Explorations - About me

Research-based Artist and Lecturer. MA Human Rights (University College London), Lic. & BA Philosophy (PUCP). with post- graduate education in Humanitarian Diplomacy, International Public Law and Philosophy. I lecture courses linking Justice, Ethics and the Performing Arts at PUCP

My research explores the transformational effect of art on people and society. I explore the use of arts by international humanitarian organisations and civil society during and after crises; how arts help migrants and host communities to build bridges; the construction of identity and gender through arts; performance as a non- formal means for transitional justice. My latest work focuses on how acts of care contribute to memory and bringing people together.

I have over ten years of experience coordinating humanitarian action with the Red Cross, with missions in Africa, Americas, Europe and Middle East.

Transforming society through mindful agency and care

Recent Grants and Awards

2025 Research Projects Competition, PUCP - DFI
2024 Research Recognition Award 2023, VRI- PUCP
2023 Social Responsibility Award, FIRSU-PUCP
2023 FAI - PUCP
2022 Experimental Film Grants, Peruvian Ministry of Culture - DAFO
2022 Creation Projects Competition, PUCP - DFI

Performance Training

▪ Chanoyu Training, Urasenke School, Geneva, London, Lima, 2016-

(Kyojō: Daien-no-so, Hikitsugi)

▪ Performance Art Studies con Johannes DEIMLING Berlin/ Lima, 2022
▪ Pukllay with Augusto CASAFRANCA, Lima, 2021

▪ Cuentos con Palos with Ana CORREA, British Council, Lima , 2020
▪ Introduction to Noh, (Momijigare) with Isa TAKEDA, NohPlus, Stokhholm, 2020

▪ Introduction to Noh (Matsukaze) with Riko Sherhat , SOAS London 2017.
▪ Theatre of Transformation Catalysts Course with Rama MANI, Theatre of Transformation Academy, Oxford 2017

Education

▪ Hague Academy for International Law – International Public Law, July 2019
▪ UCL University of London —M.A. Human Rights, 2016- 2017
▪ DiploFoundation / University of Malta – Diploma in Humanitarian Diplomacy, March-June 2012
▪ Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) — Licentiate in Philosophy, 2005- 2007
▪ Graduate School PUCP — Master studies in Philosophy,2003- 2005
▪ Arts and Human Sciences PUCP — B.A. Philosophy, 1997-2002

Work Experience

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU (PUCP)

Lecturer in Performing Arts (Lima, Peru. March 2022 to the date)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Programme and Operations Coordinator (Quito, Ecuador– May 2022 -June 2023)

Humanitarian Coordination (Various Locations, July 2008-March 2019

UNIVERSIDAD DEL PACIFICO

Lecturer in Ethics (Lima, Peru. March 2021 to February 2022)

Independent

Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Researcher (Lima, Peru. April 2019- March 2022)

Diplo Foundation

Humanitarian Diplomacy Research Advisor (On-Line – March 2013 to the date)

Conferences - Papers

(Forthcoming) Session "Weaving Meaning: Fragmentation and Integration in Relational Art" into the Track Art, Music and Performance Studies for the LASA2026 Congress: Republic and Revolution, Paris, France, 26–30 May 2026.
(Forthcoming) "Embracing Modernity: Early years of Alfredo Gangotena in Paris and Two Unpublished Texts from 1920" in panel: Exilio y diásporas into the Track: Literature and Culture for the LASA2026 Congress: Republic and Revolution, Paris, France, 26–30 May 2026.
(2025) "Hanabi and Explorations: Retrieving Lost Memories Through the Use of Japanese Aesthetics in Peru" in panel Memory and Migration for the LASA/Oceania-Asia 2025 Hybrid Congress: Encounters and Connections between Asia, Oceania, and Latin America, Melbourne, Australia, 19–21 November 2025.
(2025) "Imágenes de [la ceremonia de] té en el anime” I Simposio Internacional de Estudios Japoneses: Industrias culturales del Japón contemporáneo, Lima, 29-31 October 2025.
(2025) "Voicing objects: Tea gatherings with Peruvian State Agents in the aftermath of the Internal Armed Conflict” 9th Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, 'Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability', Prague, 14-18 July.
(2025) "Proyecto Espíritus del Agua", VI Seminario Internacional de Artes Escénicas PUCP: "Tecnología y escena: una transformación constante", 28-30 de mayo de 2025.
(2025) "On being there: sharing a cup of tea as a methodology for justice and recovering of memory in Peru" Latin America Studies Association 2025 Hybrid Congress: Poner el cuerpo en Latinx América, San Francisco, USA, 23-26 May.
(2025) "Japanese Identity and Memory in «Hanabi» and «Explorations of Hospitality»", XV Conference On East-west Cross-cultural Relations: Dialogues And Exchanges Between The Luso-Hispanic World, The Middle East And Asia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 15-16 May 2025.
(2025) "Ceremonia de té, estéticas relacionales, éticas del cuidado y memoria", La noche de la filosofía 2025, Centro Cultural PUCP, 4 de abril de 2025.
(2024) "Using the Tea Ceremony as a tool for memory and justice" 10th Ocha Zanmai, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, December.
(2024) Exploraciones de hospitalidad: la ceremonia de té como herramienta de justicia transicional, Segundo Coloquio Internacional de Estudios de Arte y Cultura Iberoamérica-Japón, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Ciudad de México, 28 - 30 de August.
(2024) Compartiendo una taza de té: Investigación en la performance de la vida cotidiana, Noche Iberoamericana de l@s Investigador@s, Montevideo, 27 August.
(2024) Hospitality and Memory 8th Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, 'Memories in Transit', Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 18-20 July 2024
(2024) La ceremonia de té japonesa como instrumento para la memoria y la paz, Jornada Internacional de Estudios Japoneses, PUCP, Lima, junio.
(2024) Proyecto Restaurando vínculos, Centro de Estudios Orientales PUCP, Lima, 19 April

