Beatriz Catani
Influenced by both Buñuel and Euripides, Beatriz Catani finds in myths the raw material of her theatrical work, shifting between hyper-realism and surrealism. Born near Buenos Aires in La Plata, she is part of a generation of Argentine artists who lived in a nation that lost its way, dried up by everything from Peronism to the economic debacle of recent months. Ojos de ciervo rumanos could be a metaphor for the dessication of Argentina, an allegory for a country that is no longer able to adequately feed its sons and daughters. Without ever taking a specific position, the director uses a dried-out tree, a few flower pots, some plants, an armchair, some sand, a sweater and an old record player to tell a tale with no moral, portraying a universe tinged with mystery and poetry, giving free rein to the spectator’s imagination.