Swedish Choreographer Carima Neusser and Paris-based artist Per Huttner have both been returning to work in Mexico regularly during the last decade. They have previously presented performances in institutions like Museo Jumex and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Queretaro. The two will return to Mexico in winter 2024-25 to develop new work during a 2,5 month residency. They will present their work at Casa Bestia in Oaxaca City on February 7. They will be joined by musical genius Erick Ruiz Arellano for the evening. Entrance is free and doors open at 7pm.

Per Huttner will present a performance entitled “Two Rooms and What?” that encompasses music and moving images. He works with the EEGsynth (www.eegsynth.org) which is a hard and software platform that uses electroencephalogram (EEG) to allow performers to create sounds and images based on signals from the human brain in real time. He will therefore invite a local artist to join him in the performance. The second performer will wear an EEG cap on stage. The moving images that will be presented will be filmed during his stay in Mexico, allowing him to reflect on Mexican culture and aesthetics.The images will be also be influenced by the second performer.

Carima Neusser (www.carimaneusser.com) will present a new performance entitled “nacre” where light, music, props and costume become intimately entangled into one coherent presentation. Her movements influence the sound and the light on the stage. She also uses props like mirrors, prisms and reflective fabrics that affect the architecture around her. She takes inspiration from baroque and romantic art in order to investigate liminality.

Casa Bestia, Díaz Quintas 111, RUTA INDEPENDENCIA, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico