EFRAÍN ROZAS

Polirritmia | Sinestesia

Polirritmia | Sinestesia

Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more sensations from different sensory domains. Polyrhythm is the juxtaposition of two or more rhythmic patterns with markedly different matrices. A new live performance by Efrain Rozas in which robotics, percussion, sculpture,...
An Ocean of Forgiveness

An Ocean of Forgiveness

“An incredible physical presence that turned the stage into a soundscape” -The New York Times An Ocean of Forgiveness is a new composition for live solo percussion composed and performed by Efraín Rozas, which slowly conjures an intense polyrhythmic trance, using...
Still: Residency at The Kitchen 2021

Still: Residency at The Kitchen 2021

Science, art, capitalism, and Marxism rely on Western concepts of time, space and being. If we want to think new futures we must question deeply those concepts. Greek philosophy set the foundations for an objective knowledge of the world. They understood being as an...
Myth and Prosthesis IV: Body Rhythm Data

Myth and Prosthesis IV: Body Rhythm Data

Technology of social media can turn the most intimate feelings into information with an economical value, into data. The sacred is what cannot be bought or sold.  Data is the most valuable product these days. It’s information about our rhythms, bodies and...
Myth and Prosthesis III: Robot, Teach Us to Pray

Myth and Prosthesis III: Robot, Teach Us to Pray

My motivation was to use technology as a cognitive tool to liberate myself. I went back to crucial “pedagogical” events where my masculinity was damaged. I use the rhythms generated by the robot’s brain to dance and induce a trance state. I use the robot to...
Myth and Prosthesis II: I Enjoy the World

Myth and Prosthesis II: I Enjoy the World

Our dreams and imagination have become a valuable commodity, and social media has become a very effective way of control. This album is the result of an experiment I did over six months as a form of cognitive resistance The experiment consisted of different mysticism...