Time, movement, the body, and aging are all entwined and interconnected. We perceive time because of movement. We perceive time because we think of the past and the future.

 

What if instead of perceiving and contemplating time, we decided to get lost in the moment and be taken on a journey inwards to a place which transcends time and space?

 

These are moments which everyone experiences from time to time. That moment when all your senses become so heightened and you feel grounded in what you’re doing at that moment. You feel the passion wash over you, reaching the very core of your being. At that moment, time freezes. 

 

It is what a ballerina feels when she goes up on stage and gets lost in the moment, spinning and turning so easily like the very air she breathes.  Time freezes whenever we get lost in the moment and when we’re not thinking of the past or worried about the future. 

 

Many people tend to forget those precious moments while some others thrive on them. We met one artist whose work peers into the relationship between time, movement and aging. Her name is Vanessa Vilchis - she’s an Aerial Silks Performer and a Painter. 

 

Aerial art helps her understand the scope of her body and the growth it undergoes. She has been taking lessons since she was a teenager.

 

“I started taking aerial classes at the age of 16 but it wasn't until I was 19 that it began to influence my career as an artist. At the “Hugo Argüelles Theater" I performed on two occasions, one in June 2016 and the other in October 2018. I participated in a play at the"Enrique Lizalde ́s Theater" in October 2017, both theaters located in Mexico City. I participated at the "Carnevale Italiano in Maschera" in Botticelli ́s Institute in March 2019. In December of the same year, I was invited to make a performance in the "Goethe Institute Christmas Festival" in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.”

– Vannessa Vilchis

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