Concept & performance: Pau(la) Chaves Bonilla / Research: Natalia Chaves Lopez & Pau(la) Chaves Bonilla / Dramaturgy: Ogutu Muraya / Scenography: Nadia Bekkers / Scenographic Painting: Rasureitor / Somatic Movement research guidance: Lux Sauer / Outside eye: Natalia Sorzano / Costume and Styling: Rasureitor / Videoanimation: Ro Buur and Alejandro Orjuela / Music by: Naturaleza Suprema, Maquifera and Indus / Light design: Mathisse Coornaert / Technical support: Nadia Bekkers / Political Cartel compilation and rap selector: Rasureitor / Production Assistance: Lina Lanas / Video Animation: Ro Buur / Music by: Naturaleza Suprema, La Farmakos, Indus
Pau(la) Chaves Bonilla
House of Desaparecidxs
- Performance
English /
English surtitles /
Spanish /
approx. 70 mins.
A hooded character named La ChicaScratch embarks on a generational journey to uncover the hidden history of her mother, a young militant activist in 1970s Colombia. In the process, she reflects on her own journey: the dark reasons that led her to flee Colombia for political exile in the Netherlands ten years ago. Pau(la) Chaves Bonilla's new performance “House of Desaparecidxs” is the testimony of one among thousands of Colombians who fled the country to save their lives. People who had no choice but to leave their homes after being threatened because of their political affiliation, as sexual dissidents, as community representatives, or because they sought justice for criminalized, disappeared, or murdered relatives. “House of Desaparecidxs” opens its doors to these censored stories. We enter a utopian space where we travel through non-linear memories of the present, future, and past, and the line between the realm of life and death blurs. “House of Desaparecidxs” evolves into a technology of resistance in exile, finding a way to restore dialogue with its origins and history. A speculative world – in this case a neon psychedelic haunted house – materializes as a reparative political and spiritual act. The dialogue between embodied archived memories, recorded text messages on Whatsapp, fragments of zoom interviews, manifestation of ghosts from another world and live testimonies.
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: Veem House for Performance. Co-production: ICI-CCN de Montpellier – Occitanie as part of Life Long Burning supported by the Cultural Programme of the European Union.
Location
HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 BerlinHAU3 unfortunately is not barrier-free. Access to the theatre is via a stairwell (3rd floor). The use of a lift is possible with prior arrangement. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or email us at tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de. Wheelchair users are also kindly requested to register their attendance at least one day before the performance.
Thank you for your understanding.
