Iria do Castelo estaba en Berlín impartiendo el primero de los talleres Fantastic Beings Workshop en SomoS Art House pocos días antes de que el estado de alarma sanitaria declarado a causa del virus Covid_19 convirtiese Europa y el resto del planeta en un caos. Este taller estaba previsto que se celebrase además de en Berlín, también en Leipzig y finalmente en Castelo Studio. Aquel marzo de 2020 solamente pudo celebrarse el primero de los talleres, el resto de la historia, confinamientos y restricciones, ya la conoces.

A lo largo de dos jornadas, un grupo de participantes de distintas nacionalidades se enrolaron en un viaje experimental para crear piezas escultóricas a partir de sus propias anatomías, que mediante técnicas de ensamblaje se transformaron en extrañas asociaciones plásticas. Los resultados fueron fantásticos y se expusieron al público en la sala de exposiciones de SomoS Art House.

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Iria do Castelo was in Berlin leading the first of the Fantastic Beings Workshop at SomoS Art House just a few days before the declared state of health alarm due to the Covid_19 virus turned Europe and the rest of the planet into chaos. This workshop was planned to be developed in Berlin, also in Leipzig, and finally in Castelo Studio. That March 2020 only the first of the workshops could be held, the rest of the story, lockdowns, and restrictions, you know it well.

Over two days, a group of participants of different nationalities was enrolled in an experimental journey to create sculptural pieces based on their own anatomies, which using assemblage techniques were transformed into strange plastic associations. The results were fantastic and so the curators decided to show the pieces to the public in the SomoS Art House gallery.

Photos by Caroline Wimmer