decolonial struggles. But what is queer in relation to art and its specificity? How to approach queer from the fields of form and the sensitive?
On the other hand, ephemeral and temporary productions by said artists (Ekintzak), such as a workshop, a projection, or a performance, in which face-to-face culture and meeting opportunities will be prioritized. Likewise, as Az Kidea, Arriola will carry out initiatives of a more sporadic nature, such as training sessions, reading workshops or specific interventions within other lines of the Centre's own programme. A desire for form kicked off on December 15, 2020 with a prologue in which the starting points and general intentions of the research were presented, and in which the artist Manu Arregui participated as the project's first guest. A key figure in the national audiovisual scene, Arregui's work focuses on the politics of the body and non-standard identities. The second guest of this project is the Chilean artist Camila Téllez.
Aimar Arriola. Photo: Helena Goñi, 2019
Interlocution with local and international artists is the main methodology of this research, which is specified in two types of actions. On the one hand, conversations and other types of written exchanges (Orriak) periodically published on azkunazentroa.eus. Each of these digital publications will have a different graphic design, according to each artist's intentions.
developed within the double framework of A desire for form and Babestu, the extraordinary support programme for contemporary creation. The ephemeral production of Manu Arregui will be presented throughout the first half of 2021. As a recurring element, the public programme linked to A desire for form is a set by the commissioned artist Dogartzi Magunagoicoechea (Bilbao, 1991).
The exchanges in text format (Orriak) corresponding to Manu Arregui and Camila Téllez, who were the project's first two guests, will be published in digital format at the end of January and March, respectively, on the AZ website. As for the productions (Ekintzak), on March 4 there will be a screening of Spring Transition the project that Camila Téllez has
On March 4 there will be a screening of Transición Primaveral (Spring Transition), the project developed by Camila Téllez in collaboration with artist Eszter Katali. + info: page 29.
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