Caída (hemisferio cero)

Direction and set design

(Fall — Zero Hemisphere)

Art installation and theater production
Format: Physical Theater / Art Installation
Overall direction and set design: Leni Méndez
Text: Gabriela Ponce

Collaborative creation: Colectivo Artístico Caída (hemisferio cero)

Caída explores fractured memory—a dark mental space where fragments of the past emerge and disappear again. Points of light, ropes, threads, and precarious suspended objects create an unstable landscape of distorted voices and places.

The work existed in two dimensions. During the day, it functioned as an art installation through which the audience could move, encountering the disjointed traces of a memory in ruins. At night, the space became a living stage where the performers attempted to gather those fragments and reconstruct their story. Combining physical theater and visual poetry, the production transformed the scenic space into a character in its own right, exploring vulnerability, intimacy, and the difficulty of piecing together what has been broken.

Performers:
Woman: María Josefina Viteri
Mother Shadow: Johana Jara
Father Shadow: David Frank / Diego Luna
Child Shadow: Carolina Cedeño

Costume design: Mariana Pizarro
Sound design: Ivis Flies
Original lighting design: Anatol Waschke
Technical production: Alejandro Velásquez, Miguel Salomón, Emilio Cordero, Víctor Pazmiño, Israel López, and Gabriela Ponce
Curatorial texts: Héctor Maranesi

Presented at:
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (CAC), Quito, Ecuador, 2015
Selected to represent Ecuador at the International Festival of Centro Cultural Itchimbía, Quito

Award:
Recipient of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Culture’s Competitive Grant, 2013

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