Ava
By Stella Brajterman
The key matter that moves Stella as an artist are the connections between constructed social spaces, movement and poetry. In her work as a performer, she aims to explore the concrete space of the city, the woman’s role in the community and her gypsy family background as a starting point to create new imaginary spaces and narratives. How to insert the woman in this dialogue in a ritual sense in their respective urban jungles, observed by nature in the open and touched by the incessant poetry of those who seek the encounter with themselves. How to recreate the world in combination with Stella`s memories and fantasies which requires movement, strong images, and a way of being in touch with the ghosts who linger in chosen urban spots and inside her story Project Description Based on research about her background family, the project Ava has 3 different versions: a theatrical play, a video art and a short movie. This video art was filmed with a cellphone by Stella Brajterman in her apartment during quarantine (2020). Synopsis: Trapped by the pandemic in the apartment where her blind grandfather used to live, Ava tries to create a new glass eye for him, exploring a variety of images, so he can “see” the world she now lives in. This video explores a journey of a character in her different possibilities of existence and fragmented pieces of new possible landscapes.
About the Artist
Stella Brajterman
Stella Brajterman is an artist, actress, poet and mover. Graduated in Performing Arts at UNIRIO and in Cinema by Darcy Ribeiro. Stella has a 10 years career in Theatre and has researched theatre-dance in Italy with the Potlatch Theater and in London at Trinity Laban, Siobhan Davies and Wayne Mcgregor Choreography Lab. Her last works combined hybrid art expressions, creator of the video art and short movie Ava, presented in the art festivals BORDERS in Venice and Glass Meet the Future ( NY and Japan). As a director and scriptwriter produced the short movie "E o mundo todo ficou roxo ". Creator and performer of the solo "Speak Low" presented in Rampa Espaço de Criação, Laban Rio, Galeria Aymore (2019) and Artists For Peace (2020) . Graduated in Performing arts in UNIRIO and Film Editing in Darcy Ribeiro Cinema School. Recently studied and worked in Teatro Potlach (Italy) and in London at Trinity Laban and Siobhan Davies (Contemporary Dance Research). In Theatre worked with several directors as Eugenio Barba, Bia Lessa, Daniel Herz, Nós do Morro, NAI (Núcleo de Artes Integradas)