Veza Fernández: Alalazo

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U sklopu programa Kritička dramaturgija: izvan kontrole i Glasno pitanje – Tjelesno vokalni laboratorij, u srijedu, 7. svibnja u 19 sati u velikoj dvorani Pogona održat će se izvedba Alalazo plesne i glasovne umjetnice Veze Fernández.

Alalazo, od grčkog ἀλαλά (klicati), moćan je uzvik jednoga glasa, ali i istodobni uzvik mnoštva glasova. Oni se zajedno upuštaju u borbu, plaču, kliču, pružaju otpor te tako stvaraju jecaj ushićenja. Alalazo je glas koji se besramno probija na površinu ne bi li nadjačao sve predrasude i procese koji su ga nastojali utišati tijekom povijesti. To je glas koji poziva zazivanjem. Ženski* glas čiji se osjetljivi rubovi istražuju nadmašujućom silom. 

U ovom radu, Veza Fernández ulazi u visceralni dijalog s elektroničkim čarobnim krajolikom skladateljice i producentice Rane Farahani (aka Fauna). Izbacuje tjelesni glas koji odzvanja prostorom i kulminira kada ono čega se dotakne zatreperi iznutra. 

Veza Fernández je plesna, izvedbena i glasovna umjetnica koja živi i radi u Beču. U svojim radovima tematizira poetiku i politiku izraza kao mjesta povezivanja, imaginacije i transformacije. Isprepleće pjevačke, plesne i govorne prakse kao tjelesne oblike proučavanja, eksperimentiranja i izvedbe. Radovi su joj nježni i intenzivni, a polifonijski zazivaju skup glasova i prisutnosti koji žude za time da se kreću i da ih se pokreće. Njezino dosadašnje iskustvo obuhvaća filologiju, pedagogiju, kazalište, glazbu i suvremeni ples. Završila je MA iz koreografije na amsterdamskoj umjetničkoj školi DAS Arts, a radovi su joj predstavljeni, između ostalog, u institucijama poput brut Wien, Tanzquartiera u Beču, Sophiensaele u Berlinu, Gessnerallee u Zurichu, de Singel u Antwerpenu, La Casa Encendida u Madridu.

Ulaz na izvedbu je slobodan i besplatan.

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ENGLISH:

As part of the programs Critical Dramaturgy: Out of Control and Somatic Laboratory for Voice Matters, a performance Alalazo by dance and voice artist Veza Fernández, will take place on Wednesday, May 7 at 7 PM in the main hall of Pogon.

“Alalazo” from ἀλαλά (= to cheer) is a force call of one and at the same time many voices entering a battle, screaming, cheering, resisting, giving birth to a moan of ecstatic joy. It is the voice that has to come out shamelessly, exceeding all the prejudices and muting processes it has undergone throughout history. It is the voice that convokes invoking. The female* voice in its most sentient edges explored as an exceeding force.

In this work Veza Fernández casts a bodily voice in visceral dialogue with the electronic landscape magic of the composer and producer Rana Farahani (aka Fauna) dragging reverberation through space and climax until what touches palpitates within.

Veza Fernández is a dance, voice and performance artist based in Vienna. Her work deals with the realms of the poetics and politics of expression as a place of relation, imagination and transformation. She entangles singing, writing, dancing and speaking practices as bodily forms of study, experimentation and performance. Her pieces are sensitive and intense, casting polyphonically a convocation of voices and presences that yearn to move and to be moved. Her background stretches between philology, pedagogy, theater, music and contemporary fance – fields that in a way or the other influence her artistic researches and modus operandi within art making and art presenting. Her work is strongly rooted locally, infiltrating bigger dance and theater institutions from within the underground scene. She holds a Masters in Choreography from the DAS Graduate school (Amsterdam Academy for Theatre and Dance). Her work has been shown amongst other in Tanzquartier Vienna, Sophiensaele Berlin, Gesnerallee Zürich, de Singel Antwerp.

Entrance is free of charge.

Choreography & Practice & Performance: Veza Fernández
Organization: Kurziv – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society, SPID – Croatian Screenwriters and Playwrights Guild, Artistic association Multimedia Hub
Organizers: Nina Gojić, Lana Hosni, Hana Sirovica
Production: Petra Begović (Kurziv), Eva Holzinger (mollusca productions)
Technical support: Filip Pacak, Andrija Santro
Music Composition: Rana Farahani (aka Fauna)
Space & Costume: Sarah Sternat
Lightdesign: Christina Bergner
Sounddesign: Lukas Froschuaer
Outside eye, ear, mind, thought: Lau Lukkarila, Jamila Johnson-Small, Raoni Muzho Saleh, Paula Montecinos

The performance is a coproduction of brut Wien with Verein für Expressive Angelegenheiten.

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Program se realizira uz podršku Austrijskog kulturnog foruma, Gradskog odjela za kulturna pitanja Beča, Austrijskog saveznog ministarstva za umjetnost, kulturu, javnu upravu i sport, Ureda za kulturu, međugradsku i međunarodnu suradnju i civilno društvo Grada Zagreba, Zaklade “Kultura nova” i Ministarstva kulture i medija RH.

This show is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport; Austrian Cultural Forum; Office for Culture, Intercity and International Cooperation, and Civil Society of the City of Zagreb; Kultura Nova Foundation; Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.