This work consists of a series of workshops that re-signify the figure of the cannibal, reclaiming it as a transformative concept symbolizing mutual contamination, interconnectedness and radical solidarity.
The project engages with Latin American decolonial and cannibalistic discourses, which challenge notions of purity and propose multiplicity and mutation. By inquiring into the politics of nomadic queer and trans experiences within the Latin American diaspora in Europe, we aim to reclaim cannibalism from its colonial associations with savagery. Instead, we reinterpret it as a metaphor for absorbing otherness to stimulate new creation and foster community.
Together with Papaya Kuir, we formed a group of 12 queer Latinx migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees through an open call. The co-creation workshops were structured around three methodological axes: 1) theoretical-corporeal reflection (discussions on anthropophagy and Amazonian epistemologies, multi-species meditations, collective writing of manifestos); 2) cartography and material creation (body counter-maps, painting of mutant portraits, utopian collages, prop fabrication); and 3) performative embodiment and story-telling (cannibal role-playing games, creation of stories and myths, dance and performance to video).
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