Celebrations: The Water And The Bodies That Move Through It
by Ramiro Wong
Opening: Friday, June 27th from 6pm to 9pm
Dinner – Performance: Thursday the 26th of June at 7pm (registration required)
Please register on the following link: https://shorturl.at/5rNn9
Our history is shaped not only by the lands we inhabit, but also by the waters that surround us. Water has always been a medium of movement, connection, and separation. Just as previous iterations have explored our relationship to the earth and the stories embedded within it, this performance/installation uses the act of eating as a means of exploration. But here, we are not grounded; we are immersed. The bodies moving through the water, their fluidity, and the way we float or sink reflect our relationships with the „other“ more broadly. In water, we are vulnerable—our differences are laid bare, our survival depends on our ability to navigate the shared space.
We see the „other“ not only as someone separate from us, but as someone with whom we must find balance and harmony to stay afloat. The instability of water forces us to dig deeper, listen, and adapt.
The dinner—performance will create an environment where guests sit in a space that challenges their perceptions of comfort and control. Ultimately, it’s not about the dinner itself, but about celebrating our differences, the stories we share, and the unpredictable movements that shape us all.
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Ramiro Wong assisted by Eleonora Crola
Funded by the Austrian “Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport” and Bildrecht
Image credits: Ramiro Wong
BIO
Ramiro Wong (b. 1987, Lima, PE) is a research-based artist living and working between Vienna, AT, and Lima, PE. He is interested in translation, representation, and the politics/policies of invisibilization as imprinted and narrativized onto the languages of contemporary art as a system of oppression within a system of oppression. In both its time-based iterations and object-based aftermath, his work is not meant to illustrate a circumstance, but to trigger an action – prompting a conversation in which each participant becomes witness to the experience of the other.
Wong studied at the University of Applied Arts in the TransArts class with Nita Tandon. His work has been displayed internationally in MALI, Lima, PE; Museum Q’orikancha, Cusco, PE; Belvedere 21, Vienna, AT; and Dom Museum Wien, Vienna, AT.
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