MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ SÂLMON<: R.E.M.

The world of dreams has always been the non-space where the real and symbolic dimensions fuse together. Somehow, during the dream state, the body and mind overlap in an unbroken loop. The contrast between the two may represent a kind of inner struggle between the tangible being and the projected being.

The setting in which this vision is developed emerges from an unreferenced void, reduced to a state of abstraction that does not take on significance until the physical entity of its inhabitant appears. This is the place where the impulsive, dynamic body recounts its dreamlike narrative, its transformation and its metabolisation into different states, from the purest and most elementary to the most synthetic and artificial, where abstraction and substance amalgamate.

R.E.M. revolves around the void, its ceremonial, symbolic re-enactments and its projection inside the being.

Personal presentation
Tanto este trabajo como el anterior Screensaver se caracterizan por su tono contemplativo. Cuando uno observa algo con el debido tiempo, acaba viéndose a si mismo. Nuestra realidad es producto de nuestra forma de mirar, de alguna manera vemos lo que queremos que se vea.

Creation and Direction Manuel Rodríguez / Interpretation Manuel Rodríguez, Cora Panizza, Núria Guiu, Andrés Martínez “Niño Foca”, Marta Español, Mireia Salip, Tania Fer / Music & sound Ignacio Valbuena / Lighting Horne Horneman / Playwright Assistant Sonia Gómez / Collaboration Antonio J Hurtado, Edu Pérez / Direction assistant Guido Sarli / Photo & video Guido Sarli & Manuel Rodriguez / With the support of Graner centre de creació, Fundació Catalunya la Pedrera and Festival SÂLMON<.
Thanks to Roberto Fratini, Lautaro Reyes, Elena Carmona, Cristina Alonso

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