On Tuesday, July 23 at 7:00 p.m. the final session of Itinerancias (2023-2024)) will take place, a program of talks in which I have participated already. This final panel discussion aims to be a closure, pointing out the important of the dialogue of different kinds of knowledge in rural territories. "The meeting will take place in Deluz (C. Ramón y Cajal, 18, 39005 Santander, Cantabria). In this case where we will talk about cultural rights in Cantabria together with Ricardo Antón (Colaborabora), Amanda Díaz Ubierna (Camino Lebaniego Foundation), Seila Fernández Arconada (multidisciplinary artist and researcher), Lucio González (senior technician in forest and natural environment management), María Montesino (coordinator of Itinerancies) and Jazmín Beirak, general director of Cultural Rights of the Ministry of Culture."
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I am pretty honoured and proud of having participated in the summer school "Trauma-Informed Art Practices", this course/collective experience I was part of in Kyiv has been very enriching and a whole embodied learning.
Thanks to all who made it happening particularly to Veronika, Henry, Darren, Oksana, Revaz and all the participants who managed something very unique: creating a collective "safe space" in times of war in Ukraine. Дякую! ![]() The international webinar "Art and Politics, Decolonial Aesthetics and Social Movements" organised by Dirección General de Vinculación Cultural de la Secretaría de Cultura de México was such an inspiring space. Despite the distance and that it was done online, it was very dynamic and meaningful. This course took place in 8 sessions of approx 3 hours along the months of May and June 2024. I love leading projects but also having the possibility to participate as student from time to time then I can update and learn from vibrant and meaningful projects that are happening in Abya Yala and other territories. Thanks to the organisers and all the participants and in particular to the researcher facilitator Francisco De Parres Gómez. Last week, I participated in the round table presenting the research group "Art, Research and Feminisms" of the Basque Country University in which I am part of together with amazing women artists, activists, professors, researchers... I had the chance to see again after long time.
This very special evening took place in Artium (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del País Vasco. Artium Museoa), after so much work we managed to create a collective publication "Me la pelas, Kant, Reflections about Decoloniality and Feminisms in Art and Academic research" where I have contributed with two chapters as well as the documentary "Cuando el Ayer es Hoy" ("When yesterday is today") and some other outcomes that keep growing... Gracias a todas por esto y más! I am so so pleased to share that next Tuesday I will be in Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del País Vasco. Artium Museoa to present the research group "Art, Research and Feminisms" in which I am part of together with amazing women artists, activists, professors, researchers... who I will be able to see again!
We will share about the research group, the process and some outcomes we have created along the way, including the book "Me la pelas, Kant, Reflections about Decoloniality and Feminisms in Art and Academic research" where I have contributed with two chapters as well as the documentary "Cuando el Ayer es Hoy" ("When yesterday is today") about the collective action created in Vitoria and Proyecto Archivo. Very much looking forward! I am well honoured to share that from Monday I will be the guess visitor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change. An exchange focusing on how artistic research methodologies could engage with climate change scientific research tackling climate change, ecosocial crisis, collective care, transdisciplinarity, decolonial approaches among others.
In addition, I will be giving a seminar about the topics and transdisciplinary collaborations I have been working on in the last years. Looking forward to this experience, thanks to BC3 for this special invitation. I am really happy to share some images of our latest collective journey "Harvesting Hope: Artistic Alchemy and Collective Care for Eco-Social Renewal" that took place in the unique setting of Lutter am Barrengerge, Germany between March 15th to 24th, 2024.
