{"id":2192,"date":"2021-10-05T16:19:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hiros.alwaysdata.net\/artist\/mario-barrantes-espinoza-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:27:44","slug":"mario-barrantes-espinoza-2","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/hiros.be\/nl\/artiesten\/mario-barrantes-espinoza-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Barrantes Espinoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Barrantes Espinoza is een multidisciplinaire kunstenaar van Costa Ricaans-Nicaraguaanse afkomst. Die studeerde theater en dans aan de Nationale Universiteit van Costa Rica, vooraleer naar Belgi\u00eb te verhuizen, waar die afstudeerde aan de Training Cycle (2016) en de Research Studios (2018) van P.A.R.T.S. Hij werkte mee aan producties van Fran\u00e7ois Chaignaud, Th\u00e9o Mercier, Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, Michiel Vandevelde en Eszter Salamon.<\/p>\n<p>Mario ontwikkelt momenteel projecten als onafhankelijk kunstenaar. In zijn werk brengt hij performance, tekst, stem en installatie samen door middel van een herinterpretatie van populaire cultuur, mondelinge tradities, historische archieven en speculatieve fictie. Zijn twee afstudeerwerken, <em>[A SEQUENCE]<\/em> en <em>Drift (I)<\/em> \u2013 het laatste in samenwerking met Thomas B\u00eerzan \u2013, werden geselecteerd door diverse internationale festivals, waaronder het dansplatform Aerowaves (2019), dat &#8220;het meest veelbelovende nieuwe werk van opkomende danskunstenaars in Europa in de schijnwerpers zet.&#8221; Zijn debuutwerk, <em>el cantar del playo or\u2026 a song is a rose is a thorn<\/em> (2022), werd in 2020 bekroond met de Roel Verniers-prijs van Het Theaterfestival voor &#8220;creatieve idee\u00ebn en nieuw podiumtalent&#8221;. Zijn werk <em>FLESH CAN\u2019T CAN\u2019T NOT\u2019T \u2018TIS FLESH H\u2026<\/em> (2024) werd geselecteerd door Het Theaterfestival 2025, dat &#8220;het beste van het seizoen in Belgi\u00eb op het gebied van theater, dans, circus en performancekunst in de schijnwerpers zet.&#8221; Zijn meest recente project, <em>Maxhete<\/em> (2025), is een doorlopend performatief onderzoek naar mythevorming rond de figuur van de banaan tijdens de enclaveperiode in Midden-Amerika. Dit werk wordt momenteel ontwikkeld in samenwerking met partners in S\u00e3o Paulo, San Jos\u00e9, Manilla, Martinique en Hongkong.<\/p>\n<p>Sinds 2023 is Mario betrokken bij de curatie van twee projecten die nightlife combineren met performance: <em>Culo Shaking Night!<\/em>, een avond ge\u00efnspireerd op familiefeesten in Latijns-Amerika, waar het publiek, in het gezelschap van eten, een kitscherig decor en muziek, kennismaakt met kunstenaars wiens werk verhalen rond queerness en Latijns-Amerikaanse thema\u2019s tot leven brengt; en <em>Apolemia<\/em>, een hybride evenement dat elektronische muziek, performance en installatie combineert in de Brusselse undergroundscene. Tegelijkertijd levert hij een bijdrage aan het lesgeven en begeleiden bij instellingen, waaronder P.A.R.T.S., KASK School of Arts en het Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Barrantes Espinoza is een multidisciplinaire kunstenaar van Costa Ricaans-Nicaraguaanse afkomst. 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