Mariana Obersztern (Buenos Aires – Argentina, 1961)
Author and theater director, Obersztern has developed intense work in the field of visual arts. She studied at the Escuela de Danza-Teatro of UBA and completed the Art History Program of UBA.
Her pieces include Kandinsky, Dens in dente (Proyecto Museos), Lengua madre sobre fondo blanco, El aire alrededor (Ciclo Biodrama), Espina no peito (Ciclo Performance Revolución), Si el destino viene a mí, Inspiratio, Kantor. Wielopole, Mezrich, Wielopole (Ciclo Invocaciones), Oberek, un bemol mayor (CTBA) and the performances Pensamiento, cantidad necesaria (UBA), Remontando el Nidrog (MAMBA), La cabeza es un escenario (PROA. Direccionario), El gran ensayo (MNBA. Bienal de performance), La voz absoluta (Art Basel Cities), Una conversación Francesa, together with Agustina Muñoz (MALBA. Filba), Dramaturgia para una conferencia. Mario Bersztern (FIBA) These works have been showcased at festivals such as FIBA, Experimenta Teatro, Mercosur and Theater Der Welt.
She has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Trinidad Guevara, Florencio Sánchez, Clarín and Teatro del Mundo.
In 2006 and 2007 she was chosen to organize the theater programming of the CCRojas, where she developed the series Inversión de la carga de la prueba. As a curator, she also developed Una teoría sobre el espacio (Prisma KH) and En el nombre del nombre. Cinco obras (CCK).
Her plays and essays have been published by Teatro Vivo, Libretto and Excursiones.