La conquesta del pol sud

the company

On stage, we use different ‘languages’ —the text, music, sound, lighting, movement, etc. We are continually drawn to investigate the unlimited combinations or interactions that take place between these elements. We have an established artistic team; what is vital for us is to find a unique format for each of our individual pieces. What binds us together is continual interest and investigation, via which we are permanently developing our stage language.

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team

Carles Fernández Giua

Playwright/dramaturg and director

Bachelor in Law and Theater Direction. After studying Art History and visual arts (sculpture), he chose the theater for the possibility it offers to integrate the different live and plastic arts. In 2009 he created together with Eugenio Szwarcer the company La Conquesta del Pol Sud. From its origins, the company’s work has explored the connection between many compelling themes of daily life using theatre as a space for collective debate. He collaborates with the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona as a staging teacher.

Eugenio Szwarcer

Set and video design

Studied in Argentina and Barcelona. The essential themes of his work are the interaction between the action on stage and projected image and the use of space as an expressive element and engine for resistance and movement. He has worked with international artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Catalan such as Carme Portaceli. Resident Artist at KVS Brussels Seasons 2018-21.

Damien Bazin

sound design

He studied sound techniques in Paris. In France he has worked at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, and at the MC93 theater in Bobigny among other organisations. In 2002 he did his first work with Carles Santos as sound designer at the Villette in Paris. Based in Barcelona, he has worked also with directors Anna Llopart, Carol López, Magda Puyo, Joan Ollé, Roger Bernat, la Fura dels Baus, Julio Manrique, Jordi Casanovas and Oriol Broggi.

Luís Martí

light design

He studied in Barcelona and Valencia. He has worked with the most important directors in the country on a special collaboration at Barcelona’s Sala Beckett. He has collaborated with La Conquesta del Pol Sud on different productions including Macbeth, Contra la Democracia, Variacions sobre el model de Kraepelin, producing extremely expressive light designs specifically designed to combine with projected image.

Irene Vicente Salas

MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION

She joined the company structure in 2022, assuming responsibility for the production and management of the company. She has experience as a producer and manager at Àlex Rigola's Heartbreak Hotel company and experience in the creation and dramaturgy of her own pieces and the accompaniment of other people's shows.

The symbiosis of the two branches allows the management of the company to be carried out from the artistic and dramaturgical understanding that it requires.