Performance, documentary, and video art are combined in this work of the Peruvian Diana Daf Collazos that digs the meanings of silence to speak about her country and Latin America from herself and her family.

The interdisciplinary artist investigates how the body can transmit the memories inherited in the face of its own progressive muteness, a consequence of being born with no vocal cords. Before completely losing her voice, she recorded the stories about her grandfather, grandmother, and father’s death, and she reproduces this narration while performing scenic actions that elaborate the grief.

The narratives and performances divide the screen with scenes shot in different cities of Peru, on an artist’s pilgrimage that, by recovering the family’s history and its migration, brings up the legacy of a country that silences and erases. Therefore, Preludio, Ficciones del Silencio transcends the discussion about its auto fictionality.

Diana Daf Collazos
Audiovisual director, performer, and cultural manager, the Peruvian interdisciplinary artist, works from the body as the creator of memories and performs actions that problematize the public space.

Credits
Idealization, direction and performance: Diana Daf Collazos
Production: Diana Castro Sánchez
Dramaturgical assistance: Miguel Rubio Zapata
Video direction: Carlos Sánchez and Diana Daf Collazos
Technical director: Igor Moreno
Sound: José Carlos Valencia
Music: Erick del Aguila
General assistance: Josselin Urco
Participation: Martha Palomino
Production in Brazil: Carla Estefan - Metropolitana Gestão Cultural

11/25 Thursday 9:00 pm 
YouTube @SescSP and Instagram @SescAoVivo
Duration: 60 min
Parental guidance 14 years
Partnerships and support: Winner of the Fondo de Estímulos para la Cultura 2019, of the Ministry of Culture of Peru. Support from the Cultural Center of the Universidad del Pacífico; elgalpon.espacio Asociación Cultural; Bombillo, Técnica para Espectáculos Escénicos.

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