Roy Lott October 25th, 2023 - 5:36 PM
As Manabe explains further, “through myoelectric sensors attached to Arca’s face, we can use technology to intricately, and at times violently, control and transform her expressions.” Despite these technological constraints, Arca delivers a powerful performance, offering herself as a vessel, happily enjoying the pleasure and the pain of each rhythmic shock. It premiered at Mutant;Destrudo, her four-night performance series commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory, which concluded on Sunday, October 15.
“Incendio” follows her previously released song “Яitual.” Earlier this year, they opened for the Barcelona stop of Beyonce’s record-breaking Renaissance World Tour. Arca’s last full length album was Kick IIIII in 2021. The five-installment series released that same year periodically and earned them their first Grammy nomination (Kick I) as well as multiple Latin Grammy nominations. That same year, they also released the song “Cayo” along with its accompanying music video, which was nominated for Best Editor.
She also recently announced Mutant, a digital webstore that represents the product division of Arca and launched a new app with Chroma Studios called Lux Aeterna, which lets fans enter a digital audiovisual world to explore her art and partnered with CIRCA to launch Untitled, showcasing her paintings across a global network of screens in Los Angeles, Milan, Melbourne, New York, Seoul, Tokyo and London.
Photo Credit: Nicole Ditt
