Nearly 90

I was asked by Benedetta tagliabue´s studio EMBT -- in charge of designing the architecture structure of Cunningham´s last performance NEARLY 90 -- to photograph the first rehearsals all together, 3 days prior the premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

I had never seen contemporary dance in my life. In fact I never liked dance (or ballet) until this moment. I was struck by the architectural qualities of the dancers, their bodies as perfect structures. It was so abstract and conceptual I suddenly understood what dance was all about. Since I have grown to like it a lot. Specially this type of conceptual dance, or movement.

I had just arrived to New York, and this told me all I needed to know about living in this city. I was in search of a wider definition of architecture. Or at least what it could be... Sonic Youth were the live musicians on stage and sorry to forget the name of the visual imagery makers. Beautiful limbs of dancers hanging from the ceiling... The whole thing coming together was my first live class on indeterminacy. This is where Yago Conde got his "Arquitectura de la Indeterminación" via John Cage, Merce´s partner. I had arrived in school, the real one.

Witnessing this coming together of all these diferents arts was amazing. This was exactly why I moved to new York. So eventhough I did nothing in this gesamtkunstwerk of art and architecture, but take pictures for the architect, I am adding them here, since it was really important for me.

THIS IS WHAT I LOVE