A key element of the work is the act of ingesting these materials, symbolizing the tension between what is buried and what must be unearthed.
Maria Gabriela Rubio Hernandez
Don’t Overthink It
The Larva
A physical and aural performance examining themes of violence and disappearance
Maria Gabriela Rubio Hernandez
María Gabriela Rubio Hernández is a Colombian composer, playwright, and performer. Her project The Larva merges electroacoustic music, sound poetry, and tactile materials such as mud, dirt, and hair, reflecting on how the earth decomposes, consumes, and silences the body.
The work examines themes of violence and disappearance, engaging physically and sonically with these elements with recordings of earth, water, and the body. Fragments of poetry, meanwhile, are reinterpreted as sonic gestures.