TEAM
We are a multidisciplinary team, and we are motivated to combine and experiment with the tools that each of us brings, and seek alchemies that can encourage participation, connection, and engagement in a sensitive way that can expand the boundaries of creativity.
The core creative team is created by Luz Calvi, Quim Moya andSergi Estebanell, and we have a team of advisors from the fields of creativity, technical, psychology, social transformation, technology, therapeutic, among others.
Sergi Estebanell
Artistic direction of the project, creative and performer
For 25 years, I have devoted myself to the world of art and culture from a social and transformative perspective. I believe in being an artist convinced that art should serve people and social transformation. I try to create stage devices that allow us to move, transgress, capture the present, and ask ourselves important questions to try to find the answers.
I am a co-founder of Escena Poblenou Festival, the Kamtchatka company, the Money for Free collective, and the deSHAKERS collective. I am the artistic director of Pallapupas (hospital clowns), trainer, artistic accompanist for various artists and collectives, and creative advisor for Fundació Carulla.
Throughout my career, I have focused on the realm of humor and street arts for social transformation. I have created, directed, and accompanied over 50 productions that have traveled to more than 30 different countries.
Awarded with various prizes:
- MAX Award for the ALTER show.
- Best Show at the Gent Festival (Belgium) for the Kamtxatka show.
- Best Street Show, Barcelona Critics’ Awards for the Money for Free show.
- Sebastià Guasch Award and Ciutat de Barcelona Medal of Honor for the creation of the Escena de Poblenou contemporary creation festival.
- Research Grants: SOS Cultura, Generalitat de Catalunya, Fira Tàrrega, and Institut Ramon Llull.
Luz Calvi
Actress-creator, street artist and facilitator
Actress-creator, street artist and facilitator with over fifteen years of experience in physical theatre, clown and creation in public space. Trained in Jacques Lecoq’s methodology, her practice is rooted in the body, presence, humour and participation.
She is co-founder of Acts of Liberation, where she takes part in the creation and performance of street theatre shows, artistic rituals and experiential laboratories. She has been involved in the creation of FEAR, LOVE and LIFE, projects that explore universal themes such as fear, love, death and human connection through an artistic and participatory approach.
Since 2019, she has worked as an actress-creator with Cia. Anna Confetti in A la Fresca, a comic street theatre show that has performed over 300 times across Catalonia, Spain and at international festivals. The show received the Zirkòlika Award for Best Clown Show in 2021.
For eight years, she worked as a hospital clown with Pallapupas and Xaropclown, developing her practice in hospitals, geriatric centres and other healthcare and social care settings.
She currently works as a facilitator with the KOA Teatre programme of Fundació Nous Cims, focused on emotional wellbeing and mental health prevention among adolescents. She has also collaborated with Fundació Èpica – La Fura dels Baus, Fundació IRES, Fundació Pinnae and Fundació Ajuda i Esperança, and is an artist in residence at Fundació Carulla.
Her training in Integrative Body Therapy, Transpersonal Therapy and Gestalt deepens her understanding of the body, emotions and processes of transformation, which she integrates into both her artistic practice and her work with groups.
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Quim Moya
Creative, visual artist and performer
Trained as a graphic designer, he worked as a designer and illustrator in various studios and publications. Also as a cultural ambassador, in the public, private, and associative spheres. He has served as a Cultural Technician at the Sallent Town Hall, Coordinator of the pedagogical action at Idensitat, Co-director of the Cal Gras Artists’ Residence in Avinyó. He is the Artistic Director of the TEST Festival and is part of the La Caixa de vidre collective (with Oriol Segon and Quim Torres), carrying out community projects.
As an artist and visual creator, he has exhibited in various locations in Spain and Andorra. Since 2008, he has been performing live painting shows across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the USA. He has participated in different international festivals like Fira de Tàrrega, Tollwood (Munich), Ansan Fest (South Korea) or the Summer Stage (New York). He has also painted in TV shows like Got Talent Rumania, TV3, Tele5, Cuatro, etc. He has shared stage with artists like Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Rita Ora, Álex Ubago, Els Gossos, Ovidi 4, Ravid Goldschmidt,etc. He has painted for Lewis Hamilton, Dan Brown, Rafa Nadal, etc.
CREDITS
Original idea and artistic direction: Sergi Estebanell
Authority, creation and performers: Rosita Luz Calvi, Quim Moya and Sergi Estebanell
Audiovisual creation and technical support: Pep Pujol
Audiovisual technician: Marco Domenichetti
Production: Arnau Vinós and Carla Vidal
Scenography: Tony Murchland
Video: Lluís de Sola and Pep Pujol,
Photography: Natalia Lucia, Pep Pujol and Xavier Caparrós
Sound space: Acts of Liberation, Neus Ballbé, Cristian Estrella (line-a1)
Creative advisors: Leo Bassi, Sophie Gazel, Arantza López, Octavi Royo and Josep Cosials.
Social and therapeutic advisors: Toni Aguilar, Josep Vila
With appreciation for the part of the path made with:
Queralt Guinot, Katarina Grbic, Sergio Sisques and Irma Estrada
Acts of Liberation is a co-production of: FiraTàrrega, Residència d’artistes Cal Gras, Le Cratère | Scène nationale d’Ales, l’Usine: Centre national des arts de rue et espace public” Tournefeuille, Festival Escena Poblenou, Ajuntament de St. Hipòlit de Voltregà, Ajuntament d’Argentona and Festival Grec de Barcelona.
With the support of: MAC Festival (Mercè Arts de Carrer), Nau Ivanow, In-Loft (Copons), Fundació Carulla, Institut Ramon Llull, L’Estruch, PATEA, Generalitat de Catalunya (ICEC), Ajuntament de Barcelona, INAEM, Fundación Caja Navarra, Fundació Pinnae.