We’ve been together since 2014.
Our work has become interwoven with our relationship, starting from intimacy to explore representations of collectivity that question the hegemonic ways of narrating ourselves. “Narrarse es cuidarse”, we tell each other. ”To narrate ourselves is to take care of each other".
Our performances, videos, installations and games are tools for the creation of worlds and genealogies. Speculative fiction is the common ground in all our works, a terrain on which practices as diverse as synchronized swimming, raving and role-playing games intersect.
Our work has become interwoven with our relationship, starting from intimacy to explore representations of collectivity that question the hegemonic ways of narrating ourselves. “Narrarse es cuidarse”, we tell each other. ”To narrate ourselves is to take care of each other".
Our performances, videos, installations and games are tools for the creation of worlds and genealogies. Speculative fiction is the common ground in all our works, a terrain on which practices as diverse as synchronized swimming, raving and role-playing games intersect.
CV
Federico Vladimir Strate Pezdirc
Buenos Aires, 1983
Pablo Esbert Lilienfeld
Madrid, 1981
EDUCATION
2021
A.PASS (Advanced Performance and Scenography Studies). Artistic Research Postgraduate, Brussels, BE
2012
MA Visual Communication-Moving Images, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2006
BA Audiovisual Communication, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ES
Pablo Lilienfeld
2018
MA Research Studios, P.A.R.T.S. Brussels, BE
2006
BA Audiovisual Communication, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ES
2005
BA in Contemporary Dance by the Royal Dance Conservatory Madrid, ES
TEACHING
2023
Visiting lecturer of Dance and Technology at the Dance Conservatory of Madrid, ES
2012-
2014
2014
Visiting Lecturer, Visual Communication Royal College of Art, London, UK
Pablo Lilienfeld
2026
Visiting lecturer, Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, BE
2012-2022
Visiting lecturer of Dance and Technology at the Dance Conservatory of Madrid, ES
2020-2021
Guest Lecturer, Institute del Teatre, Barcelona, ES
EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2026
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Mercat de les Flors / Piscines Municipals Montjuïc. Barcelona, ES
-Monica. Battersea Arts Centre. London, UK
- Monica, a game for diasporic genealogies (workshop). Battersea Arts Centre. London, UK
.Monica. It Takes a City / La Balsamine. Brussels, BE
-Monica. Battersea Arts Centre. London, UK
- Monica, a game for diasporic genealogies (workshop). Battersea Arts Centre. London, UK
.Monica. It Takes a City / La Balsamine. Brussels, BE
2025
-Monica. Viernulvier / NTGent / Europalia. Gent, BE
-Monica. Concertgebouw / Danse in Brugge / KAAP / Europalia. Bruges, BE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Europalia at De Singel / Olympisch Zwemcentrum Wezenberg. Antwerp, BE
-Monica. De Singel - BLISS #3, Antwerp, BE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, ES
-Monica. Kaaitheater. Brussels, BE
-Monica. Corufest / Teatro Rosalía. A Coruña, ES
-Monica. Mercat de les Flors. Barcelona, ES
-Monica. Concertgebouw / Danse in Brugge / KAAP / Europalia. Bruges, BE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Europalia at De Singel / Olympisch Zwemcentrum Wezenberg. Antwerp, BE
-Monica. De Singel - BLISS #3, Antwerp, BE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, ES
-Monica. Kaaitheater. Brussels, BE
-Monica. Corufest / Teatro Rosalía. A Coruña, ES
-Monica. Mercat de les Flors. Barcelona, ES
2024
-Monica. Open Studios, Kaaistudios. Brussels, BE
-Monica. Lazos Mecánicos. Artium, Vitoria, ES
-Monica. Lazos Mecánicos. Artium, Vitoria, ES
2023
-Festival Plataforma, Santiago de Compostela, ES
-Hacer Historia(s), Barcelona, ES
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Festival Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland
-Hacer Historia(s), Barcelona, ES
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Festival Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland
