Juan Kiroga
Margarita María Milagros
MARGARITA MARÍA MILAGROS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLOMBIAN ARTIST WHO DRAWS ON A RICH FAMILY HERITAGE OF DANCE, MUSIC, AND THEATRE, AS WELL AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND IN DANCE, SET DESIGN, AND MAKEUP.
SHE DEVELOPS A HYBRID PRACTICE FOCUSED ON PERFORMANCE,DANSE-THEATRE, BODY ART AND FILM POETRY. PERFORMED ON STAGE AND IN MULTIPLE PUBLIC SPACES, HER WORK EXPLORES THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE, THE TENSION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTIMACY AND REPRESENTATION.
HER ARTISTIC PRACTICE IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH HER SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. THROUGH COMMUNITY WORK WITH VULNERABLE GROUPS, SHE EMPLOYS DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT AS TOOLS TO FOSTER DIALOGUE, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND RESTORE SELF-ESTEEM, WHICH IN TURN CONTINUOUSLY INFORMS AND ENRICHES HER OWN ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT.
JUAN KIROGA IS A COMPOSER, SOCIOLOGIST AND ARTISTIC EXPLORER WORKING ACROSS SOUND, IMAGE, AND DESIGN. HIS PRACTICE IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY THAT SPANS ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR FILM AND STAGE, COLLAGE, VIDEO, AND ANIMATION.
HE APPROACHES EACH PROJECT AS A FORM OF CRAFT, FOCUSING NOT ON TECHNICAL PERFECTION, BUT ON ARTISANAL EXPLORATION. USING WHATEVER TOOLS A PROJECT DEMANDS—FROM ANALOG INSTRUMENTS TO DIGITAL SAMPLERS, FROM FOUND PHOTOGRAPHY TO MOVING IMAGE—KIROGA FRAMES EACH WORK AS AN INTERSECTIONS OF ART, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY, ALWAYS IN SERVICE OF HUMAN STORIES AND EMOTIONS.
FOR THE AUTOPSY COLLECTIVE, HE CONTRIBUTES AS A PRODUCER AND CONCEPTUALIZER, WEAVING TOGETHER DIFFERENT ARTISTIC LANGUAGES IN A SHARED SPIRIT OF CURIOSITY.
