“Prelude: When the body performs on its own” by Consol Llupià García / ARTefACTe 2025
Inscripcions Obertes!‘During a year and a half in bed, while my body performed on its own: it burned and convulsed inside. At the same time, several volcanoes erupted around the world.’ Consol Llupià García.
The performance Preludio is part of a broader artistic project: ‘When your body performs on its own.’ From her personal experience as a chronically ill person, the artist offers a critical reflection on the perception of sick bodies and their capacity to produce knowledge and meaning in the artistic and political spheres, as well as within the parameters of productivity and value established by capitalism. One of the fundamental axes of this research is the relationship between primitive lithic mythology and the cultural and symbolic construction of the sick body.
With Preludio, the artist activates this previous research in dialogue with an audiovisual piece, through which she recounts her life process from diagnosis to the physical and emotional construction of her self-identification as a chronically ill and disabled person. It also includes dialogue with her environment: narratives about landscape technology and myths, both primitive and popular, associated with endometriosis.
Performance as part of ARTefACTe.
The performance is accompanied by an art installation that will be on display at Homesession on 5, 6 and 7 November.
This project is part of the Invited Grant programme promoted by Homesession and La Escocesa.
