Ensayo sobre mapas (2021-2024)

video-essay and riso print, 10 min.


A piece based on the video, featuring textual and choreographical phrases.

A moving rehearsal exploring elements of geography, memory, and the body,
 based on the text ‘Maps as Performance’ by theorist Richard Schechner,  
the  walk+talk  methodology by choreographer Philipp Gehmacher,  
and Aurora Fernández Polanco’s concept of rehearsal as an exercise  
in writing and as a space for experimentation and intuition.

Credits: 

Performance and video editing: Michelle Sáenz Burrola

Documentation: Sara Nikolai

Color grading: Martha Maya

Sound design: Nicolás García Lieberman


Presented at Tabasco 261 by Omar Bocanegra in the exhibition Entering the Network (2021) and 

in the exhibition Dibújame un mapa de lo que no verás (2024), curated by Adriana Melchor Betancourt and Mónica Ramírez Bernal at Casa del Lago UNAM in Mexico City.


If you want to see the video, please send me an email to chellesabu@gmail.com

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