Programme_Alt-w | Cosmic Ch’ixi

Cycle 15 Alt-w Production Award - Daira Ronzoni
dairaronzoni.com

1st April to 31st May 2025. FREE
Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

Beneath the burning desert sun, metallic roots twist, a feathered snake glides, and arms of water flow through an Earth tree, glistening with fireflies. On motley rocks corn sprouts as mushrooms take root. Night falls, stars shimmer, and branches of Araucaria extend spiked arms in search of an embrace. Quaresmeira flowers bloom as the Spider Goddess scatters seeds in this virtual landscape.

Daira Ronzoni was born in Buenos Aires and raised in the UK. Her plural practice explores themes of multiculturalism and storytelling at the intersection of digital and traditional cultures. By blending Andean/Maya traditions and Chicana futurism, her digital realms and analogue sculptures delve into the origins of ancient mythology and agriculture, becoming sacred moments inscribed in a cosmic timeline.

Co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland.