La Gente (People) is Los Torreznos’ latest work, the result of an artists’ residency at Teatro del Barrio. It’s a show that plays with the process whereby ‘a person’ becomes ‘people’. In pursuit of this concept, a series of images are produced, some of which indirectly involve the audience. A humorous and thoughtful piece that reflects many aspects of our current society, and how the situationist critique of the sixties continues to be relevant today.
Los Torreznos (Jaime Vallaure and Rafael Lamata) are a contemporary creation duo whose output springs from conceptual research, and who work with forms of expression that rely on presence, text and the energy that they produce together. From their earliest days in performance their content has provided a reflection of the everyday, making it relatable to all kinds of audiences. They use a minimum of props while extracting the maximum meaning from their creations. The humourous streak running prominently through their work is simply the consequence of showing up the absurdity of normalised human behaviour. Moving between contemporary art and contemporary theatre, their line of work investigates the liminal ares of what is known as ‘action art’ with performance, sound, videographic and literary pieces.
