique. We forget where the movements come from. They are born from life…”
How do you approach collaboration in your practice?
In my work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said, so we are all working together to bring something alive.
What’s a place or moment that has shaped who you are today?
I think my parents had a big impact on who I am… I’m just obsessed with the body, and I’m obsessed with the way the body can convey meaning and carry emotions. I am a workaholic and I have inherited this from my parents, they had a very strong work ethic, they moved from rural Spain to Barcelona to work, work, work… I am a working class working artist…
Can you describe what you’re working on during your time in the studio?
In very different ways and depending on who I am working with the process could be very different but I am always trying to show that there are other ways of looking at the world. I want to feel connection, and to bring people closer through dance.
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