"Autonomy, Organisation and Secession" by Rubén Ortiz
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To Be Public| Duration: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
What questions can the performing arts ask in response to the necrotheatre staged every day in their territory, as in the case of Mexico?
In this situation, is there any value in rethinking autonomy and organisation, not only as artistic prerogatives but as effective social struggles? Does it make sense to think of autonomy itself as secession?
Rubén Ortiz is a theatre director, researcher and educator. He is a member of the La Comedia Humana collective, a researcher at Mexico's National Theatre Research, Documentation and Information Centre, the academic coordinator of the “Diplomado Transversales” programme, a teacher on the Master in Stage Direction at the National Theatre School, and a contributor to the contemporary art magazines La tempestad and Registro. He has staged over 30 productions in Mexico and other countries, exploring a wide range of theatrical styles. With the social laboratory La Comuna he has worked in Iztacalco, Tlalpan, Tlatelolco, Guadalajara, Tampico, Hidalgo and Pamplona, Spain. He has given talks and seminars and run workshops and laboratories on the performing arts in different countries, and he has written articles and essays about theatre for magazines and cultural supplements in Mexico, Germany, Argentina, Spain and Ecuador. He is the author of several books, including Escena expandida. Teatralidades del siglo XXI (Citru/INBA, 2016).
