I explore the body as uncanny and fragmented, social container, bridge and vehicle, sensuous and grotesque. Trickster of my own social, political, cultural, sexed, classed constrains I live the trans-locality of my performative self. My work has been driven by the existential quest of an affected-affective corpus where issues of gender, spirituality, otherness, and colonialism have emerged. Considering our relations and our 'being in the World' as intersubjective and intercorporeal my work explores the soma-politics of the encounter providing new spaces for tension and negotiation to occur. Under the scope of ways of decolonising the body-geographies (de-linking from internal colonialism) I engage in forms of ‘aesthetic activism’ exploring relationality, the systematic and the intrinsic fear, legal implications of the body, modes of resistance and belonging, patriarchy's roles and their masquerades.
In my work the interrelationality with the 'object' is understood as another matter-spirit that encounters my own in a dialogue of bodies where layers of affect-effect are constantly produced from this encountering. My body and the object’s body enter in an interaction where the sensorial and the object’s memory are the pulsations that funnel the action. Tensions and recognitions, functionalities and alternative associations, and an exchange between the absence/presence of materiality in relation to the presence/absence of the Self are some of the explorations triggered. Traces of the encounter become the liminal object of a third space created in a specific time (duration)-place (site). Human/animal; subject/object; communal/individual are some of the dichotomies that become blurred.
RAÍCES CON ALAS Amor&Rabia... +lucha / +magia
In my work the interrelationality with the 'object' is understood as another matter-spirit that encounters my own in a dialogue of bodies where layers of affect-effect are constantly produced from this encountering. My body and the object’s body enter in an interaction where the sensorial and the object’s memory are the pulsations that funnel the action. Tensions and recognitions, functionalities and alternative associations, and an exchange between the absence/presence of materiality in relation to the presence/absence of the Self are some of the explorations triggered. Traces of the encounter become the liminal object of a third space created in a specific time (duration)-place (site). Human/animal; subject/object; communal/individual are some of the dichotomies that become blurred.
RAÍCES CON ALAS Amor&Rabia... +lucha / +magia
I am a Puerto Rican performance artist, curator and researcher. I have been trained by performance art practice, organisation, history and theory.
I hold a BA in Art History from the University of Puerto Rico, an MA in Curatorial Studies, with a focus on Latin American performance art from the University of Essex, U.K. and a PhD in Art History and Theory from the same university. I have worked with companies and artists’ collectives such as Hincapié, SKETCH, SOPLO, Casa Cruz de la Luna, Asuntos Efímeros, Accion Camandular, Mechaniery Kultury, reENCARNAción, CARNAR, Ocells al Cap and CORPOLOGIA. I have taken workshops with Zierle & Carter, Maskhunt Inc and La Pocha Nostra among others. Some of the artists I have had the pleasure of collaborating with include Gonzalo Rabanal, Awilda Rodríguez Lora (La Performera), Isil Sol Vil, Laura Corcuera, Ainoa Mela López, Graciela Contreras Guzmán, Źmicier Jurkievič, Efraín del Hierro and Jimena Lloreda. Apart from my individual work, I live the art-life project Marina Barsy Janer x Isil Sol Vil / Isil Sol Vil x Marina Barsy Janer based on subversive Love and eXtreme Care (amOr Subversivo/ Cuidados eXtremos).
I have presented work in Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, Greece, Spain, Catalonia, Finland, Cyprus, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and the United Kingdom: in the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Puerto Rico, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Km 0.2, V Biennal DEFORMES, Live Art Development Agency, La Muga Caula festival, Tacheles Kunsthaus, Cell63, and other sites, as well as in the suburban flow of the public sphere in San Juan (colonial and post-modern), San Germán, Barcelona, Madrid, and Berlin.
As performance art facilitator I curated ‘MIND THE GAP: performative-symposium’ in 2013, an event that bridged academic discourse on performance and artistic performance practice with venues in firstsite visual arts centre, U.K. and the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2016 I organised DECOLONIAL ACTIONS with the support of the Live Art Development Agency, where performance actions by international artists where presented as a starting point for a communal discussion on the current topics of everyday forms of colonialism. I am part of the direction of EMPREMTA festival internacional de performance, together with its founder Isil Sol Vil. Since 2016 I co-organise the cultural centre MATERIC.ORG in Hospitalet de Llobregat (BCN).
I have also worked with other performance artists as project assistant of their work such as David Pérez karmadavis (within the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America-ESCALA), Zierle & Carter (SPILL Festival, 2015) and Llaima Swani Sanfiorenzo (performance in Alpha Nova & Gallery Futura), among others.
