GALIA EIBENSCHUTZ

She studied visual arts at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM and a master's degree at DasArts, Amsterdam, Holland. From an early age she studied classical ballet and contemporary dance in Mexico City. Her work is situated on the border between dance and visual arts. The registration of movement and the passage of time, the scenic presence of the body and its projection in architecture, are the axis of her projects, which she develops mainly in performance, drawing and video. Among his performances stand out: Trazos para cello. In collaboration with Natalia Pérez Turner, Nave Galería Dos Quince ( 2016 ), Dance Performance, in collaboration with Corinne Skaff. FABRIKA, Beirut, Lebanon ( 2016 ), Lines of Tension (2015), Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Layers of Memory. Ex Teresa Arte Actual (2015), Endemic Species. A year of Saturday encounters. Museo Universitario del Chopo (2015). Zona de Penumbra. Sequences in architecture, Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco (2014). Studies of space within space, of other studies, of other spaces, commissioned to reactivate the piece: Arena by artist Rita Mc Bride; Museo Tamayo (2014), Walk on cracked land (2013), Miami Basel, Center for Visual Communication in Wynwood, Miami, performance commissioned to be presented on the piece: Spider Galaxy by Carlos Amorales; Paisaje abstracto (2013) Museo Universitario del Chopo and Black Box CNA, Mexico; Punto de Fuga (2010) Laboratorio Arte Alameda and Movimientos Fósiles (2009) Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros.

04.11.2021 —

07.01.2022

Galia Eibenschutz's residency proposed experiences that stimulate perception, the need for leisure and rest, awareness and security from the body, relaxation from movement and empathy towards non-human forms. During the sessions, body improvisation and drawing activities were developed in relation to plants, the land where they grow and the animals that inhabit different ecosystems. The residency included improvisation exercises, shadow theater, impersonations of different organisms, creation of masks and costumes, and drawing silhouettes. As a culmination of the residency, Galia presents a performance that responds to the encounters and exchanges with the children, in collaboration with musician Nicolás García Lieberman.

INDICATORS AND OBSERVATIONS:

• The artistic sessions designed by the artist began with play and movement using the whole body, allowing organization, to then work on relaxation leading to a better performance in the artistic processes.

• The residency was designed so that the first part of each workshop would focus on gross psychomotor skills based on body and energy activities, and then move on to fine psychomotor activities such as painting, drawing and representation.

• Unlike previous years, the current generation of children is concentrated in the 4 and 5 years of age, which results in a substantial change in the design of activities.

• From the diagnostics carried out and the first four sessions of the residency, cases of violence and low level of development in language and social tools have been detected, which will be followed up through the following sessions and residencies.