MARIA QUIÑELEN MAPUCHE MEDICINE WOMAN

GUEST VISIT BUSSELS

 

WRAP UP OF A ROCK/STAR TOUR

KVS THEATER (BE) (2022)

 

Supported by KVS theater, ERG, nadine, GC Wabo

 

María Quiñelén is a feminist and activist Mapuche Medicine woman who has been invited by artist and researcher Isabel Burr Raty in a joint endeavour with apass, ERG, wabo, nadine and KVS to carry out a series of activities during November 2022.

 

Maria’s practice involves knowledge about the arts of medicinal plants and magic, questions about autonomy, resistance and community, repair and friendship, the micro and macro cosmos. And, as part of the Mapuche community, she is at the forefront of the survival and ecological fight/crisis and is spokesperson of her people.

 

The evening at KVS invited all participants of the activities María has met at:

ERG (master students workshop/dialogue)

GC Wabo (Womb knowledges from the Andes workshop co-organized with An Mertens)

a.pass (EARTH workshop/gathering)

KVS (research exchange meeting with Moya Michael)

 

This gathering included a conversation and dialogue with María and her assistant Marcela Vargas, facilitated by Gerardo Salinas, KVS dramaturg, and Isabel, about her presence in Brussels and her interest in the arts, as well as an intervention with Moya Michael (KVS resident) and a closing ritual.

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