*For more information and/ or CV please CONTACT ME at: marina.barsy@gmail.com
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I hold a BA in Art History from the University of Puerto Rico, an MA in Curatorial Studies, with a focus on Latin American performance art from the University of Essex, U.K. and a PhD in Art History and Theory from the same university. I have worked with companies and artists’ collectives such as Hincapié, SKETCH, SOPLO, Casa Cruz de la Luna, Asuntos Efímeros, Accion Camandular, Mechaniery Kultury, reENCARNAción, CARNAR, Ocells al Cap and CORPOLOGIA. I have taken workshops with Zierle & Carter, Maskhunt Inc and La Pocha Nostra among others. Some of the artists I have had the pleasure of collaborating with include Gonzalo Rabanal, Awilda Rodríguez Lora (La Performera), Isil Sol Vil, Laura Corcuera, Ainoa Mela López, Graciela Contreras Guzmán, Źmicier Jurkievič, Efraín del Hierro and Jimena Lloreda. Apart from my individual work, I live the art-life project Marina Barsy Janer x Isil Sol Vil / Isil Sol Vil x Marina Barsy Janer based on subversive Love and eXtreme Care (amOr Subversivo/ Cuidados eXtremos).
I have presented work in Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, Greece, Spain, Catalonia, Finland, Cyprus, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and the United Kingdom: in the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Puerto Rico, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Km 0.2, V Biennal DEFORMES, Live Art Development Agency, La Muga Caula festival, Tacheles Kunsthaus, Cell63, and other sites, as well as in the suburban flow of the public sphere in San Juan (colonial and post-modern), San Germán, Barcelona, Madrid, and Berlin.
As performance art facilitator I curated ‘MIND THE GAP: performative-symposium’ in 2013, an event that bridged academic discourse on performance and artistic performance practice with venues in firstsite visual arts centre, U.K. and the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2016 I organised DECOLONIAL ACTIONS with the support of the Live Art Development Agency, where performance actions by international artists where presented as a starting point for a communal discussion on the current topics of everyday forms of colonialism. I am part of the direction of EMPREMTA festival internacional de performance, together with its founder Isil Sol Vil. Since 2016 I co-organise the cultural centre MATERIC.ORG in Hospitalet de Llobregat (BCN).
I have also worked with other performance artists as project assistant of their work such as David Pérez karmadavis (within the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America-ESCALA), Zierle & Carter (SPILL Festival, 2015) and Llaima Swani Sanfiorenzo (performance in Alpha Nova & Gallery Futura), among others.
*For more information and/ or CV please CONTACT ME at: marina.barsy@gmail.com
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PRESS, PUBLICATIONS and others
-Marina Barsy Janer. 2019. 'Becoming Doll: Radical objectification in the performance of Freddie Mercado'. Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts. Volume 24, Issue 6: On Animism. pp.95-102.
-Marina Barsy Janer. 2019.'Destruction as Revolutionary Force'. ESPACE art actuel N° 122.
-Quiñones-Otal, Emilia. 2019. 'Women’s bodies as dominated territories: Intersectionality and performance in contemporary art from Mexico, Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean'. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad 31(3): 677-693.
-Marina Barsy Janer. 2018. 'Movimiento fronterizo'. Revista FRONTERAS #4 (julio-diciembre).
-Jaime Géliga Quiñones. 'Ser vistxs ante el silencia: visualidades en re-existencias en Puerto Rico a partir de Macha Colón y Marina Barsy'. Mesa: Soñando con pasados: Escrituras feministas sobre archivos, memorias y silencios. XII Coloquio Nacional sobre las mujeres. Programa de Estudios de Mujer y Género, Facultad de Estudios Generales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. 3-5 April 2019.
-Catalogue Activism: Action reAction. PerfoArtNet International Biennial of Performance 2018-19.
-Aquelarre. CuntRoll Zine #13. (December 2018). Portugal.
-Eine Reise zur Körpererfahrung mit Tattoos: Für Caro Ley sind Struktur und Tätowierprozess wichtiger als das Motiv. Tätowier Magazin. November 2018, p.50-55 .
-El paisatge documental 2017 torna al Museu de l'Empordà. Bonart. 23 August 2018.
-Street mural by art collective Morivivi inspired by an image of the performance (De)Colonial Reconquista. 403 Main St, Holyoke Massachusetts. August 2018
-Rosa Luisa Marquez. 'El cuerpo en los espacios urbanos'. III Encuentro Internacional de Investigacion en Artes, Museo Antropológico y de Arte Contemporáneo, Guayaquil. (Conference presentation). June 2018.
-ARTISTAS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS RESPONDEN AL CONTEXTO ACTUAL DE LA ISLA. 2018. Artishock. February 23.
-“ENTREDICHOS”: nueva exhibición del MAC. El Post Antillano. 31 January 2018.
-El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo presenta una nueva exhibición. El Nuevo Dia. 30 January 2018.
