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This project was born out of the concern for the migratory processes of women. It attempts to create poetics of approaching the issues from a historical and contemporary perspective at the same time.

Fifty years ago, women accounted for only 2% of all migrations worldwide. Today, women make up almost half of the world's migrant population, and their numbers are growing.

Motivations for leaving their homeland range from fleeing the present to dreaming of the future. Censorship, patriarchal laws, or a lack of diversity or equality in the countries of origin, as well as situations of family and social violence, are often the driving force behind migrant action, in dialogue with the search for better living conditions and resources to support their children. For one out of every two women, the decision to migrate is a direct response to the fear of losing
one's life or physical and emotional harm in their communities of origin. And six out of ten women are victims of rape en route to the United States, according to international reports.

Which particular moment in women’s life triggers the dream of change? Which gods, beliefs, substances, rituals, theories, or practices sustain the migrating body? Which impossibilities become possible in order to make the dream come true? Which bodies produce the journey? How to tell the uncountable, when the unliveable has taken place? The answers to these questions remain a sea of silence.

Credits

Direction
Tamara Cubas (UY)

Assistant Director
Alicia Laguna (MX)

Visual Curation
Verónica Cordeiro (UR)

Production, Research, and International Relations
Julia Arsperska (PL)

Set design, sound design, light design
to be confirmed

Tamara Cubas (1972) lives and works in her home country Uruguay. She received a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the National School of Fine Arts Institute at the University of the Republic of Uruguay (IENBA/UDELAR) and she holds a master’s in Art and Technology from the School of the Arts (EMMA) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. She is an EMMA Award winner – Image & Technology. Tamara Cubas studied contemporary dance at the Contradanza School in Montevideo, working with several teachers such as Marcelo Evelin, Juan Kruz, Olga Mesa, Juan Dominguez, Thomas Lehmen, David Zambrano, and Daniel Leckoff. She has danced with the Brazilian choreographer Marcelo Evelin and Luciana Achugar from Uruguay; she has produced videos for the company Contradanza (Uruguay), Demolition Inc. and The Meekers (The Netherlands), among others. Her works have been exhibited in Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Tamara Cubas

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