Polisèmies del silenci I

Polysemies of silence proposes to critically explore the constructed oblivion and the different ways in which silence operates to legitimise domination, erect colonial history as a unique discourse or privilege some voices over others when narrating migrations.

This collective proposal by Sabers migrants and Jiser Reflexions Mediterrànies includes a creative proposal and a public programme of activities, which is framed within the exhibition The Possibility of Not Having Been. The self-published publication of the same title, which connects counter-histories and memories of resistance.

This cycle of activities, which begins in October, proposes different formats (talks, radio and workshop), as spaces for listening and dialogue to weave together a collective cartography, from a critical point of view that questions epistemic violence and the mechanisms of colonial power.

• 19.10.23 / 18 h / Agora (Exhibition spaces) / Conversation: Polysemias del silencio. Dialogues and collective creations.  

A shared dialogue between the artists who have participated in the publication and collective creation of Polisemies of silence. There will be a final space for open debate with the public.

With the participation of Ida Barbati, Houari Bouchenak, Nora Daoud, Xavier de Luca, Paula Durán, Guerthy Gutiérrez, Hichem Merouche, Araceli Muñoz, Saber Lech-hab, Danilo Marinho, Boris Mercado, Camila Opazo Sepúlveda, Maria Eugenia Piola, Alejandra Rocabado and Soukaïna Sentissi.

• 20.10.23 / 18 h / Bar Lounge / Kalima.radio 1: Commons territories to confront silence  

Radio programme in "false live" from the Bar Lounge. We propose a collective and plural dialogue that vindicates the importance of weaving common, horizontal, communal and critical territories to confront the violence of colonial silence. A space open to the reading of texts, listening to sound fragments and debate with the public.

Dialogues created between: Ida Barbati, Houari Bouchenak, Xavier de Luca, Guerthy Gutiérrez, Araceli Muñoz, Saber Lech-hab, Boris Mercado, Camila Opazo Sepúlveda, Maria Eugenia Piola and Alejandra Rocabado.

Radio programme facilitators: Nora Daoud, Paula Durán, Danilo Marinho and Soukaïna Sentissi.

• 21.10.23 / 11'30 h / Agora (Exhibition Spaces) / Workshop: Creative fragments and plural stories.
  (Approx. duration: 2 hours). 

A participative workshop will be held on the basis of the collective creation proposal: Polisemias del silencio, within the exhibition The possibility of not having been. 7 decolonial interferences.

A space to critically feel and think about the realities shown in the works of this proposal of collective creation, traversed by colonial silence. The workshop proposes a process of sharing in order to weave together a collaborative cartography, from a critical viewpoint that questions epistemic violence and the mechanisms of colonial power.

Facilitators: Ida Barbati, Xavier de Luca, Boris Mercado and Camila Opazo Sepúlveda.

• 26.10.23 / 18 h / Agora (Exhibition spaces) / Conversation: Memories of bodies in absence. 

A space for dialogue to critically address how silence operates to produce the erasure, the constructed oblivion and the non-existence of bodies subalternised by colonial power. Participants will raise this question from different contexts or realities, such as the context of armed violence in Colombia or the situation experienced by the families of people who have disappeared at sea. An activity to weave memories that vindicate the right of everyone not to be erased and to exist.

With the participation of Jimena Andrade, Daniel Andújar and Fabian Villegas Pozos.

Moderation: Alejandra Rocabado and Ida Barbati.

Links of interest: 

sabersmigrants.net 

jiser.org 

Cycle promoted by Sabers migrants and Jiser Reflexions Mediterrànies in the framework of the exhibition The possibility of not having been.

In collaboration with the Barcelona Intercultural Programme of the Ajuntament de Barcelona, the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Diputació de Barcelona.

 Biographies of the participants