This discussion seeks to open a space for critical thinking, dialogue, and empathy to understand the festival as a political practice, a cultural right, and a collective refuge where forms of resistance, re-existence, and real social networks are activated in the face of multiple contemporary forms of violence: institutional, social, aesthetic, economic, and technological.
La Tomasa proposes a necessary reflection: What does it mean to celebrate together in a city like Barcelona, at a time when the control of bodies, data, territories, and daily life is intensifying?
This space aims to: Highlight how festivals function as spaces for encounter and defense of public space. Recognize the festival as an act of cultural resistance for migrant, racialized, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Explore the idea of refuge, where the festival, dance, and the body construct care, belonging, and political possibility.
Incorporate a critical reading of the risks that the threats of technocapitalism pose to community practices.
Guests at the conversation:
Frau Diamanda
“She is a translator, writer, transvestite audiovisual artist, musician, drag performer, independent curator, cultural promoter, DJ, and occasional actress.”
Alexxxis Lima
“A self-taught non-binary trans artist, performer, art director, producer, and founder of the Peruvian collective VICHOS and the audiovisual content platform LIMA GORE TV.”
Xeito Fole
“A transmedia artist, researcher, and queer cultural activist. Her artistic practice questions contemporary modes of production, networked culture, and digital media, positioning the image not only as a means of representation but also as a political and affective territory.”
