Serie de Apariciones (Series of Appearances) was created during the first lockdown period in Spain in April 2020. It is an audiovisual performative essay inspired by the idea of DIY (Do It Yourself) and tutorial as recurring formats in our personal and artistic practices. The idea of explaining how to do something adds to the intention of the person creating that content and, at the same time, takes us to a place of generosity and self-centeredness.
This piece is inspired by the creation of juxtaposed meanings between the image and the word. In his work Ways of Seeing, John Berger explains that "the relationship between what we see and what we know is never established." In this same work, he refers to the painting The Keys of Dreams by the surrealist painter Magritte which comments on this gap between words and what we see.
Idea, creation, and choreography: Inka Romaní Escrivá and Julia Zac
This piece was awarded by the program Cultura Online from Centro del Carmen de Cultura Contemporánea (Carmen Center of Contemporary Culture) in Valencia, Spain.
This performance has been produced thanks to the following residency programs: Residencies Artistiques en centres de Joventut (Artistic Residencies in Youth Centers), Ayuntamiento de Valencia (Valencia City Council), and Centre Civic de La Barceloneta (Barceloneta Civic Center).