Second time NYIT Award Nominee! In 2014 for Cosmicomics Outstanding Innovative Design!

NYIT Award Nominee 2014 for Garden of Delights Outstanding Innovative Design

Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger are New York Innovative Theater Award Nominees
for Outstanding Innovative Design (Projection Design, Video-Art and Animations)
for The New Stage Theatre Company's production of Cosmicomics
at the New York Innovative Theater Awards 2014.

Cosmicomics at Dixon Place - from March 28 to April 19, 2014

Multimedia Theater Play COSMICOMICS with projection design, video art and animations by Spanish filmmaker and videoartist Laia Cabrera in collaboration with French artist Isabelle Duverger. 
Dixon Place and The New Stage Theatre Company present world premiere of Cosmicomics, an original multimedia theatre piece inspired by chapters of Italo Calvino's matchless novel of the same name.
Directed by Ildiko Nemeth, Cosmicomics comprises a series of vignettes involving our narrator, Qfwfq, as he evolves across the history of the universe. From his innocent childhood before the Big Bang, when everything he loved was packed into a single point, we continue on to his love affairs and nostalgic middle age. Along the way we witness wondrous things: the birth of light and color, the identity crises of creatures that move from sea to land, the inner lives of mollusks, and more. Against a cosmic backdrop we recognize fundamentally human experiences in the tales: obsession, neurosis, love and transformation.

Produced by The New Stage Theatre Company
Created and Directed by Ildiko Nemeth
in collaboration with Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger (Laia Cabrera & Co) - Projection Design, Videoart and Animation
Federico Restrepo - Lighting Design
Jon Gilbert Leavitt - Original Music
Yukio Tsuji - Sound Design
Egle Paulauskaite - Costume Design
Cast: Lance Cruce, Kaylin Lee Clinton, Chris Tanner, Geraldine Dulex, Denice Kondik, Florencia Minniti, Jeanne Lauren Smith,
Markus Hirnigel, Michael Cuomo, Beth Dodye Bass, Beau Mallard, Catherine Correa and Valerie Ryan Miller.
Principal Administrator: Fabiyan Pemble-Belkin
Set Construction: Kertek Construction Corp.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Production design support provided by The Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Foundation. This work was created in part through Field Time, a rehearsal space program of The Field supported by the Lambent Foundation.on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Video produced by Laia Cabrera & Co. http://laiacabrera.com/company/

A Success: Aire - Tempietto Di Bramante, Roma, Italy

Pictures from Aire - June 28, 2014 - Tempietto Di Bramante, Roma - Italy
Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger (Laia Cabrera & Co) - Projection Design, Videoart and Animation







Javier Moreno - Artistic Direction, composition and bass
Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger (Laia Cabrera & Co) - Projection Design, Videoart and Animation
Isabel Cadenas Cañón - Poetic Creation and Performance
Lucia Miranda - Assistant Stage Manager
Francesco Lo Cascio - Vibraphone
Francesco Diodatti - Guitar and Sound Effects
Marcello Allulli - Saxophone
Ermanno Baron - Battery
Prisca Amori - Violin
Matteo Scarpelli - Cello

Pictures by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger

Rome - Tempietto Di Bramante: Aire - Multimedia Performance Concert

Aire, Multimedia Performance Concert
Tempietto di Bramante - Roma, Italy
June 28, 2014 - 8:30pm

Aire is a multidisciplinary performance created by Javier Moreno in collaboration with Laia Cabrera, Isabelle Duverger and Isabel Cadenas Cañón, which combines contemporary Jazz with poetry, video-art and mapping, inviting the audience to experience an adventure through the senses, where love and traveling are intertwined in an inseparable way, telling the story of the ephemeral and the eternal.

Javier Moreno - Artistic Direction, composition and bass
Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger (Laia Cabrera & Co) - Projection Design, Videoart and Animation
Isabel Cadenas Cañón - Poetic Creation and Performance
Lucia Miranda - Assistant Stage Manager
Francesco Lo Cascio - Vibraphone
Francesco Diodatti - Guitar and Sound Effects
Marcello Allulli - Saxophone
Ermanno Baron - Battery
Prisca Amori - Violin
Matteo Scarpelli - Cello

 

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Laia Cabrera & Co wins 35th Annual Telly Awards for Art Direction!!

June 2014: Laia Cabrera & Co wins 35th Annual Telly Awards - Art Direction, for the video "An Ecosystem Transforming Healthcare Through Technology" for New York eHealth Collaborative

Opening video for New York eHealth Collaborative's 2013 Digital Health Conference in New York City: An Ecosystem Transforming Healthcare Through Technology
In the rapidly evolving Health IT world, our ecosystem is constantly changing, adapting, and readjusting to new connections, disruptions, and innovation.


Video Created by Laia Cabrera & Co. - Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger - Script by Julie Galdieri

Article in El Diario: "Projecting Dream All Around The World"

Proyectando fantasías alrededor del mundo
by Silvina Sterin Pensel/Especial para EDLP, originally published in El Diario - Jun, 1, 2014


Illustration by Isabelle Duverger

"Por un momento, se está en el mar abierto en compañía de medusas, peces y otras criaturas. Luego, caminando en la polvorienta superficie lunar, llena de cráteres y fisuras. Después, el entorno se vuelve cavernoso, predomina el rojo y lumínicas llamaradas devoran el lugar. Pero no es el océano, ni la luna ni el infierno: Es el Lower East Side, más precisamente Dixon Place, un pequeño teatro sobre la calle Chrystie que Laia Cabrera transformó en un lugar mágico durante la puesta de Cosmicomics, una pieza basada en la novela de Italo Calvino.

