Enzo Mianes

Re reinterpretation of collective affection without oral – Niños de la Primaria José Vasconcelos, comunidad de Bajos de Chila
Laugh and music are universal languages. Under this premise, french artist Enzo Mianés developed a workshop titled “Re reinterpretation of collective affection without oral lenguaje,” where 20 students of 5th grade of the José Vasconcelos primary based in Bajos de Chila participated during 3 sessions.
The workshop’s goal was to create a free space to relate with the participants to let them have fun playing and creating together. Throughout the language limitations, Enzo managed to communicate with the kids through signs, noises, dancing, and exercises to show them laugh and music is universal
languages. Each sesión was unique and developed in the way ids wanted; if they wanted to run, everybody
ran, if they wanted to dance, everybody danced, if they wanted to play music, they found materials to make noises with and arranged an assemble.
In one of the sessions, they got together to create a composition in partners; they got together and picked up materials from the gardens of Casa Wabi, every student got together to make their creations freely until they felt satisfied with their results.
“The idea of the project was to have fun; we were not sitting around <> about something, if
you want to dance, just dance, if you want to play, let’s play, they are children so they have to play, they love
to play. Here there’s a structure in the communities, and all the time it’s square, maybe some do sports
or drawings, and it’s very cool, but all the time is square, and I learned that children don’t like square, they
don’t like rules, and me too.” Enzo Mianés.
“I learned to respect the opinion of my colleagues, that we are all important and that we can create music with anything.” Dulce Adalis Velasco Palacios (8 years old)