Ultima Esperanza / Last Hope
Cuerpo Sur
What happens when we take away the visible, when we close our eyes? In an eye-centric world full of images; neat, smooth and impeccable, which do not harm, but which also cannot be felt. Have we become desensitized by images, is there still a possibility for us to feel beyond the immediacy of our gaze?
“I hear the sounds of the village
The restaurant door opens and the bell rings
The smell of coffee in the morning
Nice smell of coffee
I hear the bell from the bakery
I smell freshly baked bread
I cycle slowly past the perfumery and smell many different scents Church bells”
In order to contrast a hyperconnectivity that does not smell, that does not put up any resistance and seems to abolish all porous reality, two women of completely different origins meet on stage. Hilda Snippe, a 60-year-old Dutch woman with 1% vision in one eye, and Ébana Garín, a 33-year-old sighted Chilean woman, create an encounter where human perception can expand the margins of the visible world.