From 2017 I realized my first decolonizing-silent-walk-performative city tour URBAN BODIES PROJECT. This was invited to the international festival THEATER DER WELT. Afterwards, this project was invited to Amsterdam, to the international dance festival JULIDANS, and to Stuttgart, to the festival DIE IRRITIERTE STADT. Later, the project DECOLONYCITIES followed in Hamburg in 2019 and 2021. Both will be supervised by a diverse and international team under the new platform founded by myself called SHAPE THE FUTURE."


 
Photo: Chris Schwagga
Hamburg, Germany

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BE YOUR OWN MONUMENT

Which monuments are missing in public space?
How do the existing monuments shape our thinking?

Over the years, I have been given the opportunity to leave a trace in public space that creates a decolonizing gaze. Together with dancers and performers from Mexico, Rwanda and Namibia, I would like to make a contribution in which women present their bodies as their own monument.

During the “URBAN BODIES PROJECT” and “DECOLONYCITIES” projects, we had the opportunity to present these ephemeral monuments that are otherwise missing in public spaces..
With this experiment, we want to create an alternative narrative in public space, in which women and BiPOC create their own monument.

This is a project that can be continued on an ongoing basis and can be implemented anywhere.

With:
Eliane Umuhire (Rwanda) 2021
Vitjitua Ndjiharine (Namibia) 2022
Justina Andreas (Namibia) 2022
Aimé Irasema Sánchez (Mexico) 2022
Celine Manzi (Rwanda) 2023

A project by yolanda gutiérrez & projects

For more infos about the projects click here