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participated in workshops with other artists such as
Elvira Santamaria and Bartolomé Ferrando. He has
also participated in International Performance Fes-
tivals in Canada, Mexico, USA, Guatemala, Vene-
zuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile,Argentina, Dominican
Republic and Brazil. In 2012, he won the Scholar-
ship Fund for Culture and the Arts Mexico, in the
category of young creators. In 2013 he participated
in artist’s residencies in Chile andArgentina.
Fausto Gracia believes that art has the capacity to
de-construct hegemonic situations, pathways and
different realities, since art itself is a conscious
and responsible tool driven by current social and
cultural discourses. Gracia is also interested in
creating images that allow Visually Poetic endless
interpretations re-meaning those little moments of
our daily lives. Most of his work takes place in the
public space, with the intention of generating situa-
tions, often de-contextualised, and of causing some
kind of reaction.
Ilka Theurich (Germany)
Born in Peine, Germany, Ilka Theurich lives and
works in Hannover, Germany. She has exhibited
and performed in various countries and contexts.
She works as a researcher, curator and teacher in
a broad range of projects, including large-scale
events, intimate performances, publications and
workshops. Theurich has participated, among oth-
ers, at The Times Square Billboard Premier Event
in New York City USA – 2012; was artist and
researcher in residence at Space MASS in Seoul
Korea – 2011; performed during Art Tuilage #10
CRANE in Château de Chevigny France - 2010
and at the MMAC Performance Festival in Sendai
Japan – 2009; exhibited at the Hanjoen Plaza Gal-
lery Seoul Korea – 2009 and at the 3.Contempo-
raryArt Biennale in Fukushima Japan – 2008.
Theurich is a performance artist who is centrally
concernedwithmodes of nonverbal poetic encoun-
ter with strangers in public urban spaces. She takes
the tradition of site-specific art as a starting point of
departure and develops a particular social-poetical
performance practice.
In the artist’s own words: “My thesis is, that the
moment of a poetic encounter may irritate, dis-
close, or unsettle, but at the same time has the po-
tential to be a stimulus to the public space and the
residents. This moment has the power to activate,
to give shape to public places through actions and
to create space for shared human experiences.”
Left: Ilka Theurich - Performance The City of Dream and Future, performed in front of Space MASS in Seoul, Korea 2011.
Right: Lee Wen - Dream Boat, 1998. Performance with bath tub, candles, matches, spoon, raw meat, poster colour, newspaper
Event & Venue: Werkleitz Biennale in Tornitz and Werkleitz, Germany. Photograph by Andrea Costas Otero
