Marana

Maraña is an artistic project by Paula Riquelme Orbenes (Chile) that has been established since 2016 and is characterized by an interdisciplinary design language using new circus, puppet theatre, masks and dance components.

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Maraña (sp: knotted) describes an organism consisting solely of wool, thread and yarn in the form of a multidimensional patchwork. The work process should illuminate and deepen the subject of ORGANISM. Thoughts of embodied collaboration should be internalized by a new ensemble during the creative process and brought to a new level. Maraña is a creature that grows and takes on a different shape with each stitch and knot. It extends horizontally, vertically and three-dimensionally and takes the viewer with it in an organic haptic experience of colour, light and space. Between installation, physical theatre, puppet theatre, dance and aerial choreography, the performers become part of this organism and bring life and movement into this being. This symbiosis between the set design and the performers reflects the connection of a community and cooperation that has been missed for so long during the lockdown. An interdisciplinary design language in cooperation with a multicultural one enables a broad spatial and sensual experience.  The spectators themselves become part of this pulsating, feeling and sensual organism, through their participation, but also through the joint knitting and weaving of the stage design, as part of the intercultural participatory aspect.