Dance, video and music rewrite the mother story in a moving telenovela of memory
The Spanish musician and choreographer Pablo Lilienfeld and the Argentinian artist Federico Vladimir work together as a couple, meaning that their work and relationship are intensively intertwined. For their first visit to DE SINGEL, they dive into the family history of their mothers, who coincidentally are both called Monica. Their performance - a visual and musical telenovela - is a spectacular reconstruction of their shared family tree.
The two Monicas, daughters of war refugees, grew up in Argentina and later moved to Spain. One was an ecofeminist painter, the other a muse and nude model. Their visual legacy serves as the basis for Monica, a hybrid dance performance about war, migration and motherhood. With a mix of video, music and dance, Lilienfeld and Vladimir rewrite their story and challenge the traditional ideas of motherhood.