Curator Irene Gelfman
Pinta Miami presents Body as Instrument, a performance cycle curated by Irene Gelfman This two-performance delves into the multifaceted relationship between the body and its capacity to create, generate, and receive. The performances explore the body as a site of expression, a tool for communication, and a vessel for experience.
Through a range of movements, sounds, and visual expressions, the artists in this cycle investigate the body's potential as a generative force, capable of producing and shaping meaning. At the same time, they examine the body's receptivity, its ability to absorb and respond to external stimuli. This cycle invites the audience to reflect on the body's role in shaping our understanding of the world and ourselves. It is an exploration of the body's power to create, to connect, and to transform. This is an immersive experience that will challenge the perceptions of the body and its potential.
Schedule and Participants:
Saturday, December 6, 2025
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Guri Guru - Live Performance by Robertha Haddad Blatt
Guri Guru is based on the premise that the body adapts, over time, to the environment in which it is placed. As a mobile device, embraced by anonymous bodies in museums, public spaces, and corporate environments, the “plurisensory” experience—a term borrowed by the artist from the propositions inaugurated by Hélio Oiticica in the 1960s—tends to interact with the space where Guri Guru is installed. Its nomadic and adaptable essence challenges boundaries, making the act of wearing the fabric envelope create a sense of complicity among the group of covered participants. From the inside out, their bodies activate an invitation to reduce the influence of external frameworks that shape the environment and define identities, projections, and desires.
Performers:
Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
Guri Guru - Live Performance by Robertha Haddad Blatt
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
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Performers: Anna Biondo, Anna Popova, Fernanda Moritz, Robertha Blatt, Sarah Laing, Valéria Montag
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Sound and Body Performances
Presented by Felix Suazo
Muu Blanco: Sound Performance
Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance
Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
Sound and Body Performances, Presented by Felix Suazo
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
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Muu Blanco: Sound Performance / Ilian Arvelo + Beto Molina: Dance Performance / Beto Molina and Francisco Cabrujas (Primal Ensemble) + Eduardo Molina: Sound Experience
Artist Biographies
Muu Blanco is an interdisciplinary artist based in Miami. His career spans fine arts, video art, sound art, music, and design. With studies in contemporary representation and Venezuelan art, he has exhibited internationally since 1990 in institutions and fairs such as the Venice Biennale and the Miami New Media Festival. Awarded at the São Paulo Short Film Biennial, his work explores the relationship between technology, landscape, and culture. As a DJ and music producer, he blends genres and concepts into unique sonic experiences. His projects include multimedia installations, soundscapes, and experimental mixtapes.
Ilian Arvelo is a visual artist and performer whose work has been featured in Italy, Venezuela, and the United States. Her primary mediums are photography, video art, performance art, and happenings. A graduate of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy, Arvelo participated in workshops with artists such as Jannis Kounellis.
Beto Molina. Caracas, 1964. He studied architecture at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas in 1989. He obtained a diploma in cabinetmaking from the North Bennet Street School in Boston in 1996. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, in 1998. His artistic work encompasses sculpture and sound research. He is a member of the Primal Ensemble collective.
Eduardo Molina. Caracas, 1967. He is a visual artist born in Venezuela and based in Miami. He studied fine arts at the University of Salamanca in Spain from 1987 to 1991. Drawing and painting are central themes in his work, from which he has created multimedia projects and installations that engage viewers in three-dimensional graphic environments.
Francisco Cabrujas is a Venezuelan musician and composer who has worked on various audiovisual productions, including television series and films. His roles have ranged from composing original music to supervising music. He is also a member of the Primal Ensemble collective. His most notable works include the music for Reina de corazones (Queen of Hearts, 1998); La loba herida (The Wounded Wolf, 1992); El fantasma de Elena (Elena's Ghost, 2010); and Oro diablo (Devil's Gold, 2000).