O que não tem espaço está em todo lugar | What Has No Space Is Everywhere
Cinema Mentiré and Spectra present two short film programmes exploring queer Latinx diaspora experiences as part of InBetween: A V&A East Latinx Takeover
28 SEPTEMBER, 5-9 PM | UCL EAST ( Free event)
O que não tem espaço está em todo lugar | What Has No Space Is Everywhere is a double programme curated by Cinema Mentiré and Spectra. Through video, moving image and performance, these films delve into the complexities of identity, displacement, and belonging across diverse countries and cultures. Movimiento focuses on movement and bodies, showcasing dance and performance as tools of empowerment and emotional intimacy. Territorio examines identity, memory, and belonging, addressing themes of displacement and cultural synthesis.
Together, these two programmes explore the relationship between memory, cultural identity, gender performance, displacement and grief; they propose a dissolution of boundaries between individual and collective experiences. Featuring works from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela and the UK.
The title O que não tem espaço está em todo lugar | What Has No Space Is Everywhere is inspired by a short film of the same name by Jota Mombaça, a Brazilian interdisciplinary artist based in Europe. Blending travel diary and essay, that work guided us in the curation of this programme, affirming life and resistance even amid pain and interdiction for dissident bodies and subjectivities.
Content warning: the films might include scenes of nudity, sexuality and explicit content (Territorio) and violent references and images of corpses (Movimiento).
O que não tem espaço está em todo lugar | What Has No Space Is Everywhere is part of InBetween: A V&A East Latinx Takeover at UCL East Campus.
Join us on September 28 from 5 to 9pm, FREE ENTRY
MOVIMIENTO
dedicated to movement and bodies; showcasing dance and performance pieces that embody the dynamic nature of the queer Latinx diaspora. These works act to empower bodies most affected by the consequences and effects of colonisation, as well as diving into the emancipatory powers of emotional intimacy with oneself and community.
Hurakan Caress (chapters 1, 2 and 3) Joseph Funnell & Carlos Maria Romero aka Atabey Mamasita l 2020 | Colombia, UK
It's Hard to Speak, It's Hard to Hear Sophia Dias l 2023 | Brazil, UK
Anarriê Neto Astério l 2023 | Brazil
Femme Cowboy Sweatmother l 2022 | UK
In & Out Tanya V. Abelson l 2023 | Argentina, Germany
Nuestras camas siguen en llamas / How Do We Sleep While Our Beds Are Burning? Arturo Maciel l 2024 | Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Uruguay, UK
TERRITORIO
focused on identity, memory and territory; exploring the complexities of being and belonging within a diaspora. These works also examine themes of displacement, cultural synthesis, and the search for home.
Sueños piratas / Pirate Dreams Carlos Zurita l 2024 | Bolivia
Arjiv Julieta Lande l 2021 | Argentina
El fósil se rompe / The Fossil Breaks Fiorella Angelini l 2021 | Chile, UK
Chi(le)na Yoksan Xu l 2023 | Chile
¿se puede deletrear la hoja? / can you spell the leaf? Valentina Alvarado Matos l 2022 | Venezuela, Spain
Desvio / Drift Flora Nakazone l 2020 | Brazil
The Atlantic Rainforest Cameron Llewellyn l 2024 | UK, Brazil
Memorias sinvergüenzas: Buenos Aires, 1979 / Shameless Memories: Buenos Aires, 1979 Alejo Duclós l 2023 | Argentina, Mexico, Spain
Transa e fronteira, ensayo de imágenes sidosas / Sex in the Frontier Nico Luna l 2024 | Argentina, Brazil