EN
Since my childhood I have been fascinated by demonstrations as marching social gatherings with a political purpose. There are thousands of stories contained in one single demonstration, and at the same time, a demonstration reacts like a big crawling monster that takes over city streets and has its own intelligence. This monster is made of thousands of bodies, of people, of stories interacting and coming together with a sense of purpose. These bodies are sometimes forced to react together against police brutality, which is one of the legitimized form of violence created by modern states. People are hurt, arrested, killed, imprisoned, traumatized but somewhere else another demonstration starts.
This project is dedicated to the memory of my friend and teacher Carla Molina-Holmes.
ES
Desde mi infancia me han fascinado las manifestaciones como encuentros sociales a pie con un propósito político. En una manifestación hay miles de historias, miles de cuerpos interactuando y relacionándose con una finalidad. A veces estos cuerpos deben reaccionar contra la violencia policial, que es una de las formas de violencias estatales legitimizadas por los órganos de poder. Lsx manifestantes son heridxs, arrestadxs, humilladxs, traumatizadxs, encarceladxs… pero en algún otro lugar una nueva manifestación comienza.
Esta obra está dedicada a la memoria de mi amiga y maestra Carla Molina-Holmes.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseila investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
