Performance and Video Installation: “Espera Loop“
“Espera
Loop” is a performance by Mexican musician Citlali Gómez Escobar and Nicaraguan
artist Gabriela Urrutia Reyes, both based in Vienna. It was created in Spring
2024 as part of a project of the same name. Commissioned by MUSMIG (Museum der
Migration), the performance was featured in the events of Tage der Bescheide,
Moving In, Moving Out, within the framework of Before It Gets Better, organized
and hosted by the Volkskundemuseum Wien.
“Espera Loop” explores and reflects not only on the fears, insecurities and apprehensions that migrants may experiment every time their visas expire but also on the patters and states of movement and waiting that they undergo while trying to settle in a new country —Austria, in this case. Are you forced to wait, or is waiting a choice? Do you wait for chance to come or for someone to intervene? What are the things that you do while you wait? How does your body respond to waiting?... Waiting, while deeply personal, can also be a collective act, an experience where movements align and synchronize with the other ones around you. Waiting is filled of repetition and oscillations. Waiting can be an act of resistance.
Espera Loop´s performance unfolds a dialogue between the two artists, combining poetry and texts along with the piano music to evoke the different states and feelings that one can experience during moments of waiting. This dialogue is also intricately tied to the scenography and soft installation, which features waiting numbers that evolve into a central protagonist of the performance.Illustrations & Collages
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“Espera Loop” explores and reflects not only on the fears, insecurities and apprehensions that migrants may experiment every time their visas expire but also on the patters and states of movement and waiting that they undergo while trying to settle in a new country —Austria, in this case. Are you forced to wait, or is waiting a choice? Do you wait for chance to come or for someone to intervene? What are the things that you do while you wait? How does your body respond to waiting?... Waiting, while deeply personal, can also be a collective act, an experience where movements align and synchronize with the other ones around you. Waiting is filled of repetition and oscillations. Waiting can be an act of resistance.
Espera Loop´s performance unfolds a dialogue between the two artists, combining poetry and texts along with the piano music to evoke the different states and feelings that one can experience during moments of waiting. This dialogue is also intricately tied to the scenography and soft installation, which features waiting numbers that evolve into a central protagonist of the performance.Illustrations & Collages
