Dancing through diverse somatic technologies—often marginalized or subaltern—opens essential questions about the state of bodies today. What wisdom do their gestures conceal? What meditations do they offer us? What presences do they construct?
The aim is not to study in depth the various epistemological traditions nor to establish hierarchies among them, but to recognize their diversity and allow the knowledge each episteme conveys through kinesthetic sensitivity to coexist. In this way, alternative paths are opened to feel ourselves, recognize ourselves, and relate to others.
In this context, technology becomes a tool to develop and understand the animal we are.
Javier Martín is a 2025 resident artist at El Graner in the category of practical methodologies and has carried out various transmission sessions throughout his year-long trajectory at the centre, in dialogue with other local institutions such as BAU and the Institut del Teatre. The presentation of Somatic Technologies within IF Barcelona marks the closing of a phase in this theoretical and practical research, which has led the artist, throughout the year, to collaborate with various institutions, festivals, and cultural and social agents across Catalonia, with special attention to the city of Barcelona.
Practical information:
- Thursday, November 13, 2025
- Institut del Teatre de Barcelona (Plaça Margarida Xirgu s/n)
- At 4:30 p.m.
- Free admission until full capacity is reached
