La Bissaperie
2023
Performance
MNCARS
Madrid
In 1951, Frantz Fanon worked alongside Francesc Tosquelles in France. Later, he moved to Algeria to become the head of service at the Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital, where he discovered that many diagnoses did not consider the human, social, and cultural consequences of colonization and decolonization. There, his treatment methods evolved, connecting therapies with the cultural context of the patients.
La Bissaperie is a durational performance grounded in the passage of time. It works as a collective invocation of the memory of Fanon during the preparation of Bissap (hibiscus flower drink). The audience is invited to use their intuition and choose extracts from Fanon’s writings and read them to do drink, which will be then become part of us by drinking it.
The performance was first presented within the research group "Deconstructing the Museum," at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
La Bissaperie
2024
Performance
La Font del Gat
Barcelona
Images © Pol Masip
Curated by Margot Cuevas for Pero la labor del olvido es convertirnos en una boca repetida
La Bissaperie
2025
Performance
Esta es una plaza
Madrid
Activation of Alcindo Monteiro as part of BoCA 2025
Images © Raimundo Pérez-Messina