Residencia Corazón: Twelve/ a Project

The aim of this project is to research and start to create a theatre piece devoted to 12 main steps of Argentinean tango/Tango is a cultural phenomenon, we will make an attempt to put this phenomenon inside the structure. But even this structure will be dictated by the culture within this remarkable dance and its unlimited possibilities. There are many roads to take/would like to investigate the nature and roots of the dance and its connection with local culture and its traditions. Also we want to find the connection between movements of tango with appropriate stories of Argentinean writers of the 20th century. One of the goals of this work is the opportunity to establish a story line, to search for colors,sonds,image,emotions.I think this residency can give us the opportunity to begin the work on project, which certainly should start its life in Argentina/The main idea of the project is based on the Tango tradition. To examine a cross-cultural visual language, which it will be structured under the parameters of space, time, and being. Shape exists in space, rhythm exists in time, being exist in senses. Our goal is to experiment with a variety of possible devices and create a multi sensual environment, both visual and narrative. That can awake the spectator’s emotional, as much as intellectual awareness. Audience will be invited to experience a virtual journey by the use of their sensual sensors, time, and space. With this installation-performance in progress, the spectator will walk a path that will be designed and constructed subsequently to our intellectual and emotional reaction coming directly from our experience during the residency//Certainly, for both of us work on such material is completely new and we would like to structure it as far as possible from western clichés about tango. For this we will need your help and ability to participate with local artists. Espessialy because both of us are coming from very different cultural backgrounds;Russian and Greek//‘Twelve’ is the project which can not be called pure theatre; it will cover many areas of art. We should decide which will become a dominating one// Veronica Wigg & Michalis Kokkoliadis

Welcome to RC-ARGENTINA

The Residencia Corazón - Artist in Residency (A-i-R) Program was initiated in 2006. Its main objective engenders the creation of a personalized and independent exchange among regional, national and international artists. It allows for mutual enrichment through professional and emotive approaches for new experiences and aesthetic realities. The resident / visiting artists enjoy a dynamic and vibrant time frame for working; they have a studio and living space at their disposal to complete their projects. They also network with and within the local art community, cultural institutions and the public at large.Residencia Corazon has the institutional support of the National Culture Secretary, Cultural Secretary of the Province of Buenos Aires, the Town Council of La Plata and the National University of La Plata.

A partir del año 2006, iniciamos nuestro Programa Internacional de Artistas en Residencia (A-I-R), que tiene como objetivo generar y posibilitar un intercambio artístico personalizado, libre e independiente entre artistas locales e internacionales. La residencia permite un enriquecimiento mutuo, un acercamiento formal y emocional hacia nuevas experiencias artísticas. El visitante disfruta de un período dinámico de trabajo, disponiendo de un estudio-vivienda para realizar su proyecto y exhibirlo en Argentina. Puede relacionarse, contactar colegas, instituciones educativas, culturales y público en general.
Residencia Corazón recibe el apoyo institucional y ha sido declarada de Interés Cultural por la Secretaria de Cultura de la Nación Argentina, Secretaría de Cultura de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y la Municipalidad de La Plata, y de Interés Académico por la Universidad Nacional de La Plata.