This event is wheelchair accessible.
Spanish, German, Swiss German, English with subtitles in German, English and Spanish
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With LETTERS, Beatrice Fleischlin and Diego Aramburo are finally back at the Kaserne Basel following their showing last December and their performances at the Dokumentartagen!
A series of letters that the two queer artists write to their children and their mothers forms the basis for LETTERS—a personal, social, and poetic account of familial, generational, and cultural processes of transformation.
By sharing the fragility and, at the same time, the strength of their lived realities, the two artists create a space of empathy where difference becomes negotiable and solidarity is possible beyond identity-based boundaries. The work also takes on a sense of urgency against the backdrop of growing societal backlash: As public debates increasingly stigmatize queer and migrant people and political forces push for a return to traditional notions of identity and family, it becomes clear just how exclusive the much-vaunted “freedom” often is.
LETTERS brings to light the lived reality of queer families—not as a provocation, but as an example of how parenthood, queer identity, transnational belonging, and traditional social spaces are not mutually exclusive. In this way, LETTERS becomes a moving attempt at healing and tenderness through the written word.
Duration: approx. 80 minutes
an attempt to bridge the gap / la terca determinación de crear cercanía / Verbundenheit als widerständige Praxis
Writing Café «Art and Care» with art of intervention, Wednesday October 7, 16:00-19:00
Q&A after the performance on Saturday October, 10
Table talks before the performance on October, 10 at 7:15 p.m., Rossstall 2
aramburo/fleischlin
The Bolivian artist Diego grew up in Cochabamba, now lives in Sucre, identifies as non-binary, and works internationally. Beatrice Jimmy grew up in a farming family in Sempach and now lives as a queer performer, splitting her time between Switzerland and Berlin.
Credits
Concept/Text/Performance: Beatrice Fleischlin & Diego Aramburo
Idea: Diego Aramburo
Music: Oscar Kellemberger
Dramaturgical Support: Boris Nikitin
Costume Support: Diana Ammann
Translation/Surtitling: Daniela Ruocco
Technical Director (Switzerland)/Lighting Design: Minna Heikkilä
Technical Director (Bolivia/Latin America): Jorge Alaniz León
Production and Final Rehearsal Support: Nikolai Ulbricht
Production Management: aramburo/fleischlin & Das Theaterkolleg
Photos: Frank Ellenberger
Co-production: Martadero Cochabamba, Kaserne Basel, Südpol Luzern
Supported by theFachausschuss Darstellende Künste BS/BL, the City of Lucerne, Luzern Plus, the Landis&Gyr Foundation, the Bachofen-Henn Foundation, the Südkulturfonds, Pro Helvetia—Swiss Arts Council, Migros Culture Percentage, and t. Theatervideo Fund
Content Notes
Explicit descriptions of meat production, stories about patriarchal family structures, and complications during childbirth.
Table Talks
Together with Art of Intervention, we're bringing the table talks back to Kaserne Basel! Once a month, we meet at the bar at 7:15 p.m. to get in the mood for the upcoming theater or dance evening in a relaxed atmosphere.
In dialogue with invited guests, we take a queer-feminist look at an aspect of the respective production. And after the performance, we open the space again for a brief exchange: sharing impressions, developing thoughts, shifting perspectives.
Come by, be inspired, and join the discussion!