Video performance / Documentary

▪ (2023) Hospitality and Music – Lima [Short film] Dir. Julio Mora.

▪ (2023) Hospitality and Migration – Madre De Dios [Short film] Dir. Julio Mora.

▪ (2023) Hospitality and Memory – Ayacucho [Short film] Dir. Julio Mora. Official Selection New York Human Rights Film Festival 2023, FENACI 2023, 2024 Berlin Indie Film Festival, 15e édition du Festival de Cinéma Péruvien de Paris 2024, Muestra Cine + Vídeo Indígena Chile 2024.

▪ (2022, April) Breakfast: essay on the work of Arti Grabowski (Ft. Greta). [Video Performance] Lima/Berlin, Peru/Germany

▪ (2022, April) The Invitation : Non-Stop-Motion . [Video Performance] Lima/Berlin, Peru/Germany

▪ (2021) Tea for Memory: records of a performance at La Hoyada [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. 2021 Official Selection of The Film Festival for Democratic Memory (Spain), 2021 Official Selection of the Trujillo Film Festival, 2021 Muestra de Cine de los Pueblos Indígenas (Colombia), 13e Festival de Cinéma Péruvien de Paris (France) 2022, 2023 Knowmad Film Festival (Germany), Muestra Cine + Vídeo Indígena 2023 (Chile)

▪ (2020) Tea for Peace: video recording of a performance at the Place for Memory, Toleration and Social Inclusion, Peru Dir. Julio Mora.

▪ (2019) Hanabi [Short film on migration and identity], Peru: Trimedia. Screened at: El Placer de los Ojos (TV Peru -November 2020); AlEste/A l’Est 2020 Experimental Film Selection (June 2020); Lima OutFest Film Festival 2019 ). This movie is part of the permanent selection for Peruvian Nikkei Film Festival.

Performance

(2023, November) Restoring Links, NOS PUCP, Lima, Peru.
(2023, March) Remembering the Missing, ANFASEP Museum, Ayacucho, Peru.
(2022, August) Tea for Peace (Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki), La Carolina Park, Quito, Ecuador.
(2021, June) Remembering our Ancestors, performance at the Site Museum and Archaeological Sanctuary of Pachacamac, Lima, Peru.
(2020, November) Water Spirits, on-line storytelling event. British Council, Lima, Peru.
(2017, October) Dance for the Earth, World Future Council, UN Library at Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
(2017, June) Speaking from silence, Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group Conference, Oxford, UK.

Articles

(2023) “Voices in Silence: towards a somatic language of memory and care” Kaylla 2 - Prácticas escénicas, escenas de igualdad y mundos en común, 262-282.
(2023) “Reflections On Silence and Ritualised Hospitality” Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, Volume 28, 2023 - Issue 1: Oral History Performance, Listening and Transitional Justice, Guest Editors: Luis Carlos Sotelo Castro and Toni Shapiro-Phim, 83-91
(2021) “Mérito: Listening to the voice of the road” Routed Magazine, December 2021.
(2021) “Turkish Ninjas, Identity and Championing Sustainable Fashion — An Interview with Emre Pakel” Routed Magazine, August 2021.
(2021) “Life skills through music: A gift beyond music from Venezuela to Peru”, Routed Magazine, February 2021.
(2020) “Common visions: Two tales about migrants and members of host communities using videos to bring ideas and people together”, Oxford Migration Conference 2020, Routed Magazine, May 2020.
(2019) “Enacting justice: theatre as a means for transitional justice”, +MEMORIA(S) Revista Académica del Lugar de la Memoria, la Tolerancia y la Inclusión Social, September 2019.

Other Short Films

(2024) Nyongo [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. Insólito Film Festival (Peru)
(2023) Qunqay [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. 2023 Official Selection Insólito Film Festival (Peru)
(2023) K’uei [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. 2023 Almaty Underground Screening Series
(2022) Uranai [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. 2022 Official Selection Insólito Film Festival (Peru)
(2022) Okyaku [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. 2022 Official Selection Insólito Film Festival (Peru)
(2021) Qampic [Short film], Peru Dir. Julio Mora. 2021 Official Selection Insólito Film Festival (Peru), 2021 El Grito Film Festival (Venezuela), 2022 Censurados Film Festival (Peru), 17 Muestra Cine + Vídeo Indígena 2023 (Chile), 2024 Videograma International Video Art Festival (Colombia). This film is part of the permanent selection for Peruvian Nikkei Film Festival and the Video Art Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá (MAC).

Javier.Ormeno@pucp.pe

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