"Intervinimos el suelo y el fondo", comenta esta española recordando cómo obró semejante mutación valiéndose de animaciones, cámaras que proyectaban en vivo los movimientos de los actores sobre las paredes y paneles móviles.

El primer paso, explica, es siempre evaluar el espacio donde se desarrollará el espectáculo. Laia lo recorre de punta a punta: ¿Cuántas filas de asientos hay? ¿Cuántas plantas tiene el lugar? ¿Cuántas ventanas? Revisa los planos y le abre la puerta a su imaginación. "Es clave que mi fantasía sea viable técnicamente; es mi mayor desafío".

Largas sesiones

Luego de largas sesiones de brainstorming junto a su socia y roommate, la francesa Isabelle Duverger, Laia se anima a todo. "Creo sin un corset. Utilizo elementos del cine porque es mi formación pero me salgo de lo tradicional". Con su video instalación Shifting Gaze convirtió Times Square en una gigante plataforma multimediática donde los neoyorquinos reflexionaron en 360 grados sobre las elecciones, el deseo y la memoria, tres temas que la obsesionan. Muy pronto rumbeará a Italia donde proyectarán imágenes y animaciones sobre el Tempietto di Bramante, un imponente monumento renacentista en el corazón de Roma. "llevamos las maletas cargadas de proyectores y el montaje nos llevará dos semanas".

Laia llegó a NY en 1997 buscando un terreno más fértil que Barcelona para sus experimentos visuales. "En aquella época, allá, me miraban como bicho raro. Aquí todo era interdisciplinario; los artistas colaboraban unos con otros y se respiraba libertad y aventura".

La Gran Manzana, ciudades en Europa y Latinoamérica se convierten así en sus salas y Laia proyecta sus videos –la mayoría filmados por ella misma- en fachadas de edificios de todo tipo, altura y material. "Mucha gente ve vidrio y huye. Para mí, es todo lo contrario, no paro hasta encontrar cómo plasmar lo que imagino". 

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Picture by Lee Wexler

Picture by Lee Wexler

2014 Documentary for Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

Video created by Laia Cabrera & Co. for the TDM textile and marketing program at FIT (Fashion Institute of technology of New York)

Directed by Laia Cabrera — Animations and Still Photography by Isabelle Duverger 

Textile Development & Marketing Department — Jay & Patty Baker School of Business And Technology — Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) — New York City, Spring 2014
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ARIDA DENIM: Amanda Johnston, Team Leader - Charlotte Bargoud, Atara Beller, Ipek Calisir, Hasan Caliskan, Wujong Farrant, Xiao Qing Lin
ARRIS DENIM: Katherine A Taylor, Team Leader - Danielle Alonso, Berna Arikan, Belen Colpan, Alessandra DiBernardo, Ayana Dixon, Turker Yucel
BLUE RUIN: Amber Härkönen, Team Leader - Duygu Dizerkonca, Deniz Eski, Ruby Li, Meghan Navoy, Caitlin Powell, Traci Reed, Eva Stahura
Blue Ruin would like to thank Max Steiner, Ben Ronne, Ronnie Kanhai and Bo Graham
STAND DENIM: Leyla Ipekci, Team Leader - Caroline Fortuna, Murat Ege Goktepe, Roni Halloran, Darshan Manghnani, Sibel Mitrani, Brynja Skjaldardottir
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Advisors to the Project:
Jeffrey Silberman — FIT, Professor and Project Director / Andrew Olah — Olah Inc., Senior Project Advisor / Amy Leonard-Emery — GAP, Inc., Project Development
Ed Barnes — Cotton Incorporated, Agricultural Advisor / Matt Durney — Nexgen Packaging, Labels and Packaging / Andrea Costa — SocialCode, Graphics and Branding
Laia Cabrera — Laia Cabrera and Co., LLC, Producer and Filmmaker / Isabelle Duverger — Laia Cabrera and Co., LLC, Animations and Still Photography
Barry Emanuel — Copen, Linings and Textiles / Jenny Fong — Patternmaker, Fit/Patternmaking / Amanda Ibrahim — Google, Inc., Social Media
Mark Messura — Cotton Incorporated, Strategy and Positioning / Buxton Midyette — Supima, ELS Cotton / Susan Miller — S. Miller Associates, Presentation Development
Kara Nicholas — Cone Denim, Fabric Development / Mimi Patel — Nexgen Packaging, Labels and Packaging / Emily Diehl — Nexgen Packaging, Labels and Packaging
Michael Morrell — Olah, Inc., Wet Finishing / Emily Olah — Olah, Inc., Production Management / Nancy Zhang — Otte, NY, Social Media
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Project Sponsors: Cotton Incorporated* - International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP)
*This project is supported by the Importer Support Program of the U.S. Cotton Board and is managed by Cotton Incorporated.
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Jeffrey Silberman, Chairperson - Textile Development and Marketing Department
Ingrid Johnson, Assistant Chairperson and Past Chair - Textile Development and Marketing Department

Video created by LAIA CABRERA & CO. Film and Multimedia Productions — laiacabrera.com/company

Award of Distinction of the 20th Annual Communicator Awards 2014

And another award!!!
Award of Distinction of the 20th Annual Communicator Awards (2014) for Online Advertising Marketing for the campaign Patient Portal for New Yorkers (Video Created by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger - Laia Cabrera and Co)