PARADERO

 
2018 Mex­i­co
Casa Wabi, Puer­to Escon­di­do
Dura­tion: approx­i­mate­ly 30 min­utes
 
A per­for­mance in 6 con­sec­u­tive acts. 24 par­tic­i­pants occu­py indi­vid­ual slots in a con­struct­ed enclo­sure with mul­ti­ple sub­di­vi­sions. Par­tic­i­pants, con­fined in their respec­tive areas, engage in a series of timed rota­tions, inter­act­ing with alter­nate con­tigu­ous neigh­bors in shift­ing con­fig­u­ra­tions, while exper­i­ment­ing diverse modes of behav­ior, rang­ing from freestyle group social­iz­ing to col­lec­tive silence and stillness. 

The word “paradero” means where­abouts, the place where a per­son is at a giv­en time. Derived from the verb “parar”, to stop or to stand, “paradero” can also refer to a place, that is a stand or stop. 

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