PURO DESEO (2010)
luciana achugar's next work, PURO DESEO, will premiere in the Spring of 2010 at the Kitchen, NYC.
PURO DESEO, which translates both to "pure desire" and "nothing but desire," will examine the relationship between artistic process and art as commodified product. To create PURO DESEO, achugar will deepen her collaboration with visual artist Michael Mahalchick. The two will work with her other recent collaborators including lighting designer Madeline Best and dramaturg Victoria A. Davies.
achugar and her collaborators will give themselves the challenge of creating a work where the form is a manifestation of the instinctual drive to create—before this impulse is shaped by intellect and design. The ultimate aim of PURO DESEO is to move the audience toward a visceral, intuitive, primitive experience of dance.
The development of PURO DESEO is being supported by a generous grant from the MAP FUND and the Artist in Residence Program of the Brooklyn Arts Exchange.