In this multi-faceted rendition of self, Caballero expands her Literal Litoral series of choreographic poems to place her body where it began—the womb. Echo Graph is an exercise in inversion: the poet is defined through her creation, the mother replaces her fetus, the patient subverts her doctor’s verdict.
Though physical failure here is defined by others, namely, a medical face, the vocal delivery and choreographic score question its validity. In Echo Graph, the body transmits the layers of subversion hidden in the work’s written text to create a rich strata of complementary and contradictory meanings, as often happens in everyday exchanges.
Recorded via motion-capture technology, this new work continues Caballero’s explorations of how physical movement can translate the spoken-word, using body language to unleash the vital, guttural essence of communication.
From Caballero’s award-winning book MAMMAL.
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Credits:
Produced in close collaboration with Mad Labs Studios
Yoel Meneses - Motion Capture and CG supervisor
Chase Mussey - Visual Effects
Rafael Teixeira - Sound Design
Bebe - Producer
Tiger Shokripour - Technical Assistant