Multitud

The relation between private and public, the individual and the collective, which is of particular interest in Multitud, is another recurring element in Cubas’ work, who rejects hierarchies within art and does not limit herself to a single artistic discipline. Trained in dance at various schools, she obtained a fine arts degree in Uruguay and also earned a master’s degree in art and technology in the Netherlands. She is co-director of the multidisciplinary collective Perro Rabioso (Rabid Dog) and director of the organization Campo Abierto (Open Field), which combines social, nature, and art tourism and offers seminars, camps, and various events, including festivals. The distribution and accessibility of art are also among the many issues that concern Cubas, who collaborated with Uruguay’s Ministry of Education and Culture in the 2000s, setting up a program to encourage artistic production and innovation.

Beyond her exhibitions and installations, she has created over a dozen choreographic works since 1998. Originally staged in a theatre with professional performers in 2011, Multitud later took the form of a massive site-specific piece that addressed the desire to encounter the Other by collaborating with people from outside the arts community. It was followed by Puto Gallo Conquistador (Damned Conquering Rooster), Trilogia Antropofágica (Anthropophagic Trilogy), and Offering for a Monster.