SHIFT THE SPACE:
A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH BLACK ARTISTS
Shift the Space: A Series of Interviews with Black Artists is a project through which we are interviewing black creatives (the interviews are in the form of zoom recordings or written interviews) whose art we either have witnessed first hand by working with them or have seen from afar and admired.
EPISODES:
Episode 1 - Soma Okoye
Episode 2 - Cris Eli Blak
Episode 3 - Josca Moore
Episode 4 - Letícia Calvosa
Episode 5 - Déja Denise
Episode 6 - Joie Mitchell
Episode 7 - Katrina Newman
Episode 8 - Adam Boggs McDonald
Episode 9 - MOZIAH
Episode 10 - Marcus "Zebra" Smith
Episode 11 - Benjamin Freemantle
Episode 12 - Ta-Nia
Episode 13 - Bruno Lourenço Dos Santos
Episode 14 - Darius Al-Aziz
Episode 15 - Kristina Paul
For more information and to watch/read the interviews, please visit our instagram or our vimeo page.
THIS IS ME EATING___ - CONCEPT BY GIORGIA VALENTI
This is Me Eating___ is an online series that deals with food, eating and body image. Each participant who feels inspired by this project can submit a piece (which can take any form: videos, poetry, monologues etc.) and fill in the blank with what they are metaphorically eating.
COMPANY MEMBERS' VIDEOS:
This is Me Eating My Eating Disorder (by Giorgia Valenti)
This is Me Eating My Taste Buddies (by Ana Moioli)
This is Me Eating Those Stupid Comments (by Maria Müller)
This is Me Eating Alone Thinking About Eating Together (by Deniz Bulat)
This is Me Eating My Weight (by Luísa Galatti)
SUBMISSIONS:
This is Me Eating My Anxiety (by Thais Fernandes)
This is Me Eating The Time We (Don't) Have (by Ana Carolina)
This is Me Eating My Anger (by Bianca Waechter)
This is Me Eating My Vitamin C (by Clara Wiest)
This is Me Eating My Words (by Kendall DuPre')
This is Me Eating My First Meal of The Day (by Bella Tortato)
This is Me Eating Water (by Lucas Vasconcelos)
This is Me Eating My Carcass (by Victoria Brusco)
This is Me Eating and Being Eaten (by Bruna da Matta)
This is Me Eating Hugs (by Isabella Gómez Giron)
This is Me Eating Anonymously (interpreted by Martina Ferragamo)
PRESS:
REVIEWS:
"...Et Alia is truly making the best out of a bad situation and uniting artists across the world in a project that is both intimate and moving..."
- OnStage Blog
"On How To Be a Monster is not a primer which provides a road map. Our society’s contemptible self-absorption is certainly a big target here as is our ability to turn a blind eye..."
- TheaterReviewsFromMySeat
"If Müller’s short, spiky play unfolds with an ironic, semi-absurdist detachment from reality, it is also, in very real ways, a deeply felt coming-of-age story..."
- Splash Magazines
ON HOW TO BE A MONSTER - BY MARIA MÜLLER
WHEN: FEB 22ND AT 3:00PM
FEB 24TH AT 9:30PM
FEB 25TH AT 9:30PM
WHERE: THE TANK NYC
SYNOPSIS: John, Clara, Ron, Lara, Don, Tara, Sean and Sarah are four couples who like to discuss important issues such as global warming, planned parenthood or starvation in Africa. Or do they? They might have more urgent things going on. Some might say they’re in competition, but they would surely disagree with that, because they’re very good friends! Halfway through the night, Tara disappears. Will they find her? And what is that sound, anyway?
CAST:
JOHN - DYLAN SOAL
CLARA - MARIA MÜLLER
RON - JOHN BLAIR
LARA - ANA MOIOLI
DON - MARTIN DROP
TARA - ISABELLA UZCÁTEGUI
SEAN - CRISTIANO BENFENATI
SARAH - GIORGIA VALENTI
THE MONSTER/THE HOST - ADAM FISHER
DIRECTED BY: FEDERICA BORLENGHI
STAGE MANAGED BY: KENDALL DUPRE
PRESS:
REVIEWS:
LOLIQUE - BY ISABELLA UZCÁTEGUI
WHEN: JANUARY 16TH 2020
WHERE: CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI MARIMÒ
CAST:
LOLIQUE - ISABELLA UZCÁTEGUI
AMELIA - MARIA MÜLLER
BALI - GIORGIA VALENTI
GABO - MARIANO FLORES
JAIME ALEJANDRO - HENDRIK RIEMENS
STAGE DIRECTIONS - BIANCA WAECHTER
DIRECTED BY: ANA MOIOLI
PRESS:
"Under Moioli’s skillful direction, the talented performers brought the complicated themes of the play to life and left the audience looking forward to a full staging..."
- The National Herald