welding
a layered investigation of embodied translation
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a layered investigation of embodied translation |
welding is a layered practice created by Natalia Cervantes in 2023 that physicalizes seemingly intangible borderlands, or third/in-between spaces, through the body in motion to make them more accessible to process.
The body is an active site where borderlands between bodies, materials, generations, and memories materialize. To access and explore these borderlands through welding, intentionally engage with artifacts, movement, sound, and video in a multidimensional fashion.
What does welding feel like?
the body is an archive of generational memory
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the body is an archive of generational memory |
welding borderlands | soldando las tierras fronterizas
February 22, 2025
Location: El Centro Hispano in Durham, NC
Presented by Natalia Cervantes in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MFA in Dance in the Graduate School of Duke University.
A community journey comprised of four layers: a migration, an immersive installation, a sharing of welding, and a celebration.
Credits
Created and performed by Natalia Cervantes
Community Partner: El Centro Hispano
Transportation: Greenway Transit
Musician: Josué Collado
Installation Design: Julia Piper and Natalia Cervantes
Videographer: Germán López Tirado
Photographer: John West
Stage Manager and Lighting: Indigo Cook
Ushers: Julia Piper and Michela Arietti
Thesis Committee Members: Jingqiu Guan, Andrea Woods Valdés, and Pedro Lasch
Production Mentor: Ethan Eldred
MFA Program Coordinator: Dierdre Shipman
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