-Jean Michel Quirion. 2018. VIVA! Art Action 2017. Espace Art Actuel. 12 January.
-Laura Corcuera. 2017. La ruta de la performance. 'Culturas y gestiones radicales'. Pikara magazine.
-Laura Corcuera. 2017. La ruta de la performance.' Lugar Materic Origen No Identificado'. Pikara magazine.
-La Muga Caula enceta el quart cicle apostant per artistas emergents. Bonart. 24 February 2017.
-Jorge Rodríguez. 2016. Arte y resiliencia en el MAC. El VOCERO. 08 November.
-Barbara Diaz-Tapia . 2016. The Body Begs to be Written: The Written Word as Agent of Ownership. Proximity Arts. 21 October.
-Pilar Parcerisas. 2016. Cos i paisatge. El Punt Avui. 21 August.
-Lisa Stertz. 2016. Absence, Tempting Failure Day 7. Incident Magazine. 31 July.
-Daniel Bonaventura. 2016. Dos artistes leviten amb fil de pescar a l'Empordà en un ritu de culte a la natura. Diari Girona. 9 June.
-Elecciones Coloniales. 2016. km 0.2. 24 February.
-Arnaldo Rodríguez Bagué. 2015. Foro Permanente de Performance: hacia una (in)gestión cultural de las prácticas del cuerpo en la universidad sin condición. (Master Thesis in Cultural Management).
-Liberate Tate collective. 2015. ‘Birthmark: A live unsanctioned performance’. (Catalogue). Tate Britain, London. 28 November.
Distributed during their tattoo protest.
-'Encounterings of the Tender' as part of the Art Collaboration with Manuel Vason in La Pocha Nostra's Athens workshop.
-Participation in REENCUENTROS: JAMS DE ARTE VIVO Y FOTOGRAFIA. # 10. A collaboration with Manuel Vason. Project directed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña.
-CORPOLOGIA No. 20 (October 2015). Journal of live art. Associació Gresol. Biblioteca Cultural i Centre d’estudis Creatius. Spain.
-Interview by Dr. Matt Lodder (University of Essex), art historian and tattoo expert, on '(De) Colonial Reconquista': body and law.
-Podcast and live conversation for Radio Huelga: Marina Barsy Janer & Awilda Rodriguez Lora in conversation with feminist
activist Olga Orraca and cultural geographer Prof. Rafael Rene Diaz Torres on the project 'Queremos Pon'. 9 March 2015.
-Melissa Rosario. 'Creative Interruptions: Public Pedagogy and Decolonial Praxis in Puerto Rico' University of Toronto.
(Conference presentation). 19 February 2015.
-Podcast interview by Rosa Luisa Marquez and Antonio Martorell.'1, 2, 3 Probando' Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico (89.7 FM).
16 January 2015.
- (De) Colonial Reconquista: national law over body politics' and further discussion of the project '(De) Colonial Reconquista'.
Conference presented at the 'Foro Permanente de Performance', Center for Gender Studies, University of Puerto Rico.
26 November 2014.
-Mariela Fullana. 2014. Marina Barsy refleja la colonia. El Nuevo Día. 26 November. Video and photos by Luis Alcala del Olmo.
-Mariela Fullana. 2014. Marina Barsy encarna "la colonia" en su cuerpo. El Nuevo Día. 27 November.
-Ana Teresa Toro. 2014. Marina Barsy: grita la piel. Lapicero Verde. 1 November.
-Mario Antonio Rosa. 2014. Marina Barsy Janer: interpretando el escenario. El Post Antillano. 29 November.
-Podcast interview by Nelly Jo Carmona for WIPR Allegro (91.3FM)
-Marina Barsy Janer. 2019. 'Becoming Doll: Radical objectification in the performance of Freddie Mercado'. Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts. Volume 24, Issue 6: On Animism. pp.95-102.
-Marina Barsy Janer. 2019.'Destruction as Revolutionary Force'. ESPACE art actuel N° 122.
-Quiñones-Otal, Emilia. 2019. 'Women’s bodies as dominated territories: Intersectionality and performance in contemporary art from Mexico, Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean'. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad 31(3): 677-693.
-Marina Barsy Janer. 2018. 'Movimiento fronterizo'. Revista FRONTERAS #4 (julio-diciembre).
-Jaime Géliga Quiñones. 'Ser vistxs ante el silencia: visualidades en re-existencias en Puerto Rico a partir de Macha Colón y Marina Barsy'. Mesa: Soñando con pasados: Escrituras feministas sobre archivos, memorias y silencios. XII Coloquio Nacional sobre las mujeres. Programa de Estudios de Mujer y Género, Facultad de Estudios Generales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. 3-5 April 2019.
-Catalogue Activism: Action reAction. PerfoArtNet International Biennial of Performance 2018-19.
