LAURA VILLENA
SEA WOMAN
Site-specific show for 12 people.
The public gathers in the labyrinthine streets of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter and is guided through oral and visual poems to the home of Mujer Mar.
There you'll find a Sandy Skoglund-style fish tank, an empty painter's studio, Jerusalem under military occupation, a bar counter, grandma's house, the bathroom-shelter during the Ramblas attacks, and other universes recreated from sets, visual and sound installations.
In this autofictional work, the poet invites the audience to experience themes of absence, displacement, eroticism, justice, and connection. It is a traveling performance that engages the viewer with their full presence.
PRESS
“Laura Villena has a lot to say. MUJER MAR is a unique moment, impossible to confine to a single theatrical genre. Her journalistic, poetic, and dramaturgical skill
They align in an eminently artistic and expressive way. The poems maintain a captivating cadence and style. The artist's dedication is absolute, and the result surpasses the exceptional (…) Our hostess demonstrates a privileged capacity for observation and an ability to transmit it so far removed from any pre-established framework that her discovery is of incalculable value.”
IN THE STANDS
“MUJER MAR is that trigger of hidden feelings that want to be revealed.
In WOMAN SEA, secrecy, intimacy, the hidden veil, and words result in a
"A magical, almost spiritual combination."
SHOWSBCN
“Journalist, poet and playwright Laura Villena has devised an innovative and stimulating way to enjoy theater and poetry”
TEATRAL.NET
“Laura doesn’t just recite poems: she lives each verse and gives it to you. She bravely bares herself so that we can see the traces that run through her inside.”
LE COOL BARCELONA
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Directed and performed by: Laura Villena
Assistant directors: Tathiane Caladrini, Marina Garmendia, Ángela F. Palacios and Natalia Yurena.
Photo: Carlos Montilla