Om Ki Reo Escena Explained

Om Ki Reo Escena (formerly known as "Om Ki Reo Teatro" and "Om Ki Reo Danza Contemporánea") is a Colombian theatrical/cinematographic collective in Bogotá, D.C. founded in 2009[1] and directed by Manuel J. Escobar (Manuel Hai).[2]

Its first production was the stageplay "El Funeral" (2010, The Funeral); and their first short films (as a group) were 2020 short films from the "Mis Aguinaldos" series[3] ("My Christmas gifts"). In 2016, the company participated in the Bogotá PDE with "El Marqués de Upyr"[4] and in 2018 the group produced "Hechizo en el Mar" ("Enchantment in the sea") and "Canción Incompleta"[5] ("Incomplete song"), this last one performed by the subgroup Flipped Hat Teatro, and repeated in 2019. In 2020, Om Ki Reo Escena (Om Ki Reo Scene) won a Multidisciplinary Grant given by the District Government (Secretaría de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte de Bogotá SCRD), inside the District Program of Incentives to the Culture, getting the first place.[6] With this grant, the group produced short films, scenic interventions and visual creations.[7] Also in 2020, the company produced the short film "Conjetura" ("Conjecture"), Official Selection in the SmartFilms Festival 2020.[8] [9]

In 2021, the group founded the film production company SevenPhotons Films[10] [11] and launched several projects under the format of Transmedia Theater;[12] one of them is the adaptation of "Soy El Hombre", written by the founder and one of the best sci-fi short stories written in Colombia, according to the anthology published by Sergio Arboleda University.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Om Ki Reo Escena won the National Grant on "Theatrical Creation" (given by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia) for big format projects in 2021 to produce the first approach to this piece, which is a simplified version of the second phase projection.[18] Inside the theater and cinematographic media (specially in Latin America and Colombia), and according to the state of the art commented by experts on the area,[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] the grouping of theater, dance, literature, technology and film under a science fiction theme constitutes a multidisciplinary innovation, as no other multidisciplinary SF transmedia theatre stage play is found in literature.[24] [25] The project was written, developed and executed by the leader of the group, Manuel J. Escobar, who is the director, producer and writer of all the productions of Om Ki Reo Escena, now focused in transhumanism. Soy El hombre was presented in Teatro Libre de Bogotá in February of 2022, and event that was part of the national news.[26]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá . PDF's de resoluciones antiguas (2009-2010) . Om Ki Reo . 19 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Official Page. 19 November 2020. Om Ki Reo Escena. 9 July 2021.
  3. Web site: ¡Mis Aguinaldos! . ¡Jugar al Sí y al No! . YouTube.
  4. News: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá. . Secretaría de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte. . Listado de habilitados. Beca de Creación Multidisciplinar 2016-2017 Coproducción TMJMSD y TMJEG 2016 . 14 June 2021 . Instituto Distrital de las Artes IDARTES . 11 August 2016.
  5. Web site: Flipped Hat Teatro (Om Ki Reo) . Canción Incompleta, de Flipped Hat Teatro (Trailer) 9-10-11 Mayo Bogotá . SevenPhotons . YouTube . 9 January 2021.
  6. Web site: November 2020 . Resolución Ganadores No. 870 del 27 de noviembre de 2020 . 14 June 2021 . Beca para la Recuperación de Fiestas Tradicionales de Navidad . Secretaría de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte (SCRD) . 4 . PDF . Resolución Ganadores No. 870 del 27 de noviembre de 2020.
  7. News: Valencia . Manuela . 4 Dec 2020 . El arte de mantener el espíritu navideño en Bogotá . 14 June 2021 . . .
  8. Web site: Congreso Smart Films . SELECCIÓN OFICIAL DE CORTOS CATEGORÍA CRÓNICAS 2020 . Programación Congreso Jueves 19 . Smart Films . 14 June 2021.
  9. Web site: SmartFilms. Página oficial de SmartFilms Colombia.
  10. Web site: Empresite. El Economista. Actividades de produccion de peliculas cinematograficas videos programas anuncios y comerciales de television, BOGOTÁ. 9 July 2021.
  11. News: Portafolio. Empresas. Guía de Empresas Colombianas. Portafolio - Directorio..
  12. Web site: Om Ki Reo. Diagrama Transmedia. 9 July 2021. Om Ki Reo Escena.
  13. Web site: Tercera Fundación. 2007. Antología del cuento fantástico colombiano (9789588200873). 8 July 2021. tercerafundacion.ne.
  14. News: Corpus Sanzo. Robert Phillip. 25 March 2008. Mas Allá De Macondo Hay Otras Tierras. Quinta Dimensión. 9 July 2021.
  15. News: Mora Vélez. Antonio. Nueva Antología Fantástica. Axxon OnLine. 9 July 2021.
  16. News: Mora Vélez. Antonio. ANTOLOGÍA DEL CUENTO FANTÁSTICO COLOMBIANO. Café Berlin. Deutsche Kultur Nachrichten. 9 July 2021.
  17. Web site: Soy El Hombre: Proyecto Escénico Multidisciplinar. 9 July 2021. Om Ki Reo Escena - Soy El Hombre.
  18. Web site: Convocatorias. 2021-10-19. convocatorias.mincultura.gov.co.
  19. Web site: Ruiz. Ivan Prado Sejas, Guillermo-augusto. "Donde la ciencia ficción va en busecito, la literatura fantástica va en jet" Una conversación con Campo Ricardo Burgos López. 2021-10-21. Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía en Bolivia.
  20. Barbacci. Silvana. 2002-09-21. From the Golem to Artificial Intelligence: science in the theatre for an existential reflection. Journal of Science Communication. en. 1. 3. A04. 10.22323/2.01030204. 1824-2049 . free .
  21. Book: Pellisa. Teresa López. Historia de la ciencia ficción Latinoamericana I: desde los orígenes hasta la modernidad. Ares. Silvia Kurlat. 2020. Iberoamericana. 978-84-9192-177-6.
  22. Walden . Kim Louise . 2019-11-19 . Film Websites: a Transmedia Archaeology . University of Hertfordshire . en . 10.18745/th.22081.
  23. Web site: El Teatro y la ciencia ficción : ¿una unión imposible?. 2021-10-21. 1library.co. es-MX.
  24. Huertas-Martín. Víctor. 2021-02-11. Off-Modern Hybridity in TV Theatre: Theatrical, Cinematic and Media Temporalities in Rupert Goold's Macbeth (BBC - Illuminations Media, 2010). International Journal of Transmedia Literacy . en. 5. 81–101. 10.7358/ijtl-2019-004-huer. 234286037. 2465-2261. free.
  25. Brilli. Stefano. Gemini. Laura. 2022-01-01. Trailers as mediatized performances: Investigating the use of promotional videos among Italian contemporary theatre artists. Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies. it. 10. 1. 77–95. 10.1386/jicms_00103_1. 239413727. 2047-7368.
  26. Web site: Jiménez . María Emma . 2022-02-15 . ¡No se lo pierda! "Soy el hombre", una obra de ciencia ficción única . 2022-04-08 . Caracol Radio . es.