Biel/Bienne Switzerland, City Space
21/08 - 22/08/2015
In the police authorized Body and Freedom Festival, Abraham Hurtado, accompanied by performers Andrés Agudelo and Maureen López, has presented the „Welcome to Europe“ as site-specific Switzerland 2015, duration 80 minutes. "Welcome to Europe" is focusing on the mental state of European people; a state that has been influenced by over-stimulation.
Abraham Hurtado (*1972) explores in his own work the notions of presence and space, the multiplicity of contexts and possible arrangements of the public. In recent years he has been involved in various projects in which he has constantly asked himself questions like: How can the body overcome the boundaries of thought? To what extent can we represent mental states through bodily performance? In an age of consumer culture and over-stimulation, what has become of our reality? Which actions, mental states, emotions and symptoms does it produce? Welcome to Europe is focusing on the mental state of European people; a state that has been influenced by over-stimulation. What did we lose as Europeans? is the main question. Our attention is called to the emotional state that causes our reality as Europeans. The body and emotion have become consumer‘s products: statements and actions that are irreversible, disposable.
Curator of the festival: Thomas Zollinger
Camera: Adrian Scherzinger
Cast:Naked Projects