Paula Chaves Bonilla is a Colombian director, choreographer, performer and activist based in Amsterdam. In The Netherlands she made: Paraart, Against The Wall, Down is Up and Omni Toxica while joining Amanda Piña’s long-term project Endangered Human Movements as a dancer and assistant choreographer. Chaves Bonilla’s artistic research studies the relation between art, propaganda and neoliberalism to map and expose how the commodification of art -aka ‘artwashing’- operates as a neocolonial technology of distraction, control and discipline. Her works have been shown in festivals such as: Moving Futures (Amsterdam), Theater Aan Zee (Oostende), CALA Festival (Cori) & Welcome to our guest house (Rotterdam).
www.paulachaves.net
