{"id":2188,"date":"2021-11-24T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hiros.alwaysdata.net\/artist\/mario-barrantes-espinoza\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:07:36","slug":"mario-barrantes-espinoza","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/hiros.be\/en\/artist\/mario-barrantes-espinoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Barrantes Espinoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario Barrantes Espinoza is a Costa Rican-Nicaraguan artist based in Brussels. They studied theatre and dance at the National University of Costa Rica, before moving to Belgium, where they graduated from the Training Cycle (2016) and the Research Studios (2018) at P.A.R.T.S. He has collaborated in works by Fran\u00e7ois Chaignaud, Th\u00e9o Mercier, Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, Michiel Vandevelde and Eszter Salamon, and performed as guest artist for the bands Peaches and The Subs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario currently develops projects as an independent artist. His work articulates performance, the (re)writing of texts, and the use of voice, with materials sourced from pop culture and mainstream media. Their two end-of-studies works, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[A SEQUENCE III]<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drift (I) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014the latter in collaboration with Thomas B\u00eerzan\u2013, were selected by various international festivals, among them the dance platform Aerowaves (2019), which \u201cshowcases the most promising new work by emerging dance artists in Europe\u201d. His debut work, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El cantar del playo or&#8230; a song is a rose is a thorn <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2022),<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was awarded in 2020 with the Roel Verniers prize by Het Theaterfestival for \u201ccreative ideas and new performing talent\u201d. Since 2023, Mario is involved in the curation of two projects combining nightlife with performance, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culo shaking night&#8230;, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a night inspired by family celebrations in Latin America, where the audience, accompanied by food, kitschy d\u00e9cor and music, could meet artists whose work activates narratives around queerness and Latin American themes. And <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apolemia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a hybrid event blending electronic music, performance, and installation in Brussels&#8217; underground scene.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Barrantes Espinoza is a Costa Rican-Nicaraguan artist based in Brussels. 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