2022
-Dangerous When Wet. Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhague, DK
-Draconis Lacrimae. Bâtard Festival, Brussels, BE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Hauser & Wirth, Festival Piedraviva, Menorca, ES
-Draconis Lacrimae. Bâtard Festival, Brussels, BE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Hauser & Wirth, Festival Piedraviva, Menorca, ES
2021
-Draconis Lacrimae. Me gustas pixelad_ La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
-Book Launch Draconis Lacrimae The Player’s Habdbook, A.pass End Presentations, De Markten, Brussels, BE
-Book Launch Draconis Lacrimae The Player’s Habdbook, A.pass End Presentations, De Markten, Brussels, BE
2020
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Loom Festival, Barcelona, ES (cancelled)
-Dangerous When Wet. Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhague, DK (postponed)
-Dangerous When Wet. Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhague, DK (postponed)
2019
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Santancargelo Festival, IT
-Beneath the seabed, a dragon (site-specific). Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, ES
-Hydra. MACBA, Festival Salmon, Barcelona, ES
-Hydra. Tribuna Pública, A Coruña, ES
-Link in Bio. Teatro Pradillo, Madrid, ES
-Songs of Hain. Festival Haizebegi, Bayonne, FR
-Positive, CineClube Anjos70, Lisboa, PT
-Beneath the seabed, a dragon (site-specific). Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, ES
-Hydra. MACBA, Festival Salmon, Barcelona, ES
-Hydra. Tribuna Pública, A Coruña, ES
-Link in Bio. Teatro Pradillo, Madrid, ES
-Songs of Hain. Festival Haizebegi, Bayonne, FR
-Positive, CineClube Anjos70, Lisboa, PT
2018
-Monitoring, Kasseler DokFest, Kassel, DE
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Festival Veranos de la Villa, Madrid, ES
-Cantos del Hain. Museo Salvador Allende y NAVE, Santiago de Chile, CL
-Tradiciones Subvertidas, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
-Miradas País, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, ES
-WOMB, CA2M, Móstoles, ES
-Dragon, rest your head on the seabed. Festival Veranos de la Villa, Madrid, ES
-Cantos del Hain. Museo Salvador Allende y NAVE, Santiago de Chile, CL
-Tradiciones Subvertidas, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
-Miradas País, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, ES
-WOMB, CA2M, Móstoles, ES
2017
-Songs of Hain. MAC Gas Natura Fenosa, A Coruña, ES
-PSY Hysteria, Kunstraum, London, UK
-Introducing the Star, Escenas do Cambio, Santiago de Compostela, ES
-Zoinks!, Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona, ES
-Introducing the Star, Queer Lisboa, PT
-PSY Hysteria, Kunstraum, London, UK
-Introducing the Star, Escenas do Cambio, Santiago de Compostela, ES
-Zoinks!, Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona, ES
-Introducing the Star, Queer Lisboa, PT
2016
-Songs of Hain. NAVE, Santiago de Chile, CL
-Introducing the Star. La plaza en verano, Matadero, Madrid, ES
-Introducing the Star. Sala Hiroshima, Barcelona, ES
-Introducing the Star. Leal-Lav, La Laguna, ES
-Introducing the Star. Teatro Pradillo, Madrid, ES
-SeMente, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, ES
-Introducing the Star. La plaza en verano, Matadero, Madrid, ES
-Introducing the Star. Sala Hiroshima, Barcelona, ES
-Introducing the Star. Leal-Lav, La Laguna, ES
-Introducing the Star. Teatro Pradillo, Madrid, ES
-SeMente, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, ES
2015
-Introducing the Star. Festival Madrid en Danza, Madrid, ES
-EJECT. Centro Juan de Salazar, Asunción, PY
-EJECT. Festival VDBA, Buenos Aires, AR
-EJECT. Dança em Transito, Rio de Janeiro, BR
-EJECT. TEFAF, Maastricht, NL
-EJECT. Centro Juan de Salazar, Asunción, PY
-EJECT. Festival VDBA, Buenos Aires, AR
-EJECT. Dança em Transito, Rio de Janeiro, BR
-EJECT. TEFAF, Maastricht, NL
2014
-The Red Blinder, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
-Proyecto Moscú, Es Baluard, Mallorca, ES
