Artist CampusWith Manuel Bonillo
Talks & Workshops > Artist Campus > With Manuel BonilloFor our third session in the Artist Campus series, we heard from award-winning musician Manuel Bonillo.
ABOUT THE SESSION.
In this session, Manuel Bonillo took us on a journey of reimagining ways we could create a piece of work together.
We explored contradictions, the power of questioning, and using our discernment as artists.
“Art doesn’t have to solve everything. Just existing can be a very radical way of resisting.”
- Manuel Bonillo
SESSION INSIGHTS.
Do we have to accept contradictions?
Contradiction has lots of ways of being expressed. It’s the same street without an exit.
Can the world be a research space for the creator?
Performance presents the world as a fact that cannot be changed.
Can we redistribute the wealth designated for arts and culture across the world?
We cannot give up thinking. Stopping thinking when we reach contradictions is a luxury we have because we have good conditions.
We should think less about achieving and more about resisting because that is more than enough.
Art has to be very strict in the critique it makes.
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“Can the world be a research space for the creator?”
- Manel Bonillo
About the Artist
Manuel Bonillo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1982. As a musician, he is a pianist as well as a music language and theory teacher. He has been trained in different fields from Physiotherapist to Philosophy and Musicology.
Manuel was awarded with the “Federico Mayor Zaragoza: essay prize in 2008, and his book “The paradox of social equality” has been published by Granada's University Press.
Manuel has also been awarded in the “New Dramaturgies Writing Program” by the Andalusian Theatre Centre (CAT) in 2014 for his play Nocturne Nº 6: “Frankenstein” which has been e-published.
About the Series:
Artist Campus
In our Artist Campus series, artists from across the world share big ideas and reflections on matters of interest to their practice.
