Programme

Ay ik marag (Oh! To you, the guest) delves into the world of the Amazigh island and the strategic position of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, a traumatic and symbolic gateway to Western modernity. The project proposes the construction of an immersive performance space to challenge hegemonic narratives and promote the reclamation of Guanche knowledge and practices, some of which are now silenced. An evocative space brimming with indigenous, African, European, and non-Western fusions.

Walking along the mouth of the Guadalhorce, traversing the currents of its history and past, we reconnect with the beings that inhabit and nourish it – the guardians of the marshes. Birds, flora, reptiles, and other creatures that pass through to nest and find shelter in this aquatic ecosystem that opens onto the sea.

The Mediterranean has always been navigable and continues to be so for migration and trade purposes. We'll talk about the history of our sea and the stories of the various people who attempt to cross it to reach Europe from Africa. Meanwhile, we'll try to build a raft and set it afloat with the help of master carpenter Alfonso Sánchez-Guitard from the Nereo shipyard. We'll see if it floats on Sunday November 10 at 10:30 am.

Visual artist Diego Delas has designed and conceptualized a series of banners that are a poetic tribute to the relationship between man and the Mediterranean Sea. Each banner, handmade from natural fabrics, incorporates shapes and symbols inspired by nature and the waves, evoking the light and colors of the coastline.

Macarena Gómez-Barris embarks on a fascinating exploration of coastal landscapes as sites of resistance, survival and ecological interconnectedness. Blending postcolonial and ecological perspectives, Gómez-Barris investigates how coastal regions, often ignored in global narratives, serve as vital frontiers where indigenous communities, marine life and local cultures resist and adapt to the encroachments of neoliberal exploitation and climate change.

This conference explores the history of racialization from coexistence in the Iberian Peninsula to colonization in the Americas, highlighting how racial exclusion emerged alongside territorial and economic expansion.

(Grounded Bodies, Flying Plasma: The Liquid Regime of Bodily Fluids) by Ivan López Munuera. Bodies are permeable and participate in a continuous exchange of fluids. These fluids circulate, merging desires and destinies, influencing health, and constructing an often unmanifested hydro-community. "Grounded Bodies, Flying Plasma" explores the history of the blood trade and transfusion and its relationship to imperialism and the AIDS crisis.

A living anthology of the sea is a poetic performance created by Ángelo Néstore and Violeta Niebla, which proposes an intimate journey along the shores of the Mediterranean, using poetry as a vehicle to explore desire, sexual-bodily diversity and hybridization. This lively, constantly evolving anthology reveals the multiple layers of meaning interwoven in this geographical and symbolic space.

The performance in Málaga inaugurates a new chapter, number IX, made specifically in relation to the hybrid and complex sounds of this region and its possible echoes in other parts of the Mediterranean, from the medieval cantigas of Santa María, to Algerian raï, via Lole and Manuel or the urban news of the rapper Huda.

As if returning home with the curious eyes of a visitor, brothers Alejandro and Víctor Hernández delve into the musical traditions of their native Murcian garden with Maestro Espada, a captivating project where analog synthesizers mix with castanets and lutes, demonstrating that electronics can also be folklore. Culture is what we create together: song, bread, war.

Walking along the mouth of the Guadalhorce, traversing the currents of its history and past, we reconnect with the beings that inhabit and nourish it – the guardians of the marshes. Birds, flora, reptiles, and other creatures that pass through to nest and find shelter in this aquatic ecosystem that opens onto the sea.

The Mediterranean has always been navigable and continues to be so for migration and trade purposes. We'll talk about the history of our sea and the stories of the various people who attempt to cross it to reach Europe from Africa. Meanwhile, we'll try to build a raft and set it afloat with the help of master carpenter Alfonso Sánchez-Guitard from the Nereo shipyard. We'll see if it floats on Sunday November 10 at 10:30 am.

The Mediterranean has always been navigable and continues to be so for migration and trade purposes. We'll talk about the history of our sea and the stories of the various people who attempt to cross it to reach Europe from Africa. Meanwhile, we'll try to build a raft and set it afloat with the help of master carpenter Alfonso Sánchez-Guitard from the Nereo shipyard. We'll see if it floats on Sunday November 10 at 10:30 am.

Visual artist Diego Delas has designed and conceptualized a series of banners that are a poetic tribute to the relationship between man and the Mediterranean Sea. Each banner, handmade from natural fabrics, incorporates shapes and symbols inspired by nature and the waves, evoking the light and colors of the coastline.

This visual and sensory experience presents the coexistence of two women interacting on stage, inspired by the myth of the double, a theme explored since the Romantic era in literature, film, and philosophy. The dance, flamenco, percussion, and visual poetry of one woman give form to the voice, instrument, melody, and sung poetry of the other.