Focusing on the works presented, the talk moderated by actor and director Marco Paiva will reflect on how artistic languages are challenged to reinvent themselves when working with diverse bodies and people with disabilities. The panel includes Juan Manuel Aranda (Artistic Director of Cocina Aural), Isidro Sánchez (Director of Cocina Aural), José Galan (Artistic Director of Flamenco Inclusivo) and Lola García-Baquero (performer in En mi piel). 

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Cocina Aural (Auditory Cooking)

Documentary / 19 min. / 2022 / Spain

Cocina Aural is a cultural project that combines sound creation and gastronomy, inviting visually impaired people to explore new tools and avenues of expression using hearing and the culinary arts as the basis for artistic creation. Building on the experiments and auditory recipes resulting from the workshops held as part of the project, the participants bring their newly acquired knowledge into their homes, where they put everything they have learned into practice, empowered to innovate and experiment and involving their families in the process. 

This documentary follows the individual processes, reactions and interactions of the participants during the workshops, demonstrating how this experience gave them the chance to explore a dimension – sound – from another point of view, not as a mere aid, but as material and content to go about their daily lives in a different way. 

En mi piel (In my skin)

Non-fiction / 14 min. / 2022 / Spain 

In a pluralistic and diverse society, we are often subjected to the tyranny of homogenising parameters. In contrast, Flamenco uses the subversive power of the arts to empower diverse bodies on stage. Disability is no longer a limitation, but a creative starting point.  

En mi piel is a video-dance performance in short film format, created by people with different abilities, aimed at giving visibility to diverse bodies on stage.