We believe that art enables a space of communion and connection with others. It is embedded in reality in such a way that it unsettles, improves, beautifies, agitates, and soothes it at the same time.
Art is not something separate, untouchable, and created only by others. Art is in everyone; children, him, her, the stone, the sky, the melody, the letters… It builds us, and we build it; it permeates us, and we permeate it.
That is why we propose an “Art Takeover.”
It belongs to us.
Let’s bring it closer to us and enjoy it.
Exploring reality more deeply, understanding it better, and with more detail so that it becomes more “human,” more poetic. This implies a space of confluence—of ideas, materials, movements, and diverse people who transform in their interaction with others and their worlds.
Why Akántaros?
We chose the name Akántaros for each rain, for the intensity of each rain, for the collection inside a pitcher. And that word connected us to others.
At Akántaros, we pay tribute to Tadeusz Kantor.
To singer Pablo Guerrero with his album A cántaros and his song Tú y yo, muchacha, estamos hechos de nubes.
To Juan Gelman and his poem, inspired by rain.
It is always here where action takes place (aká).
We discovered the god Thor (Tor, god of thunder).
Other influences: Pina Bausch measures dance in milliliters. Throughout her career, water has been a fundamental element. The Bosphorus River seems to overflow in the scene of Nefés, her work on Istanbul. Water cascades also fall in Vollmond. The Rite of Spring was made of swamp, and Arien was staged with murky, stagnant waters. Natural fluids and bodily fluids. Liquid choreographies.
