WALC Confluence 3 is hosted by Sylvie Marchand (FR) and Lionel Camburet (FR) of Gigacircus, and their guest artist is Gustavo Alvarez.
The Gigacircus French Art collective will introduce the artist, walker and performer Gustavo Alvarez with whom they collaborated in several projects. Gustavo Alvarez plays with broken silences, using the performance as a ritual space (liminal space). Spectators are confronted with situations generated in the action, Gustavo is always encouraging them to participate directly in the action, proposing a joint creation, creating an atmosphere with the permission and participation of those involved in the performance; managing to create what Hakim Bey calls “Temporary Autonomous Zones”, in which the conventional rules of exchange and etiquette are at least questioned or completely abolished.
Sylvie Marchand writes: “I am very happy and over proud to introduce you to a Grand Mexican artist. Gustavo Alvarez, a performer and an anthropologist, is at the heart of great number of collective events and meetings, stimulating artists to resist and go beyond their passion!”
- Continent Rouge, Dispositif immersif connecté à un parcours sonore
- Voz Lactea, Rencontre artistique internationales autour de la langue maternelle
- Danzar o Morir, public space, installation
- Cantar o morir, Film, sur la force des rituels Raramuris
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The co-funded EU Walking Arts and Local Communities (WALC) project offers an opportunity for public scrutiny of the project, by running bi-monthly free “Confluence events”, in which project partners come together to present how the aspect of the project for which they are responsible is progressing.
The first 30 minutes of these hour-long online events, will be presentations and discussion between the WALC partners. The second 30 minutes provides an opportunity of the Confluence host partner to invite a walking artist to present their work.
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Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, Creative Europe, starting in January 2024 for four years. With seven partners from five countries, WALC establishes an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, in Prespa, Greece, at the border with Albania and North Macedonia, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts.
WALC builds on the previous work of hundreds of artists and researchers already practicing Walking Arts as a collaborative medium, and having met at the significant previous walking arts events and encounters in Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, and during online activities at walk · listen · create.
We acknowledge the support of the EU Creative Europe Cooperation grant program in the framework of the European project WALC (Walking Arts and Local Community).
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WALC Confluence 3 hosted by Gigacircus, with guest Gustavo Alvarez
Part funded by the EU Create Europe Programme, this Confluence event was hosted by Gigacircus, the French partner in the Walking Arts & Local Communities project known as WALC. They chose their guest as Mexican performance artist Gustavo Gonzales, who in the video provides a presention to his extensive portfolio of actions undertaken in the