What makes Horizon worth watching, in your opinion?

"Manuela's unique directorial style, which at first seems to be all over the place but then gradually becomes more focused. The methods she uses to tell her story are just as interesting in their nature as in their improbable combination. She truly creates her own universe, allowing for a personal testimony around the subject she develops. The theme is also very challenging: how do we deal with the horizon, adventure, and the unknown? What remains of all the information we've absorbed throughout our lives? Is that what makes us human? The show doesn’t provide answers, but it has the merit of raising questions on this topic, which I find essential."

What do you consider to be the unknown in the world or in another person?

"The unknown is what we do not know, but what we try to imagine based on things we do know, arranged in a certain disorder. To imagine something, we always start with things we are familiar with; otherwise, it would be impossible to describe them. It is the arrangement of these things that creates space for the known or the unknown. These two worlds, the known and the unknown, constantly feed each other and, in my opinion, are synonymous with life. Our entire lives, we are confronted with the unknown, and to deal with it, we have as tools our past experiences and the testimonies of others (the known). 

This curiosity or fear of life, of the disorder it imposes on us, allows us to see the world as a place full of beautiful creatures or monsters. Being curious about the unknown is to accept that the world is in motion, just as our thoughts are, that knowledge doesn’t truly exist, but that learning is a journey that never ends because each generation leaves a legacy for the next to keep the fire burning."

How does Horizon relate to your own relationship with your parents, now or in the past?

Horizon is also about our legacy, our history, about how we as parents can pass things on to our children, and how we as children have been able to accept what has been passed down to us. This piece is about relationships between generations. There’s a kind of reciprocity in the parent-child relationship that really speaks to me. That moment when the order of things is reversed. Knowledge suddenly seems to have shifted sides. People sometimes say that 'the student has surpassed the teacher.' To me, the goal is not to surpass the master, but to succeed in being yourself. And being yourself means being clear enough to choose what you want to keep from your inheritance."

Is art for you a way to better understand the unknown? Or does it create more questions for which we can’t formulate answers?

"What’s interesting about this piece is that Manuela talks about the unknown through science and uses art to convey her thoughts. In the end, she is as scientific in her field as her father is in his. Art and science are fields that allow us to better understand the unknown because they encourage experimentation, research, and reflection. Despite critics, these are the places where mistakes are most tolerated. There’s no such thing as an exact science, just as there’s no such thing as a form of art that everyone agrees on. We always please a certain audience, just as we sometimes come to certain certainties that are challenged by other experiences and processes."

How could you link the story of Horizon to your own personal experiences?

"In a nutshell, the Horizon project reminds me of a Sufi proverb that, in a way, has become a guiding principle for my thinking, which says 'there is YOUR truth, there is MY truth, and there is THE truth,' and THE truth lies somewhere in the unknown between MINE and YOURS."

Did you encounter anything unfamiliar (unknown) during the creation process?

"For me, making theater has always been a way to get to know people I didn’t yet know on a deep level. During the making of the show, I came into contact with people I had met before at KVS, but had never really gotten to know. Above all, it’s the magic that happens in new encounters that makes me happy. That’s always my first interesting discovery when creating a piece. And to be honest, I wasn’t very familiar with the concept of the horizon."