KOSMOVISIONEN DES EROTISCHEN – COSMOVISIONES DE LO ERÓTICO

The project consists of an event to approach the erotic from a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective. Poetry, dance, music and performance were the central means of the event.

The activities related to poetry, panels and conversations were offered in different languages (Mayan language of Mexico, Spanish and German). On this event we offered the opportunity to listen to erotic poems written by a group of Mayan poets from Mexico «X kusamo’ob». Likewise, Prof. Dr. Yvette Bürki (UniBE) gave a talk on multimodality in erotic poetry.

The two workshops offered (tango, sound and percussion) offered the opportunity to explore eroticism through the body and senses. Mainly focused on promoting connection with our body and sensory abilities through movement and sound. A performance was also held that that explored the relationship with textiles and the body.

In the following audio you will be able to hear (in Spanish) some of the reflections on the «erotic» that arose during the event’s activities:

Listen to «COSMOVISIONES DE LO ERÓTICO»

VISIONEN AUS DEM SÜDEN

Within the framework of the «Aktionswoche der Stadt Bern gegen Rassismus» we organized an event with the collaboration of the «Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB)». We carried out various activities, including the dynamic «collective body» (Sara Lucía Quiroga Fetiva and Lena Sigrist) and the screening of the documentary «Negra» by Medhin Tewolde with whom we had an online discussion. We also thanks the support of the Mexican embassy through Daniel Tamayo Astie and Sebastian Marquinez.

Listen to «Kollektiver Körper»

IDENTITÄT

Within the framework of the «MUlticultural, MUltilingual, MIgration WORKSHOPS» We held a workshop on the use of poetry to explore and express identity. With the results of the workshop, a book was prepared that you can download for free here:

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BURIAL

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As part of the dismantling of the «Las Americas» hall of the Historical Museum of Bern, a poetry recital was held to honor and recognize the objects that were part of this exhibition.

Likewise, the following text was read:

ENTIERRO

Mariana González

Granito, roca volcánica, caliza, basalto, obsidiana, barro, concha, hueso, carne y sonido.

Por tantos giros, tantas luces y obscuridades, ustedes, han danzado bailes estáticos, se han sentado y observado, con sus cuerpos desnudos, sus estilos y sus maneras, sus hermosos ornamentos, nos han enseñado la lengua, los dientes, comunicando con sepulcral afonía.

Continuarán ahora los senderos, guiados por los guardianes.

En un continuo serpenteo, entre el aquí y el allá.

Canto, para que confíen en estos perros, que algún día, traerán de vuelta sus huesos.

Trago, mi corazón e intento colocarlo de nuevo en mi pecho, para pedir, que nos visiten en sueños y visiones.

Con respeto, nostalgia, tristeza, latidos de tambor enervado, ofrendamos símiles sonidos del pasado y de quienes ahora somos.

Algunos sonidos, que sus figuras mutiladas, han atestiguado, en la totalidad de sus tiempos.

Ahora en silenciosos, ecos, que es lo único, que nos queda.

Granite, volcanic rock, limestone, basalt, obsidian, mud, shell, bone, flesh, and sound.

Through so many turns, so many lights and darkness, you have danced static dances, you have sat down and watched, with your naked bodies, your styles and manners, your beautiful ornaments, you have taught us your language, your teeth, communicating with sepulchral hoarseness.

The paths will now continue, guided by the guardians.

In a continuous meandering, between here and there.

I sing, so you trust these dogs, that one day, will bring back your bones.
I swallow my heart and try to place it back on my chest, to ask you that to visit us in dreams and visions.

With respect, nostalgia, sadness, enervated drumbeats, we offer similar sounds from the past and who we are now.

Some sounds, that your mutilated figures, have witnessed, in all their times.

Now in silent, echoes, which is the only thing that we have left.

Listen to Entierro

Janal Pixan, the Mayan tradition of the Day of

the Dead in Mexico

Within the framework of the «Día de Muertos» event organized by the Mexican embassy in Switzerland and the Historical Museum of Bern, we carried out guided tours (in collaboration with Susan Marti) for visitors to talk about the «Berner Totentanz» by the artist Niklaus Manuel and the traditions and rituals related to death in Mexico. Likewise, we held workshops where the participants could learn about the tradition of «Janal Pixan» or the Day of the Dead of the Mayan area of Mexico. To complement the workshops we present an exhibition of photographs donated by Prof. Francisco Fernández Reppeto, a specialist in visual anthropology from the Faculty of Anthropological Sciences of the Autonomous University of Yucatan.

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PARENTS AND CHILDREN ACTIVITIES

Within the framework of the «Aktionswoche der Stadt Bern gegen Rassismus», various activities were carried out such as: reading books with the theme of structural racism, dancing to the rhythm of music from all over the world, among other.

Identidades sonoras, poemas y sus voces en lenguas de México, traducidos al español y al bernés

Sound-visual installation of 6 poems in Mexican languages that we translated into Bernese German. The original audios were created by the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for its digital platform «Descarga Cultura.UNAM». The installation was placed in various places in the city of Bern: PROGR, Bernisches Historisches Museum, Institute of Hispanic Language and Literatures of the University Bern, Verein am See, Kornhausbibliothek, Embassy of Mexico in Switzerland and Radio Rabe.

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LISTEN TO: Ofrenda – miudi gaab – Isaac Carrillo

LISTEN TO: NUESTRA INFANCIA – ÜSI CHINDHEIT – JUAN GREGORIO REGINO

LISTEN TO: TONANTZIN – MARDONIO CARBALLO

LISTEN TO: LOS MUERTOS HABLAN DE AMOR – DI TOTE REDE VOR LIEBI – MANUEL ESPINOSA

LISTEN TO: BORDADORAS – SI STICKE – RUPERTA BAUTISTA

LISTEN TO: MUCHAS LUNAS – MOND UM MOND UM MOND… – IRMA PINEDA

SOUNDS OF YUCATAN

We participated in the «Zuhören, Ohren auf Reisen» project with the elaboration of a podcast where we talked about the sounds of the city of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

LISTEN TO ZUHÖREN, Ohren auf Reisen

EL RETO DE LA MATERNIDAD EN EL PROCESO DE INTEGRACIÓN, DUELO MIGRATORIO Y RENACIMIENTO EN EL NUEVO PAIS

With the invitation of Miluska Praxmarer we participated in the Vox Mundi program of Radio Rabe. During the broadcast we talked about the challenges faced by migrant women who come to live in Switzerland.

LISTEN TO EL RETO DE LA MATERNIDAD EN EL PROCESO DE INTEGRACIóN