"This project focused on the dynamic intersection of Art, Alchemy, and collective Care, drawing inspiration from ancestral and alternative practices while envisioning future scenarios of eco-social renewal. Participants had the opportunity to explore these topics while actively participating in the alchemical process of artistic creation. Through hands-on collaborative artistic methods, we explored and interacted with Nature, reflecting on the ongoing eco-social crisis to propose new questions and explore other forms of engagement in connection to topics like sustainability, climate change, extractivism, etc. The collective path was designed as a (co)habiting experience where a program was integrated with reflective transdisciplinary activities on how to shift on present and future scenarios, spaces of creation such as “how to become more ecosystems” or participatory frames for collective creations such the creation of tarot cards based on the eco-social crisis, reflections on post-truth (news) narratives, collective sound and painting creations as well as other artistic experiments taking place outdoors in the natural surroundings. This immersive collaborative path enabled the final creation of collaborative processes experienced by all participants. The project was designed by Seila Fernández Arconada as a hybrid format, blending elements of a training course and an experimental artistic laboratory. " I would like to thank so much to the team of Lernlabor for such incredible support, Peter, Nita and Salome, also to the local community at the Lutter Castle, the partner organisations Logos NGO, MOON10PRODUCTIONS, Asociación Cultural La Ortiga and Progetto Giovani Padova for sending such unique and motivated participants. Gratitude extends to all participants who contributed to this exceptional and deeply meaningful journey, where hope blossomed from our collective unity and the constellation of synergies that continue to expand and will keep growing in the future. @Seilafdza #erasmusplusyouth #jugendfuereuropa #harvestinghope In 2023, most of my work was designing, coordinating and curating the international project "Post Truth? Countering Disinformation Narratives", this project was incredibly challenging taking me to Ukraine, Poland, Germany and France but at the same time so rewarding. My artistic practice is completely based on research and during this time I managed to get immersed in a topic that became a whole in itself, from concept to practice, from global to local, post truth is actually embodied by all, it is a challenging and complex topic of the area we are living, we face misinformation and fake narratives every day and this is shaping opinions, understandings and decisions globally. Having been in Ukraine and literally being bombed nearby while running the residency, changes many perspectives, as from start bonds between all the artists involved became very important for this collaborative project. This is the most important from every singe socially engaged art project, every artistic collaboration I do but in this project became something else, became to be 8 days of thinking, caring, reflecting, exploring, creating but together. Each residency and exhibition was a whole logistic challenge but meanwhile inspiration, synchronicity and collaboration really took place. The legacy of this project is the little (big) network created by intertwined artistic practices that went deep into the topic of post truth and from where we managed to create, thank you to all the artists involved in this project, I am very pleased to have learnt from each of you. Also to all organisers, collaborators, helpers, visitors, thank you. Here you can see the final results: All the process here with information, photos and more: www.posttruthproject.net The online publication about the final exhibition in Berlin Germany: https://online.fliphtml5.com/pyenz/vukf/ The films made about each collective process in Ukraine, Poland and Germany: #posttruthproject
Recently I was very pleased to facilitate the Study visit of the project Inter(relation) path. INTER(RELATION) PATH is an international project focusing on artistic research as a tool for creating an inclusive society. This exchange explores the topic of migration as a means of creation to promote social inclusion and intercultural dialogue. The three selected artists from an international call are Noelia A. Ferreira (Spain), Kamil Druk (Poland) and Jannik Trapp (Germany). The Study Visit organised by Lernlabor took place from 28th of February to 2nd of March in Berlin. During this time, we focused on learning about the topic of migration from embodied experiences we all have to conceptual geopolitical reflections. We began learning from all participants both artists and organisers mapping connections between us and migration. Thanks to Mohamad from Refugee Voices Tour, we had a simulation workshop imagining a hypothetical future Europe where it sees the rise of radical political parties in most of Europe. As well, we had a day visiting exhibitions connected to the topic where we learnt from local context to international perspectives created by migrant communities. This included the exhibition “We call it Revolution. Transnational Activism in Berlin” at the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum, “Between Bridges” by the Kyiv Perennial program part of the 5th Kyiv Biennial, the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation and the opening exhibition “Echoes of the Brother Countries” at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. This ground for collective reflection is the first stage of this project which will continue with a residency in Spain and a final exhibition in Poland. INTER(RELATION) PATH is carried out by the lead organisation: Creando por Soria (Spain) with partners: Lernlabor(Germany) and Logos (Poland). Photos: Cristina Ortega Blanco and Seila Fdz Arconada |
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