The Books of Waiting 

The Books of Waiting make a conversation between the letters from Irma Paris, my mother, and my responses—both in writing and movement—collapsing time and space. The artwork intends to make sense of our entangled emotions about the inapprehensible reality felt by the 'political disappearance' of Iván Daza: her husband and my father.

At once playful yet stark, The Books of Waiting is made of my mother's written letters and my responses both in writing and in movement as letters to her.  From my background in dance and somatic practices—especially in Skinner Releasing Technique— I bear witness to the impossible task of apprehending such reality, involving my whole self. The work addresses complicated grief.