Infinite Game
Cristina Maldonado (Mexico, Czech Republic)
| Oct 5 Saturday | 18:00 | Hybernská 2 | Ticket sale | |
| Oct 5 Saturday | 20:00 | Hybernská 2 | Ticket sale |
An immersive work based on experiences and stories collected in various countries. Sitting together around a table and in introspection, based on given stimuli, we will meditate on memory, permanence and…finitude. Everyone finds their place in the series of infinite games: games in which there are no losers or victors, in a game that has no beginning or end. This work is the result of conversations and cooperation with archaeologists, funeral service workers, activists, curators, and artists in Spain and France. It invites one to meditate on everyday practices combined with memory, endurance, continuity, and material relationships between the living and the dead.
Infinite Game is part of the Invisible Bonds project, a long-term artistic exploration by Cristina Maldonado taking place concurrently in several countries. Under the influence of multilocal ethnography, she studies the performativity of death in everyday life and draws on local knowledge to create a critical view of death, offering an immersive experience that leads to a renewed intimacy with our own finitude and with natural cycles of which we’re a part.
Suitable for ages 18 and up
Cristina Maldonado is originally from Mexico but has been living in the Czech Republic for the past eleven years. The difference between the Mexican and Czech cultures has given Cristina the opportunity to discover various ways of working, creating, and communicating. Relationships are the red thread that has run through her creative work since 1995, whether it’s the relationship with her own body (dance and choreography), the relationship between objects and systems (theatre of objects), or the relationship of technology and art (performance and extensive film). Currently she is examining the relationships between people (one on one performance, relationship art). In relationships, there is interaction, mediation, and dialogue, and this dialogical connection has become the most important element for her. She is very keen to collaborate with others and explore together the potential of a given situation. Her current body of work is significantly influenced by multilocal and local activities and alternative ethnography in which she combines her own experiences with those of others. What emerges are protocols, immersive performances, and other artistic tools to frame and transmit shared knowledge.
