GÁRGOLA
Length: 12' –current stage–.*project still in development
Creation: Diego Pazó & Lucía BurgueteInfo: qabalum@gmail.com
–’’The idea of creature has accompanied humankind’s desire for transcendence since the beginning of time. We see it in cave paintings, totems, the first deities, idols, the golden calf, gargoyles, chimeras, even in the first graphic representations made by children.
These singular images, the bison in the cave –which keeps the animals in an inaccessible, uterine matrix, safe even from the light– or the gargoyle in the temple, speak to us of a desire to remain, to endure, to connect with nature not only through vital functions, but also through symbols. And they all have something in common: we do not know the name of their creator; they belong to no one but humanity.”
Creation: Diego Pazó & Lucía BurguetePerformance: Lucía Burguete & Diego PazóMusic: VV.AA. –composition by Diego Pazó–.Pictures: María MuñozVídeo: Nanuk AudiovisualDistribution/Production assistance: Patty Hinchado
With the support of: Zaragoza Dance Center, Espacio El Túnel. The piece qualified as finalist at RIDCC 2026, where it received four of the contest's awards: 'FORM Dance Projects' Partner Award, 'CODARTS Rotterdam' Partner Award, 'CCN du Creteil et Val-du-Marne | EMKA' Partner Award y 'Fundación Carlos Acosta' Partner Award.
GÁRGOLA is QABALUM’s latest project, conceived as an exploration of the symbolic relationship between humankind and the animal, the creature, and the essence of biological existence. This project is still under development, without a concrete calendar of work, but already at an advanced stage in terms of creation of movement material. In GARGOLA, two characters without names or concrete identities search for each other, repel each other, break apart –literally– into pieces, attempting to cross the boundaries that separate them, both from each other and from everything else. Just as our ancestors invented images and rituals, they try to invoke permanence, to open the door back to the womb of an increasingly distant reality, that which we call nature.
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