30 min performance, vernissage of MIRA Latino Art Fair in Paris
This project investigates the symbolism, history, and myths surrounding the underground bodies of water forming the cenote ring in Yucatan, Mexico. It shifts across painting, performance, moving image, and installation.
Featuring contributions from Gabrielle Venguer, Montañera Music, Pierre Babbage, Costas Kazantzis, and Bon Music Vision, the performance provokes thought and dialogue about our interaction with natural environments, the historical manipulation of resources, and the overarching themes of creation, destruction, and renewal. It addresses the complexities and tensions of belief systems and worldviews by connecting the historical significance of this geological feature, created by an asteroid impact, with contemporary societal issues such as consumerism, expansion, speed, and resource accumulation amid an ecological crisis.
The Cenote Ring unfolds through live visuals, spatial sound, and spoken word to explore the collision of belief systems, cosmic impact, and ecological fragility. Harnessing cutting-edge technologies such as real-time 3D editing, motion capture, and generative sound synthesis, the performance transforms the space into a living, reactive environment.
The Cenote Ring
Read more:
-Orleans House Gallery: ‘Cosmologies and Liquid Futures with Paola Estrella’, by Julia de Fabo.
-Art Plugged: In conversation with Paola Estrella.
Collaborators
Audio - Bon Music Vision
3D Environment and Avatar in Unreal - Costas Kazantzis
Music and Voice - Montañera
Performance and Movement - Pierre Babbage
Spoken Word - Paola Estrella
3D Scans - Bon Music Vision Costumes - Gabrielle Venguer
Editing - Paola Estrella
Technical Support - Iker Orozco
Camera Assistant - Helga Dorothea Fannon
Drone Filming - Israel Casas
Underwater Filming - Benjamin Estrella Contreras
Narration - Jose Chi, Paola Estrella,
Benjamin Estrella Gabilondo, Karla Estrella
Costume design - Gabrielle Venguer
Lighting design - Beril Yavuz
Photographer: Stylian Tastsoglou
Inspired by John Muir, Maria Popova, Charles Darwin, Ashley King, Carlos Castaneda, Jacobo Grinberg.
In conversation with Pita Arreola
Supported by
Arts Council England, Arte Lagos, Richmond Council, Stone Nest, Orleans House Gallery, and HS Projects.