Cuéntame Historias

Cuéntame historias is a workshop for artists, curators, researchers, and practitioners. It aims to collectively reflect on and explore both the complexity and the potential that the conscious use of narrative strategies and devices can offer within one’s own research.

In an art world increasingly nourished by storytelling as a tool to reimagine reality, the ability to tell stories through one’s practice is both a great opportunity and a constant challenge. Constructing a compelling narrative for an audience—beyond a purely diaristic dimension—can represent one of the most difficult stages in artistic and curatorial development.

Narrative here refers to the construction and transmission of a story, whether real or fictional, structured with internal coherence. The term encompasses a broad range of meanings and uses: from the straightforward recounting of events to the creation of complex plots that shape our perception of the world. Every narrative involves a process of selection, organization, and interpretation of real-world data, making it a powerful tool for generating meaning and guiding thought.

Throughout the day, moments of reading and group discussion will alternate with play-based exercises, group work, and individual activities. The goal is to shed light on the often-conflicted relationship between the essence of our research and the multiple masks the system frequently demands we adopt and perform—precisely through the act of storytelling.

Participants will be asked to bring a project or idea to the workshop (this may be a completed, produced, and exhibited work or one still in development)—something especially meaningful to them that, at present, they are finding difficult to structure and translate into a coherent narrative. This material will serve as a starting point to activate the workshop’s activities.

Who it’s for: Emerging artists, curators, practitioners in the field of contemporary culture, students, etc. (no age limit)

Duration: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lunch will be provided by La Nueva Fábrica.

What to bring:

• Any materials essential to your personal process of writing or idea development (notebook, pen, journal, camera, recorder, etc.)
• A project or idea (can be a completed and exhibited work, or one still in process); something especially meaningful to you that is currently difficult to shape into a coherent narrative.

Please find more information here.