PERFORMANCE

As a multimedia artist, Elizabeth Torres engages with poetry as a dynamic, experimental form that often intersects with various media, including sound, video, performance, and installations. Her performances are not merely readings of poetry but immersive, interdisciplinary experiences that challenge traditional boundaries of poetic expression. These live or virtual presentations combine spoken word with layered sonic environments, visual elements, and performative actions, creating a multi-sensory space for audiences to engage deeply with the themes of the work.

The performance of poetry within this context is viewed as a means of immediate, visceral communication. By blending poetic language with other forms of artistic expression, Torres’s work invites audiences to experience the convergence of multiple registers—auditory, visual, and tactile—while conveying complex social and cultural narratives. The work often addresses urgent topics such as environmental action, migration, neurodivergence, identity, and the broader political landscape of contemporary society. Through these performances, Madam Neverstop seeks to amplify underrepresented voices and foster a deeper understanding of how these critical issues intersect and shape collective experiences.

The interdisciplinary nature of Torres’s performances is central to her artistic practice. By combining poetry with sound, visual art, and interactive installations, she delivers messages that are not only intellectually engaging but also emotionally resonant. The performances unfold as immersive, time-based works that encourage reflection on the interconnectedness of humanity and the environment. The audience is invited to actively participate in the unfolding of the narrative, experiencing the themes and concepts not just as abstract ideas but as embodied, living processes.

Torres’s work aims to dissolve the conventional separation between poetry and other artistic forms, positioning poetry as a foundational medium through which to explore and respond to pressing societal issues. Her performances bring attention to the power of language in shaping perception and action, and they highlight the ways in which poetry can be a tool for ecological and social advocacy, identity formation, and community-building.

In these performances, the integration of visual media and soundscapes becomes a crucial vehicle for narrative depth. The audience is often immersed in visual projections, video clips, and sound art, all of which resonate with the themes of the poetry. This multimedia approach ensures that the message conveyed is not only received intellectually but also felt viscerally, creating a profound and lasting impact. These performances thus serve as dynamic spaces where the boundaries between artist and audience, poetry and performance, thought and action, blur, offering opportunities for shared reflection and dialogue.

Through this combination of live performance, digital technologies, and multimedia art, Torres’s poetic works transcend the traditional confines of the page, becoming living, breathing expressions of urgent, contemporary concerns.