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Nana de esta pequeña era / This little era lullaby, 2019
Audiovideo. Co-authored and co-produced with Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca for Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead, Bergen Assembly, 5.9-10.11-2019, curated by Hans D. Christ and Iris Dressler in collaboration with Murat Deha Boduroğlu, Banu Cennetoğlu, María García, Hiwa K, Katia Krupennikova, Viktor Neumann, Paul B. Preciado, Pedro G. Romero, Simon Sheikh, and Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa, Bergen, Norwey.
This audiovideo belongs to the project Canciones de la Guerra Social Contemporánea (Songs of the Contemporary Social War), 2019, curated by María García and Pedro G. Romero, who has been endeavouring to reconstruct and put into circulation the songbook assembled by Debord under that title. Twenty-seven songs are presented in different ways – in compilations, concerts, performative presentations and grouped together with informational material. Artists contributing to the project include: Kiko Veneno, Maria Arnal, Christina Rosenvinge, Lorena Álvarez, Maialem Lujambo, Rocio Márquez, Andrés Duque, Julio Jara, Tomás de Perrate / Proyecto Lorca / María Marín, Javiera de la Fuente / José Ismael Sierra and Bettina Flatter.
After tracing Debord’s “Nana de la Zarzuela” (Zarzuela Lullaby), a 1981 remake of Lorca & La Argentinita’s 1931 recording of the popular “Nana de Sevilla” (Seville Lullaby), we brought to our present a lullaby for a deeply damaged sociopolitical context. Lullabies tend to name a monster (el coco) or a terrifyng danger to warn babies to protect themselves. When the listener begins to drift into sleep, the singer progressively omits words until the song dissapears. The ideal lullaby, Lorca said, would be the one built with only two note
video: https://vimeo.com/356922788 [ask me for the password]
Bergen Assembly Crew on the move
I am going to chop some wood at the Partisan Café tomorrow
I am happy to announce that I am now a part of the Bergen Assembly team, working with the lovely Victoria Trunova on communation and I am really looking forward to the opening weekend of the September programme!