CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
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WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCE
From 17th to 20th September 2025 · h 14–17
Amanda Piña in collaboration with Carolina Cifras
TO BLOOM () FLORECIMIENTO
As part of the program of performative activations for the exhibition Earthly Communities (June 21 – October 12, 2025), curated by Simone Frangi and Lucrezia Cippitelli at Kunst Meran Merano Arte, a Call for Participants is now open for the performance workshop led by artist Amanda Piña in collaboration with performer and researcher Carolina Cifras.
About the call
The workshop aims to train, over the course of four afternoons, a group of 15 performers through movement practices and collective rituals. Together with the artists, they will animate a performative walk conceived as a large collective body in dialogue with the rattan sculpture presented by Amanda Piña in the Earthly Communities exhibition.
The research
In her current artistic research titledTO BLOOM () FLORECIMIENTO, Amanda Piña explores water as a fluid entity and the ocean as a realm of ancestral knowledge. The Alps still retain the vibrations and traces of the Tethys Ocean, which existed in these very mountain ranges around 250 million years ago. The research delves into oceanic movements on a broad scale, encompassing the movements of ancient animal species—such as sponges, cnidarians, molluscs, and echinoderms—as well as the historical and contemporary flows of ocean currents, diasporas, and migrations.
TO BLOOM () FLORECIMIENTO materializes in large-scale sculptures (some of which can be activated by groups of performers) that echo the forms of extinct oceanic creatures.
To create them, Amanda uses rattan weaving techniques originating from First Nations peoples and the African diaspora—techniques that have emerged in the Caribbean in relation to the ocean.
TO BLOOM () FLORECIMIENTOimmerses performers and audiences in an "ancestral future" connected to the Tethys Ocean, still resonating within the landscape of Merano—where water is no longer perceived as mere matter or natural resource, but as a vibrant realm essential to sustaining life on Earth.
Practical Information
- Dates: September 17–20, 2025
- Time: 14 – 17 (daily)
- Location: Merano
- Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, and German (with multilingual translation)
- Public event and guided walk with the artists: September 20, h 19
Participation
- Free of charge and open to all, with no age restrictions
- No professional performance training is required
- Participants should have a sensitivity to performance, openness to collective movement, and a collaborative attitude
- Full attendance is required for all workshop days and for the final performative presentation
How to Apply
To apply for the workshop, please submit:
- A short motivation letter (maximum one A4 page, in Italian, German or English)
- A CV or portfolio
- Consent form for the processing of personal data, completed and signed (download)
*Everyone is welcome: we encourage participation from anyone, regardless of gender identity, origin, or background. However, we kindly ask you to submit a motivation letter and a brief CV or portfolio, in order to keep the number of applications manageable.
Send your application to info@kunstmeranoarte.orgno later than September 7.
- Confirmation of participation will be communicated on September 10, 2025.
Biography of the artists
Amanda Piña (www.nadaproductions.at) is an established Chilean-Mexican-Austrian artist based between Vienna and Mexico City. Her work has been presented internationally across Europe and the Americas. Her artistic practice spans performance, music, video, and sculptural and photographic works, taking shape in theatres, museums, and public space. With Spanish, Mapuche, Lebanese, and Syrian-Palestinian heritage, Amanda explores the political and social power of movement, grounded in Indigenous forms of knowledge and practices of world-making and environmental care that offer alternatives to the current socio-environmental crisis.
Carolina Cifras is a researcher, performer, creator, and teacher in the field of performing arts. She holds a degree in Arts and Dance Education from Arcis University (Santiago, Chile). Since 1990, she has collaborated as a performer with various Chilean and international creators in contemporary dance and theatre, including Nuri Gutés, Paulina Mellado, Javiera Péon-Veiga, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Rodrigo Perez, Almudena Garrido, Francisca Morand, Claude Brumachon, and Amanda Piña. From 1994 to 2005, she was a performer at the Centre Chorégraphique de Nantes, directed by Claude Brumachon. She teaches dance and creative practice at the University of Chile, Universidad Mayor, Universidad de Valparaíso, Universidad Arcis, and Escola Moderna, and she is the founder of the Dance School at Universidad de las Américas.
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
short motivation letter and CV or portfolio
info@kunstmeranoarte.org
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