INTIMATE TALKS Ch. II
Emotional Body by Vanessa Martins
Emotional Body is fusion of dance and photography created by the talented artist Vanessa Martins, based in Madrid. The project aims to confidently celebrate the unique beauty of each individual's body.
Creative director and photography , Vanessa Martins - Dancers: Monica Carpintero, Enara Tarragò, Andrea Domingo, Eva Alonso.
B-How would you describe yourself as an artist?
V-As an artist I am very restless, therefore, I never stick to just one thing. I like to be able to cover everything, and I try to satisfy all my concerns as much as possible, hahaha...Right now I am in a phase of changes, in which I need to renew myself and do new things, therefore, I lend myself to experimentation until I can find my new path. And on the other hand, I am a very perfectionist and self-demanding and I find myself in a very beautiful position of being able to allow myself to make mistakes, failures, and fear, that in the end failure, mistakes are part of life and that making mistakes is natural.
B-Why “Emotional Body”?
V-Emotional Body - Our body is our tool of pleasure or pain, in dance, we work with our corporality, which is the protagonist body of every human act. And I wanted to reflect each one's body as it is.
B- Is dance and photography a means to enter the world of fantasy?
V-Fantasy and much more, in dance, you work from what you feel, therefore if you are faithful to yourself, many things can happen, such as creating that imaginary world through your body, and in photography it is that without imagination and creativity is very difficult for something to be captured, photography is the mental representation of something that we have experienced or simply that we create in our mind.
B-In this collaboration, your two passions came together, dance and photography. How did you feel capturing that moment?
V-For me, it is a great pleasure to be able to combine my two passions and even more so with colleagues with whom there is a very powerful friendship. Doing this work with them is truly a gift because I enjoy portraying them.
Why did you think of Blumma to dress the dancers in the photo shoot?
I have always loved Blumma, since it is part of absolutely everything, of that everyday life, of that routine, of that dialogue with women, where all bodies are received and respected, and then giving it that push of delicacy and at the same time of fun with each piece.
B-What is your relationship with lingerie and how did you feel about wearing Blumma's pieces?
V-Many years ago lingerie was very important to me I collected it because I loved it, but from a sexist posture. At the moment I realized that this was the case I began to change and stopped giving it importance, and I just wore what made me feel comfortable. But for two months or a little more, I had the immense need to have very special pieces for myself, in that I could have fun and enjoy them, and that made me feel, above all, good about myself.
