
Aquelarre
December 13, 2024 - 5:30pm
Free. This event is dedicated to the network of Latin American artists in Quebec, Las Brujas.
Event in Spanish
An aquelarre is a ritual gathering among women. Developed in collaboration with Helena Martin Franco, this event is inspired by Gloria Anzaldúa’s feminism and her practice of spiritual activism. The gathering will be held in Spanish.
This event is part of the program Writing With the Body
Initiated and organized by Marcela Borquez, Renata Cervetto and Carla Rangel, Writing With the Body is a one-month public program running at the SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art from November 19 to December 14, 2024. Conceived as a collective learning space, the program will include the intensive workshop, as well as round tables, screenings, activations, and activities open to everyone. Contributions by artists Verena Melgarejo, Amanda Gutiérrez, Florencia Sosa Rey, Colectiva Polea and Helena Martin Franco, will foster a deeper exploration of Anzaldúa’s work and legacy. The public program has been put together in partnership with Artenso (Research and Innovation Centre for Art and Social Engagement), LabARD (Arts Research Laboratory in Decoloniality of UQAM), centre Turbine, OMEC-INRS (Observatory of Cultural Mediations) and DARE-DARE.
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Helena Martin Franco was born in Cartagena, Colombia, and has lived and worked in Tiohtiá:ke-Montreal-Mooniyang since 1998. She is part of several contemporary art dissemination collectives, including one in Quebec: L'Araignée. Her transdisciplinary practice explores the blending of different artistic processes and the hybridization between traditional techniques and new technologies. Through autofictions, she unveils the permeability of cultural identity borders. Her artistic proposals engage in dialogues about sexist violence, immigration, and censorship in art. She holds a Master's degree in Visual and Media Arts from the University of Quebec in Montreal.
Marcela Borquez is a Mexican cultural worker based in Montreal, with a focus on the relationships between art and pedagogies, collective engagement, and questions of identity and belonging. She has developed public programs in collaboration with cultural and community organizations. As a member of the artist network Red de Pedagogías Empáticas, she coordinated the publication Bisagra: Pedagogías Empáticas/Indisciplinas Artísticas (2022).