"I observe what is revealed between gestures and memory. From a microscopic or macro-political, historical and contemporary perspective, I explore the strategies of resistance, mutual aid and resilience of humans and other species."
foto @Jordi Vidal ; @Irina Warner
My visual creations
Habitant Llaços
Script, original idea and visual creation: Irina Warner
Choreographic creation and interpretation: Claudia Auzinger
Musical creation: Daniele Lipari and Michele Perna
Voice and narrative: Josep Mercader and Magda Martínez (Associació Tramats)
Produced by the Museo Etnològic i de Cultures del Mon, Barcelona (@muec_bcn)
A basket contains the history of humanity, and in its weaving, the link between species is obvious. Humans and animals (birds, fish, insects) have always used plant fibres to create objects that they use to protect themselves or to capture others. ‘Inhabitant Llaços’ traces a deep and complex parallel between the many examples of weaving species in the animal world and the history of the craft of basketry that has developed and been passed down through time, from the Neolithic to the 21st century.å
Bajo la luz de la Media Luna
Visual creation: Irina Warner
Musical creation: Michele Perna (synthe et voix), Daniele Lipari (guitarre)
Produced by the Museo Etnològic i de Cultures del Mon, Barcelona (@muec_bcn)
Following the imagination of Juan Rulfo in his novel Pedro Páramo, the performance ‘Bajo la luz de Media Luna’ invites the audience to take a journey to Comala, where everything belongs to the past. In Mexico's hottest village, the shadows of the disappeared mingle with the echo of their whispers. A visual and sonic journey in which the boundaries between life and death are blurred. Fragments of photographs are broken down into the textures, elements and atmospheres of the novel's landscape.
My documentary creations
Revivre le printemps
In a theatre, students who lived through the occupation of the Saint-Charles campus in Marseille in spring 2018 meet actors. A memory of the mobilisation in opposition to the law on student orientation and success is being built up.
Short film, 30 min. Produced by Aix-Marseille university. 2020.
Fern
Using photographic material from a cruise to Melilla in 1955, taken from the family archive, the piece tells the story of the imposition of a colonial system of exploitation. The photographs are transformed, revealing the hidden face.
Animated short film and installation. 3 min. 2016.
Through the testimonies of my grandmothers, we discover an unusual subject: the forms of hospitality and hostility in Germany during the Second World War and the post-war period. Parallels are drawn with the current situation of refugees and displaced persons.
Interactive documentary. ~30 min. 2017.