Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall)

Tiziano Cruz (Argentina)

Tiziano Cruz puts himself front and centre in this performative monologue, based on a series of letters he wrote to his mother in 2020. Cruz’s mother lives in northern Argentina, and he was unable to travel there from his home in Buenos Aires during the first pandemic lockdown. Reaching her across boundaries of geography and class, Cruz uses the letters as the starting point for a critique of economic, racial and institutional oppression.

As an Indigenous artist, Cruz speaks about the suffering his people have endured under a system of white supremacy, examining the role Buenos Aires plays in Argentina’s culture of inequality. Using the power of theatre and the precision of language, Cruz poses a difficult question: What does it mean for him to use his body for art in a country where bodies like his are not supposed to exist?

A coproduction between ULMUS Gestión Cultural, FIBA 2022 – Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Rojas – Secretaría de Relaciones Institucionales, Cultura y Comunicación de la UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Arte en Barrios – Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

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