-Proyecto Moscú, CGAC, Santiago Compostela, ES
-Gender Travel. MNCARS, Madrid, ES
-Daba Pruft. MKII, Londres, UK
-Going Nowhere Together. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
-EDIT. La Fundición, Bilbao, ES
-Proyecto Moscú, Es Baluard, Mallorca, ES
-Proyecto Moscú, CGAC, Santiago Compostela, ES
-Gender Travel. MNCARS, Madrid, ES
-Daba Pruft. MKII, Londres, UK
-Going Nowhere Together. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
-EDIT. La Fundición, Bilbao, ES
2013
-Veraneantes. MARCO, Vigo, ES
-In the future we will all be deer. Espacio El Palomar, Barcelona, ES
-Proyecto Moscú. MAC, A Coruña, ES
-EJECT. La Alhóndiga, Bilbao, ES
-EJECT. La Fundición, Sevilla, ES
-In the future we will all be deer. Espacio El Palomar, Barcelona, ES
-Proyecto Moscú. MAC, A Coruña, ES
-EJECT. La Alhóndiga, Bilbao, ES
-EJECT. La Fundición, Sevilla, ES
2012
-Henry Hudson and his son. Cinéma du Réel 2012, Centre Pompidou, París, FR
-Royal College of Art Screening, British Film Institute, London, UK
-Humanimal: The Feast. Henry Moore Gallery, RCA, London, UK
-Atelier, PACT Zollverein, Essen, DE
-EDIT. FIDCU, Montevideo, UR
-EDIT. El Grec, Barcelona, ES
-EDIT. Aerowaves, B-Motion, Bassano del Grappa, IT
-Royal College of Art Screening, British Film Institute, London, UK
-Humanimal: The Feast. Henry Moore Gallery, RCA, London, UK
-Atelier, PACT Zollverein, Essen, DE
-EDIT. FIDCU, Montevideo, UR
-EDIT. El Grec, Barcelona, ES
-EDIT. Aerowaves, B-Motion, Bassano del Grappa, IT
2011
-EDIT. Madrid en Danza, Madrid, ES
-EDIT. Ciclo Cuerpo e Imagen. La Alhóndiga, Bilbao. ES
-EDIT. Ciclo Cuerpo e Imagen. La Alhóndiga, Bilbao. ES
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2025
-Project Production Subsidies, Flemish Government
2024
-Project Development Subsidies, Flemish Government
2020
-Dance and Theater Production Grant Madrid Arts Council
2019
-Contemporary Artistic Creation Grant from Madrid City Council
2017
-UBU Theater Awards, Italy. Finalist Music Score category
-Fundación SGAE scholarship
-Fundación SGAE scholarship
2016
-Miquel Casablancas Project Award. Finalist
-Gas Natural Fenosa Foundation Artistic Grant
-Gas Natural Fenosa Foundation Artistic Grant
2015
-Dance and Theater Production Grant Madrid Arts Council
2011
-Auditorio de Galicia Young Artists Award. First Prize
2010
-INJUVE Youg Creation Project Award
-MAN Photography Prize, Runner up
-MAN Photography Prize, Runner up
2007
-INJUVE Youg Creation. Finalist
PUBLICATIONS
2026
-Monica, the erotic fanzine. Pietra Publications, Gent
2021
-Draconis Lacrimae - The Player’s Handbook; a.pass; Brussels
2019
-Esbert Lilienfeld P, La Ribot, Paz Rojo, Dora García, Juan Domínguez et al; DANZA-FICCIÓN; pp 33-54; “Conversaciones, anotaciones y dramaturgia en las artes vivas: España y Uruguay”; Estuario Ed; Montevideo
-Laborde D ed.; “Haizebegi. Revue annuelle d’Anthropologie de la Musique”; Munduko Musiken Etxea; Bayonne
-Universidad Popular. Alimentar la quimera. Jornada 4: CÓMO ENGENDRAR A TU DRAGÓN; Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo; Madrid
-Laborde D ed.; “Haizebegi. Revue annuelle d’Anthropologie de la Musique”; Munduko Musiken Etxea; Bayonne
-Universidad Popular. Alimentar la quimera. Jornada 4: CÓMO ENGENDRAR A TU DRAGÓN; Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo; Madrid
2017
-Strate Pezdirc FV; SONGS OF HAIN CATALOGUE; pp 151-224; MAC Gas Natural Fenosa; A Coruña
2015
-Simón A ed.; pp 201-209; “Desiderata”; Desiderata Editorial; Madrid
COLLABORATIONS
We collaborate with friends whose work we admire.
Pablo has made the music, performed and assisted in many pieces by Alessandro Sciarroni, like FOLK-S, Aurora or Untitled - I will be there when you die. He also makes music and performs with Chiara Bersani, Janet Novás, Marco D’Agostin, Ingrid Berger Myhre, Ligia Lewis, Manuel Rodríguez, Joshua Serafin, Renée Goethijn or Mario Barrantes.
Federico collaborates as video maker and choreographer with other artists as well. He’s worked with Lina Lapelytè, Joshua Serafin or Mario Barrantes, and he’s made music videos for bands like Corazón or Caliente Caliente.