"A recycled,
retreaded
heart , that shines, but comes from the shadows," says the invitation to look at
Heart Illuminated
, the work of creator Alejandro Marmo that welcomes the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK), after its
reopening in February.
It is a work created with recycled materials, from
sheet metal to wood
, which is already installed in the main hall of the former Post Office Palace - whose construction began in
1908
- but which will only be lit on
February 14, Valentine's Day
.
As it is, it is just
a collage that seeks to slap good taste
, an aesthetic strategy with tradition.
We will see, when they illuminate it, if it goes on the stated path.
That is, if there appears "a
heart broken and rebuilt as many times
as it was damaged. A heart that is always beating, with greater or lesser intensity, with a creative pulse that gives it meaning," as the presentation adds.
Marmo was born in 1971 in the Buenos Aires district of Tres de Febrero.
Since the mid-90s he has been making sculptures and performances.
He presented the
Evita
murals at the Ministry of Social Action on 9 de Julio Avenue,
The Virgin and The Worker Christ
in the gardens of the Vatican Museums,
The Embrace
at the Da Vinci International Airport, Rome and other works located in local public spaces and from outside.
"Love is shit."
Theater at the CCK.
Photo courtesy CCK
But
Illuminated Heart
is also the title of a
special CCK program
, which runs until March 10, at
Sarmiento 151
, with
free admission
.
From plays to thematic tours that go in a similar direction:
addressing love beyond "the romantic idea."
"It is a way of thinking about culture and art, but also about the country and our neighbors. It is what defines us, builds us, gives us identity, brings us closer... A way of inhabiting this world and recognizing where we come from and where we want to go," adds the presentation.
Loves on stage
Starting this month, the CCK will have
permanent theatrical programming
.
It opens its rooms with a selection that seeks to combine new playwrights and classics.
Three works are presented
within the framework of the
Enlightened Heart cycle.
Love is shit
, with dramaturgy by Cecilia Meijide and acting by Vanesa Maja, is about a woman preparing to meet her ex-partner.
She rehearses a thousand times ways to appear fine and practices ways so that her pain does not come to the surface.
Wednesday the 14th, Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th of February, at 8pm, in the Argentina Room.
Recommended for people over 18 years old.
"A work for me."
Theater at the CCK.
Photo: courtesy CCK
With dramaturgy by Sebastián Suñé and his performance and that of Francisco Bertín,
A play for me
, about the writing process and the love story between "HE and I", which oscillates between comedy and drama, desire and criticism social, laughter and mourning.
Wednesday the 21st, Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th of February, at 8pm, in the Argentina Room.
Recommended for ages 18 and up (contains nudity scenes).
The third proposal is
Scorpio
, by Julieta Otero, with Miguel Ferrería and Sofía González Gil.
The presentation says: "Marina is an actress as histrionic as she is disappointed. Sebastián is a blacksmith by inheritance and does not know what he wants from life. Marina channels her nonsense into sex and fiction. Sebastián is tired of living among theatrical sets and characters that "They attack him with songs and lights in the middle of lunch. They both live together in a small apartment that is the ring of an identity dispute. A comedy about losing love to find each other."
Friday, March 1, Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, at 8 p.m., in the Argentina Room.
Recommended for people over 18 years old.
"Scorpio."
Theater at the CCK.
Photo courtesy CCK.
Writing and tours
The cards are the protagonists.
Not email or WhatsApp, with their immediacy and emoticons.
If not those thoughtful texts that used to come and go through the building when it was the post office.
The Poetics of the Common
tour
, which is held especially for
Corazón Iluminado
, is interactive.
While visitors are guided through the different spaces, they read love letters from various artists
and write
their own letters.
At the end of the visit, attendees leave their mark on a collective manifesto about love.
Furthermore, on Saturdays, at the end of the visit, this proposal merges with the
Epistolary Jam
activity , where readers attend the authors' writing work in real time,
on the 17th and 24th at 5:00 p.m.
Debret Viana
and
Alejandra Kamiya
participate
, with illustrations by Carlo Amado and music by Barda.
Moderated by Haidu Kowski.
As for the guided tours, the CCK indicates that one of the points most celebrated by visitors is
the walk through the viewpoints
, from where they have access to
unique views of the City
.
This experience can also be lived at night
,
on night tours, ideal at this time of year.
From above.
The views of the City, at the top of the CCK.
Courtesy CCK
Hidden corners
is a gem.
This is a guided tour of spaces at the CCK headquarters that
the general public cannot access
, either because they are used for rehearsals or because they were not integrated into the visiting circuits of the building that has
116 thousand square meters
.
Debret Viana.
Photo: archive
In the first basement, for example, there are
more than 5,000 historic bronze mail boxes
, which have been restored.
In the former Treasury,
a safe from the late 1800s
.
And in the Symphony Hall and be located near the
Klais Opus 1912 organ
, with 3,600 pipes that rise up to 10 meters, one of the most important in Latin America.
Alejandra Kamiya.
Photo: Ricardo González
There will also be concerts by the
National Symphony Orchestra, the Juan de Dios Filiberto National Argentine Music Orchestra and the Polyphonic Choir
, among others.
There will also be room for the
milonga
on Thursdays at 6 p.m. in Plaza Seca.
And jazz will be the protagonist on Sundays February 18, February 25 and March 3 at 7 p.m. in Plaza Seca, with a semi-acoustic format.
All selection is
arbitrary
.
The complete program, with proposals in
the immersive room
,
cinema
and options for
children
, among other activities, can be consulted on the CCK website.
J.S.