Her collaborative projects often involve marginalized groups, including war veterans, refugees, and individuals from the sex worker community, encompasses a wide array of mediums, including theatre, film, literature, music, and visual arts. Arias's approach to storytelling is to blend reality with fiction. and
Familienbande (
Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich, 2009), an exploration of contemporary family dynamics. Arias's work
That Enemy Within (
HAU, Berlin, 2010) engages identical twins in a discourse on identity.
The Year I was Born (Teatro a Mil, Santiago, 2012) is based on stories of individuals born during Pinochet's dictatorship.
Melancholy and Demonstrations (
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, 2012) delves into Arias's mother's depression, while
The Art of Making Money (
Stadttheater Bremen, 2013) confronts themes of fiction and compassion through the lens of beggars, prostitutes, and street musicians.
The Art of Arriving (
Stadttheater Bremen, 2015) discusses starting anew in a foreign land, with Bulgarian children in Germany as the focal point. while
Atlas des Kommunismus (
Maxim-Gorki Theater, Berlin, 2016) weaves together the stories of women from East Germany.
What They Want to Hear (
Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich, 2018) reconstructs the predicament of a Syrian archaeologist entangled in German bureaucracy, while
Futureland (
Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin, 2019) involves unaccompanied minors who migrated to Germany.
Ich bin nicht tot (Staatstheater Hannover and Theaterformen Festival, 2021) features individuals over sixty-five contemplating their societal roles amid the pandemic.
Mother Tongue explores reproduction in the twenty-first century through performances in Bologna, Madrid, and Berlin, while
Happy Nights (Theater Bremen, 2023) invites audiences into immersive spaces to contemplate themes of sex, money, lust, and pain alongside dancers and sex workers. Her theatrical works have been featured at
Festival d'Avignon, Lift Festival in London,
Under the Radar in New York, Theater Spektakel in Zurich,
Wiener Festwochen, Festival Theaterformen, and Spielart Festival in Munich. Her performances have been staged in
Théâtre de la Ville in Paris,
REDCAT in Los Angeles,
Walker Art Center in Minneapolis,
Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires,
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and
MoMA Museum in New York.
Films Arias's debut feature film,
Theatre of War (2018) – adapted from her stage production
Minefield – was presented at the 68th Forum of the
Berlinale Film Festival, receiving the CICAE Art Cinema Award, the
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Director Award at the 20th
BAFICI Festival. It was also awarded the
Movistar+ Prize for Best Documentary Film at Documenta Madrid and the Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Script. Her short film
Far Away from Russia (2021) was commissioned by the
Manchester International Festival. Her second feature film,
Reas (2024), premiered at the 74th Forum of the
Berlinale Film Festival, reimagines the musical genre within a documentary framework, interweaving the narratives of cisgender women and transgender individuals who have experienced incarceration. The film blends their personal stories and encounters with music and choreography. Her films have been screened at international film festivals such as Berlinale, San Sebastian, and BFI. Her second feature film
Reas got the Best Documentary Award at the Luxemburg Film Festival.
Curatorship In the field of visual arts and curating, she initiated
My Documents, a lecture-performance series featuring artists from diverse backgrounds presenting their personal research. She conceived
Audition for a Demonstration, a durational performance involving spontaneous auditions for re-enacting past demonstrations. Notable exhibitions include
Stunt Double (Buenos Aires, 2016), consisting of four installations reconstructing the past 40 years of Argentinian social and political history through reenactments, interviews, and protest songs, as well as
Ways of Walking with a Book in Your Hand (Buenos Aires, 2017), a site-specific project for readers in libraries and public spaces.
Music She collaborated with Ulises Conti on the albums
Love is a Sniper (2007) and
Those Who do not Sleep (2011).
Publications Her publications include
Love is a Sniper (2007, Entropía),
The Postnuclear Ones (2011, Emecé), and
My Life After and Other Plays (2016, Penguin Random House), along with a bilingual edition of her play
Minefield (2017, Oberon Books). ==Works==