Wednesday 21 October 2009

Performance Day of the Dead at Paradiso






THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION:

LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE OF NINE RAIN ACCOMPAINING EISENSTEIN'S CLASSIC FILM QUE VIVA MEXICO! AND LIVE PERFORMANCE OF "LA DENTONA" BY Dimension4 Theatre with ALEJANDRA NETTEL en IRENE DE BRUIN

1 November 2009, Paradiso.
Doors open 20.30hrs, program starts 21.00hrs.
Day of the Dead dress code: Catrinas and Dandies
Tickets: 15 Euros including membership.

Cinemaztlán has invited the underground Mexican band Nine Rain for a unique show in the Netherlands to celebrate the Day of the Dead on 1 November in Paradiso. The multitalented musicians -among which the band includes Steven Brown of the legendary avant-garde band Tuxedomoon- mixes traditional and experimental music. At this occasion the band will play live the soundtrack it has composed for Sergei Einsenstein's film Que viva Mexico! For this event, Cinemaztlán join forces with Rocket Cinema for a memorable night.

This special occasion will include a full program of special acts, among which are: traditional poems, a collective altar, a performance of La Dentona by Dimension4 Theatre with actress Alejandra Nettel & Irene de Bruin and a representation of El Mictlán (the Aztec underworld). This day is also the closing event of Rocket Cinema, so get the dress code and immerse yourself in full Day of the Dead.
Dress code: Catrinas and Dendies.

Note on dress code: La Calavera Catrina is the Mexican icon for elegant dead. The word catrina is the feminine form of the word catrin, which means elegant. La Catrina has become a staple of Mexican imagery. She wears a long fasionable dress (1910-1920), a hat with feathers and flowers and a boa. Her companion on this night of the dead is a dandy. een hoed met veren en bloemen en een boa.




Instalación Día de Muertos / Installation Day of the Dead


“Mi muerte, La muerte”
Instalación foto & audio
Por Alejandra Nettel
Kortsluiting
Nov. 09

La instalación es una recopilación de fotos que representan las diferentes imágenes que en México se utilizan para representar a La Muerte / La Dentona / La Flaca / La Catrina y de fotos de personas que hablan de La Muerte.
Nettel entrevistó a varios artistas, periodistas y personas dentro del mundo de la cultura y la ciencia de diferentes nacionalidades, pidiéndoles que dieran una respuesta, de no más de un minuto, a la pregunta: ¿Qué es la muerte para ti?
Juntos, las fotos y el audio dan una visión al peatón de lo que La Muerte podría ser.

El 10 de noviembre Nettel dará una introducción de la instalación y del día de los muertos a las 18:00 hrs. después puede quedarse a disfrutar de una cena vegetariana, para reservar un lugar para cenar puede llamar al 020-6790712 entre las 14:30 y 18:00hrs.

La instalación se puede visitar del 6 de noviembre hasta el 26 de noviembre en Kortsluiting / De Binnenpret.
Kortsluiting / De Binnenpret.
Eerste Schinkelstraat 14-16
1075 TX Amsterdam
binnenpret@binnenpret.org
mail@alejandranettel.com



“My dead, The Dead”
Photo & audio installation
By Alejandra Nettel
Kortsluiting
Nov. 09

The installation is a compilation of photos which represent the different images used in Mexico for The Dead, also called La Catrina / La Dentona / La Flaca; the installation has also photos of people talking about The Dead.
Nettel interviewed various artists, journalists and people within the culture and science world from different nationalities, asking them to give an answer of no more than 1 minute, to the question: What is dead for you?
Together, the photos and the audio, gives the viewer a slide vision of what The Dead could be.

On the 10th November Nettel will give an introduction to her installation and about the Day of the Dead at 18:00, afterwards you can stay to enjoy a vegetarian meal. For the meal you need to reserve at 020-6790712 between 14:30 & 18:00 hrs.

The installation can be seen from the 6th November until the 26th November 2009 at
Kortsluiting / De Binnenpret.
Eerste Schinkelstraat 14-16
1075 TX Amsterdam
binnenpret@binnenpret.org
mail@alejandranettel.com

Tuesday 6 October 2009

Foto's Performance "La Dentona"

La Dentona
performance
Straat Performance

Kortsluiting / Binnenpret

Kortsluiting / Binnenpret

Wereld Feest / Zid Theater

Wereld Feest / Zid Theater

Oude Kerk, Museum8
Oude Kerk, Museum8

Wies Willemsen Galerie

Straat Performance Museumplein

Wies Willemsen Galerie