Marcela Villanueva Curator & Cultural Manager

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Archivo Madre

Project-development laboratory + lecture-performances

Period2022–2023
RoleProgramme development / production through Sorora e.V. and Karne Kunst; workshop led by Lola Arias
LocationBerlin
ContextSorora e.V.; Lola Arias Company; Karne Kunst; Fonds Darstellende Künste #takeHeart
CommunityBerlin-based artists across disciplines who mother and have migration histories
CategoriesProgramme Design Community Engagement Teaching & Mentoring Cultural Management & Funding
Themesmotherhood · migration · feminism · performance · artistic development
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Created by Marcela Villanueva as a long-term artistic development programme for Latin American migrant artists who mother, Archivo Madre was funded by the Fonds Darstellende Künste and developed in collaboration with Lola Arias Company and Karne Kunst. Under the artistic mentorship of Lola Arias, participants Jasmine Bakalarz, Laura Jiménez, Anna Mariscal, Nicol Rivera Aro, Laura Santos and Citlali Huezo developed personal archives around motherhood, migration and feminism into lecture-performances. The programme combined collective workshops, individual mentoring, an intensive development phase and childcare support, culminating in public presentations at Studio Я, Maxim Gorki Theater, within Gorki en Español. Belén Marinato led production for Karne Kunst, with dramaturgy and production by Laura Cecilia Nicolás / Lola Arias Company

A performer sits at a table with a microphone on a darkened stage beside a large projection of a woman in a white hat.
fig. 01Lecture-performance with projected archive material
A performer lies across a table under blue stage light, with the word INFERTIL written along one leg.
fig. 02Lecture-performance