Enlazadas Cocoons

Elazadas Cocoon is an intimate invitation into the sensorial expansion of the womb. A visual narrative between two parallel bodies woven within the suspension of time. Linked by the umbilical cord of their origin of creation; the intersection of these two bodies unleashes fears inherited by their collective mothers and exposes a metamorphosis of secrets. 

Elazadas Cocoon is an excerpt of a full-length site-specific installation that explores performance as an act of reciprocity with the space, the living organisms and the energies in which the process takes place. 

Inspired by the poem of Octavio Paz ‘Dos Cuerpos’ (two bodies) ‘Enlazadas’ brings together sculpture, performance art, aerial dance, storytelling and ritual in an experience of transition and discovery. This work is inspired by mutual personal and shared stories of relationships to mothering, body/land relationships, womanhood and migration.

“Victoria Mata and Diana Lopez are two amazing creators, dancers, choreographers that have been producing their own work for some time now. I have had the honour to witness their growth as artists over the years, maturing their striking visions and always taking huge risks. To have this collaboration at CAMINOS is a dream come true. I had the pleasure to see some of their collaborations a couple of years ago in Uxbridge when they hung themselves from trees in the middle of a forest. It was magical. When they submitted Enlazadas Cocoon to CAMINOS, it was an absolute YES. I love the format of an installation and a durational performance.” – Beatriz Pizano

September 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM
September 29, 2023 at 7:30 PM

About the artist

Diana Lopez: Diana Lopez Soto is a multidisciplinary artist integrating aerial arts, ritual, dance and sculpture in a quest for sustainability and regeneration through reciprocity. Lopez’s goal is to create offerings inspired by our Mother Land, breath and movement. Her culture, heritage and relationship to the Earth inform her process and artistic practice. She weaves  stories and holds spaces for creation and work with ritual and ceremony.

Victoria Mata: Venezuelan-Canadian settler in T’Koronto. Poly-lingual choreographer, dance artist, director and activist with a background in expressive arts therapy. Mata’s artistic work holds a sensibility to inclusion and border stories due to her eclectic upbringing across three continents before the age of fifteen. Mata holds a BFA in Urban Studies at University of Toronto, a MFA in Contemporary Choreography from York University and most recently Expressive Arts Training at The Create Institute.