Somatic Laboratory - Latinx memories in conversation with Marie Bardet
Marie Bardet and Paula Montecinos meet up to talk about exploring themes of displacement,
embodied knowledge, critical pedagogy, and the value of staying open to questions rather
than adhering to fixed positions within somatic and philosophical inquiries into care and
activism.
Spanish spoken language and English subtitled.
This THIRDtalk was published in 2025.
Marie Bardet is a French philosopher, choreographer, dancer, performer, and associate
researcher based in Buenos Aires and Paris 8. Her work resides at the intersection of dance
philosophy, feminist and queer thought, and somatic practices. Holding doctorates in
philosophy (Paris 8) and social sciences (UBA), she directs the Master's in Contemporary
Artistic Practices at UNSAM and contributes to research groups such as Soma&Po and
Cuerpos y Bienes. Bardet’s publications, including Penser avec bouger (2011/12), Perder la
cara (2021), and Una paradoja moviente: Loïe Fuller (2021), explore improvisation,
temporality, and embodied decision-making.
Paula Montecinos Oliva (CL) is an artist and researcher based in the Netherlands. Working
at the intersection of choreography, sound art, and somatic practices, she explores
body-haptics, collective memory, and sonic agency. Her practice includes immersive sonic
choreography, experimental luthiery, and live broadcast in complicity with live materials.
Through projects like Sonic Feminist Fabulations and Somatic Laboratory – Latinx
Memories, she develops listening as an emancipatory and embodied research practice. Her
work has been presented internationally at venues including Sonic Matter, Transmediale,
Sonic Acts, WORM, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt.