the question and the contradiction

workshop led by Dani Zelko

Amid uncertainty, censorship, precariousness, and anxiety, it would seem that we never have the time, the mental space, or the financial means to engage in ways of doing things that arise from what we find vital, necessary, and stimulating. How can we carry out experiments that are related to our problems, our fascinations, our stomachaches, our imagination, our own history, our political dreams?

Through a series of collective listening and writing exercises, this workshop proposes a common space where we can sharpen our questions and contradictions. Trusting that contradiction and questioning are keys to traveling toward what is important to us and may be important to others. A few hours of shared intimacy where we try to find what we are doing and what we want to do, seeking forms of feedback between invention and perception, freedom and limits, intuition and strategy.

Workshop open to artists of all kinds, writers, activists, and anyone who wants to participate.

bio

Dani Zelko was born in Buenos Aires in 1990. He is an artist, poet, editor, and musician. His work is made up of words and people. Through different processes and trips to various places, he creates publications and encounters that spark political debates, listening practices, and experiments with language. Since 2015, he has been working on his project Reunión, through which he has published more than ten books that have been translated into several languages. He teaches classes and workshops on art and writing at institutions around the world. His latest books are Oreja Madre (Caja Negra Editora) and Un Texto Camino (Eterna Cadencia), both published in Argentina and Spain. His work can be found at ReunionReunion.com.

This workshop is part of a line of collaboration with Caja Negra aimed at creating spaces for the transfer of knowledge between the community of artists at La Escocesa and the research lines, authors, and thinkers associated with the publisher.

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