-Aquelarre. CuntRoll Zine #13. (December 2018). Portugal.
-Eine Reise zur Körpererfahrung mit Tattoos: Für Caro Ley sind Struktur und Tätowierprozess wichtiger als das Motiv. Tätowier Magazin. November 2018, p.50-55 .
-El paisatge documental 2017 torna al Museu de l'Empordà. Bonart. 23 August 2018.
-Street mural by art collective Morivivi inspired by an image of the performance (De)Colonial Reconquista. 403 Main St, Holyoke Massachusetts. August 2018
-Rosa Luisa Marquez. 'El cuerpo en los espacios urbanos'. III Encuentro Internacional de Investigacion en Artes, Museo Antropológico y de Arte Contemporáneo, Guayaquil. (Conference presentation). June 2018.
-ARTISTAS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS RESPONDEN AL CONTEXTO ACTUAL DE LA ISLA. 2018. Artishock. February 23.
-“ENTREDICHOS”: nueva exhibición del MAC. El Post Antillano. 31 January 2018.
-El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo presenta una nueva exhibición. El Nuevo Dia. 30 January 2018.
-Jean Michel Quirion. 2018. VIVA! Art Action 2017. Espace Art Actuel. 12 January.
-Laura Corcuera. 2017. La ruta de la performance. 'Culturas y gestiones radicales'. Pikara magazine.
-Laura Corcuera. 2017. La ruta de la performance.' Lugar Materic Origen No Identificado'. Pikara magazine.
-La Muga Caula enceta el quart cicle apostant per artistas emergents. Bonart. 24 February 2017.
-Jorge Rodríguez. 2016. Arte y resiliencia en el MAC. El VOCERO. 08 November.
-Barbara Diaz-Tapia . 2016. The Body Begs to be Written: The Written Word as Agent of Ownership. Proximity Arts. 21 October.
-Pilar Parcerisas. 2016. Cos i paisatge. El Punt Avui. 21 August.
-Lisa Stertz. 2016. Absence, Tempting Failure Day 7. Incident Magazine. 31 July.
-Daniel Bonaventura. 2016. Dos artistes leviten amb fil de pescar a l'Empordà en un ritu de culte a la natura. Diari Girona. 9 June.
-Elecciones Coloniales. 2016. km 0.2. 24 February.
-Arnaldo Rodríguez Bagué. 2015. Foro Permanente de Performance: hacia una (in)gestión cultural de las prácticas del cuerpo en la universidad sin condición. (Master Thesis in Cultural Management).
-Liberate Tate collective. 2015. ‘Birthmark: A live unsanctioned performance’. (Catalogue). Tate Britain, London. 28 November.
Distributed during their tattoo protest.
-'Encounterings of the Tender' as part of the Art Collaboration with Manuel Vason in La Pocha Nostra's Athens workshop.
-Participation in REENCUENTROS: JAMS DE ARTE VIVO Y FOTOGRAFIA. # 10. A collaboration with Manuel Vason. Project directed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña.
-CORPOLOGIA No. 20 (October 2015). Journal of live art. Associació Gresol. Biblioteca Cultural i Centre d’estudis Creatius. Spain.
-Interview by Dr. Matt Lodder (University of Essex), art historian and tattoo expert, on '(De) Colonial Reconquista': body and law.
-Podcast and live conversation for Radio Huelga: Marina Barsy Janer & Awilda Rodriguez Lora in conversation with feminist
activist Olga Orraca and cultural geographer Prof. Rafael Rene Diaz Torres on the project 'Queremos Pon'. 9 March 2015.
-Melissa Rosario. 'Creative Interruptions: Public Pedagogy and Decolonial Praxis in Puerto Rico' University of Toronto.
(Conference presentation). 19 February 2015.
-Podcast interview by Rosa Luisa Marquez and Antonio Martorell.'1, 2, 3 Probando' Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico (89.7 FM).
16 January 2015.
- (De) Colonial Reconquista: national law over body politics' and further discussion of the project '(De) Colonial Reconquista'.
Conference presented at the 'Foro Permanente de Performance', Center for Gender Studies, University of Puerto Rico.
26 November 2014.
-Mariela Fullana. 2014. Marina Barsy refleja la colonia. El Nuevo Día. 26 November. Video and photos by Luis Alcala del Olmo.
-Mariela Fullana. 2014. Marina Barsy encarna "la colonia" en su cuerpo. El Nuevo Día. 27 November.
-Ana Teresa Toro. 2014. Marina Barsy: grita la piel. Lapicero Verde. 1 November.
-Mario Antonio Rosa. 2014. Marina Barsy Janer: interpretando el escenario. El Post Antillano. 29 November.
-Podcast interview by Nelly Jo Carmona for WIPR Allegro (91.3FM)
