Invocations (Act II)
The second night of Invocations, a programme of performance, music and live arts exploring the potential of ritual as a catalyst for transformative experiences.
To mark the summer solstice, this live programme of spells, incantations and oracles unfolds across two venues: Capella MACBA and the Convent dels Àngels, a former nunnery whose history stretches back to the dawning of colonial modernity.
The programme is divided into Macrocosms, collective invocations at Capella MACBA, a Gothic-style deconsecrated chapel; and Microcosms, consisting of one-on-one sessions of divination and self-examination in the crypt that is hidden beneath this venue.
Invocations is rounded off with the Oracles Fair organised by the Metzineres collective in collaboration with Christina Schultz. A Cabinet room will host unorthodox tarot decks created by Equipo Jeleton —whose cards are hand-painted in menstrual blood— and the queer/cuir feminist group INVASORIX, alongside an installation of spirits (both liquors and ghosts) by Ariadna Guiteras.
Acting as a portal between the different spaces within the Convent dels Àngels, artist Suzanne Treister’s alchemical diagrams map out the entangled histories of occultism, psychedelia, counterculture and cybernetics.
Curated by Sabel Gavaldon, Head of Programmes at MACBA, and Alicia Escobio, Programme Coordinator at the museum. For more information about the programme, visit the Invocations webpage.
Participants
BERENICECantaires de la BarcelonetaINVASORIXEquipo JeletonJOVENDELAPERLAJuan Carlos LéridaMarissa Malik (aka Manuka Honey)MetzineresMarina MonsonísSafety TranceChristina SchultzSindicato Popular de Vendedores Ambulantes de BarcelonaSuzanne Treister
Programme
MICROCOSMS
One-on-one sessions of divination and self-examination in the crypt that is hidden beneath the Convent dels Àngels.
Jesús Jeleton (Equipo Jeleton): Floral Tarot Readings
“These cards”—in the words of Jeleton—“summon up principles of flowers, of bodies and of figures. Here principles mean powers. The power to read what is unwritten. The power to hear what is unsaid. The power to touch that which, though denied, is present. Skin-deep. We know there are those who don’t believe in the power of tarot, or of symbols, or art. This is not our experience.”ORACLES FAIR
A journey through the symbolic interpretations and intuitive connections of the Drug Tarot created by Christina Schulz and Metzineres.
Christina Schultz and Metzineres: Drug Tarot
This tarot stems from the project Conjuros y colocones (Spells and Highs), resulting from the collaboration between Christina Schultz and Metzineres, a collective based in the Raval neighbourhood that provides support networks for women who use drugs and survive various forms of violence due to their vulnerable situation.
MACROCOSMS
Collective invocations and transformative experiences at Capella MACBA.
Marina Monsonís with Cantaires de la Barceloneta, Juan Carlos Lérida and Sindicato de Manteros
Channelling street culture and sea life through the working-class songs of the city’s old fishing neighbourhoods, the ritual dance of Juan Carlos Lérida, and the oral memory of Barcelona’s Street Vendors Union of migrant workers, we will pay tribute to the complex entanglements of life and death within a zero-waste fish soup which will nourish us for the rest of the day.
Cuarto de Pastilla (JOVENDELAPERLA and BERENICE)
After years of flitting in and out of hospital rooms and queer club nights, JOVENDELAPERLA and BERENICE have joined forces to form the mystic duo Cuarto de Pastilla (1/4 Pill). This is a psychedelic, liturgical poetry show. A live performance that should be regarded as a clinical trial, created out of sounds and words, insights and errors, periods of rest and restlessness. Every performance is a new invocation to life.Manuka Honey + Safety Trance: Desenterrada del fuego
Astrologer, DJ and producer Manuka Honey presents a sonic ritual exploring cosmological journeys and ancestral yearnings. She will invoke Edward Said to reimagine the arts of divination through a decolonial lens. Together with Safety Trance, aka Cardopusher, she will bring this solstice night to a close with an incendiary DJ set, channelling sounds from the Latinx diaspora and beyond.
CABINET
This cabinet room hosts unorthodox tarot decks created by Equipo Jeleton —whose cards are hand-painted in menstrual blood— and the queer/cuir feminist group INVASORIX, alongside an installation of spirits (both liquors and ghosts) by Ariadna Guiteras.
Acting as a portal between the different spaces within the Convent dels Àngels, artist Suzanne Treister’s alchemical diagrams map out the entangled histories of occultism, psychedelia, counterculture and cybernetics.
Registration can also be done at the museum, before the start of the activity, and is subject to the availability of spaces. If you have any question, feel free to contact us on 93 481 33 68 or by email at macba [at] macba [dot] cat.
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