Maria Mitsopoulou

She focuses her work on body politics, where through documentation and the invention of actions, she creates and captures processes or moments of micro-politics of cultural resistance. She examines the embodied technologies that construct through culture what we call identity and behaviour with the intention of creating counter-narratives or narratives that hinder the establishment of a single truth, infiltrating other fragmented gazes. Taking the body as the object of study, the body emerged in networks of technologies of regulation through processes of performativity, he tries to use performativity to create other kinds of knowledge and events that bring him closer to intellectual and emotional satisfaction. He enjoys accidental collaborations and likes to work in collectives.

Academic background: He studied Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1998-2003). He has followed courses in plastic arts, performance and interdisciplinary techniques at the Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos, Polytechnic University of Valencia (2001-2002). He obtained a Master’s degree in Visual Culture Studies and Projects at the University of Barcelona (2004-2006), as well as a Master’s degree in 3D Animation, Pombeu Fabra University (2007-2008).

Performance:

2011: Karaoke rp, Entzaubert Queer DIY Film Festival, Berlin. Transnoise, Hard Cabaret, Tinta Roja Barcelona context silver wedding. Transnoise, Ecosex Silver Wedding to the Rocks, Pati de les Dones, Centre Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona. Transnoise, LPM, Videntity, Live Performance Meeting, Rome, Italy.

2010: The Closet. De lo privado al espacio público, with Josep María Martín, III Encuentro Internacional El arte es acción, Madrid. Can you hear San Sebastián, with Marten Spangberg, Arteleku, San Sebastián (Mugatxoan residency). VJ set Spring, LaptopsRus, meeting & reunion, Matadero, Madrid.

2009: UKI live cine performance, with Shu Lee Shang, Hangar, Barcelona.