Requiem/ruinas : (restos mortales)

Abstract

In 2009 he decided to write a text about death. A kind of dramatic poem about fatality. He had already brought to light a work on the Greek tragedy in the cinema and had mounted an Electra with an international cast. Driven by the Requiem of the Caleño composer Antonio María Valencia, I put an end to the work in a few days. Then I presented it to a creation contest of the Higher Academy of Arts of Bogotá (ASAB) and I was awarded. One issue led to another. I decided to put it on stage with a group of close collaborators and, after three months of rehearsals, it was premiered one starry night in the central courtyard of our cloister, accompanied by the choirs directed by maestro Carlos Pinzón, who set to the task of staging an exquisite version of the Valencia Requiem. requiem/ruins had a short life, as happens with many plays. But the text, the photos and a work diary remain. I have reviewed everything with the lenses of time and the material has excited me again. In some way, it represents the reflection of a group of desperate and curious creators, not exempt from humor and impatience, who carry out a high-risk staging. This publication is an exercise in reconstruction, reflection and complicity where theater, music, design and photography meet to the rhythm of their respective correspondences.