Gustavo CIRÍACO
Gustavo CIRÍACO
update: 2012.11.1
- Name
- Gustavo CIRÍACO
- Genre
- Performing Art
Profile
Born in 1969. Graduated from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro of Social Sciences (Political Sciences) in 1992 and from Escola Angel Vianna of Professional Diploma in Contemporary Dance in 1995. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Recent main activities are Rio Occupation London "Where the horizon moves" as a part of London Cultural Olympiad (London, UK, Guimarães, European Capital of Culture, Portugal, 2012), "ENTRE_Lugares Festival" (curatorship) ( Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012), "Here whilst we walk" (Festival du Tourisme Aléatoire, Ferme du Buisson, Paris, France, Gothemburg Dance & Theater Festival, Sweden, 2012), "Drifting" (Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012), "Neighbors" (Al Mamal Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel, 2011).Gustavo Ciríaco is a performer, art maker and curator. He's been to Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East in projects, workshops and artistic collaborations. He's been acting in urban space projects "Here whilst we walk" in collab. with Andrea Sonnberger; in conversational pieces "Drifting" in collab. with António Pedro Lopes; and in dance projects "Still - sob o estado das coisas" (APCA prize as Best dance conception and nominee of Bravo Prize as Best Dance Show). He's been in residency at Les Récollets (Paris, France), ZDB and Alkantara (Lisbon, Portugal), Bamboo Curtain Studio (Taipei, Taiwan) and Al Mamal Foundation (Jerusalem, Israel). In 2011, he was the artistic director of Manifesta! (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and guest curator for ENTRE Lugares (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, London, England). In 2012, he is residency with "Where the horizon moves" at Guimarães, European Cultural Capital and London Cultural Olympiad "Rio Occupation" at Uk.
About works / performance
I am a performing artist and art maker coming from dance. I love to dialogue with the historical, material and affective context we are immersed in any given situation. As art form, my work goes from multimedia stage conceptual work to convivial and open-air pieces. It strikes me the awareness and fictions arising from the sublime of daily situations, its materiality, the reference points that we cling to and build up our relation to reality and how meaning grows from this.
