Mujeres Panfletarias
Creation Residency & Performing Arts Cycle
Co-creator · Artistic Coordination · Production Coordination
Barbados Artes Escénicas · Machado Teatro
Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2017–2018
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Overview
Mujeres Panfletarias (Women Pamphleteers) was a performing arts creation residency developed by Barbados Artes Escénicas and Machado Teatro, focused on exploring the relationship between politics and artistic creation through the perspective of women creators.
The project invited artists from different scenic disciplines to develop new works starting from a “panfletaria” statement: a short political or social proposition capable of reclaiming, questioning or denouncing a conflict or collective concern.
Through a process combining artistic research, reflection and collaborative creation, selected artists received rehearsal time, production support and a space for public presentation, transforming a political statement into a scenic experience.
The project aimed to challenge the supposed opposition between art and politics, exploring instead the ways in which theatrical languages can become spaces for critical thought, dialogue and poetic intervention.
Artistic Vision
Mujeres Panfletarias was conceived as a space where political reflection and artistic experimentation could coexist, questioning the idea that politically engaged art necessarily reduces aesthetic complexity.
The project explored how personal experiences, social conflicts and collective demands could become the starting point for new forms of performance. By focusing on women creators, the cycle connected artistic production with contemporary feminist movements in Argentina, opening a space to investigate themes such as gender violence, bodily autonomy, inequality, memory and social resistance.
The residency proposed transforming them into scenic languages through theatre, dance, performance, music and interdisciplinary practices.
Documentation
Photos: Noelia Pirsic
Press
“The cycle challenged the prejudice that political theatre sacrifices artistic quality, advocating instead for a politically effective stage.”
Theatre of the Oppressed Research Area (IAE)
“Mujeres Panfletarias embraced a theatre that rejected ambiguity in favor of direct political intervention.”
Página/12 — The Body as a Pamphlet
“Women’s voices, without intermediaries, became the driving force of the creative process.”
“The performance ended in the street, where artists and audiences joined together, transforming theatre into collective political action.”
Editions
2017 Edition
The first edition of Mujeres Panfletarias presented six original creations:
¡A las calles! ¡Habitar la resistencia!
¡No Me Chistés!
Mujeres contra el golpe
Tu sexo débil
Todo útero es político
Reaccioná de una vez y fabricate una… CHUMBITA LOCA
The works addressed issues including gender violence, feminist struggles, political participation, bodily autonomy, social control and collective resistance through different scenic approaches, from contemporary dance to theatre and performance.
2018 Edition
The second edition continued the exploration of political and poetic forms from the perspective of women creators.
The program included:
Mujeres, ¡Tomen las armas!
Alicia no es ficticia
Seguimos siendo Malones
Amor romántico: excusa femicida
Poeta soy yo
María Magdalena: el machismo, tu condena
These works explored themes such as gender inequality, colonial heritage, racial and social oppression, romantic love as a mechanism of control, female authorship and feminist reinterpretations of cultural narratives.
Impact
2 editions (2017–2018)
12 original productions
More than 50 artists involved
Mujeres Panfletarias became a space for emerging artists to develop new scenic works while strengthening independent production networks and collective approaches to creation.