Performative Screenings #86

Propositions: Experiments in Collective Archive & Composition
hosted by The Collective Art Community Against Censorship
with the participation of Archive of Silence

Besides the program below school is open to the public on
Saturday 26th, October, 3-8 pm And Saturday 2nd, November, 3-8 pm
Closing Saturday 9th, November, 7 pm

Program:

Mourning Censorship
Today Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 at 7 pm
Reading and screening session
With Frida Robles and Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh

Is there anything more violent than a killing whose grief is banned? Censorship goes as deep as to not allow families, communities, and societies to mourn over the loss. The bodies that cannot find burial, the vigils that cannot be celebrated, the prayers that are prohibited, the denial of extraction, the continuous bombings, discriminations, and inequalities paired with it. Who, in this world, has the right to weep for their loved ones?

We will read fragments of the text “Violence, Mourning, Politics” by Judith Butler and “Enter Ghost” by Isabella Hammad. We will watch the short film “Special Service” by Ujjwal Kanishka Utkarsh. The filmmaker will be present.

We allow for silence for all those who are continuously annihilated.

*Text by Frida Robles