ARTEnarrativas

Aires de Alondra is a Peruvian family venture that works to promote and disseminate traditional food, conveying authentic flavours from their places of origin, and the places where they have migrated and travelled. They offer food they like to eat at home using seasonal ingredients and local products, putting forward gastronomy as an instrument of dialogue and care between people.

Amigas y té is a podcast hosted by Sara Bourehiyi and Maria Bennouna Rubia, who aim to talk about their reality as racialised people and the things that happen to them. In their words: “We don’t look to be something general, nor do we seek to be taken as a universal example. We are just one further example. One of the thousands of realities that racialised people in Spain experience”. Behind the production of this podcast is Leilani Tanimoto (video and image technician) and Ricardo Quesada (sound technician).

Arte sin frontera is an internationalist, ecofeminist, anti-species, decolonial and Indigenist collective that came into being in Madrid in 2005. Through art, it defends the rights to Earth and justice. At this festival, they present “Sabia tierra” Respeta la migración (“Wise Earth” Respect Migration), a dance and theatre piece performed by Ada Saliou (dancer, choreographer and dance teacher) and Mayaymara Behoteguy Chávez (an international dancer who began her dance studies in Bolivia).

Sarahi Bolekio is the chairperson of SOS Racismo Madrid. Specialising in anti-racism, gender, migration and social justice, she holds a degree in International Relations from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid and an MA in African Studies and International Relations from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is currently a field specialist in the Union of Family Associations.

Sara Buraya Boned coordinates the Museo Reina Sofía’s Tentacular Museum Area and is a member of the Museo Situado Assembly.

Sandra Carmona is an illustrator and educator. As a gypsy, mixed-race and lesbian woman, she devotes much of her professional work to illustrating social themes and to denouncing injustice through art. In 2019, she created Altramuz Editorial, a Romani publishing house situated at the heart of creating relevant narratives, whereby all works are written, narrated, illustrated and translated by people who are part of Diversity.

Chakiñan Mutante is a collective, made up of Rob Maldonado, Ana María Serpa and Andrés Vera, which works to shine a light on and challenge injustices affecting the Global South, particularly migrants, dissidents and racialised people, creating a space of healing, transformation and collective construction through action art and profound reflection. Their aim is to unite Abya Yala transdisciplinary creatives to explore and transform society.

Claudia Claremi is an artist and film-maker with a degree in Documentary Film from the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba and in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts, London. Her films have participated in festivals such as the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Raindance, the International Film Festival of Guadalajara and the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. She currently develops different photography and moving image projects, most notably the series Amnesia colonial (2012–2021) and La memoria de las frutas (2015-2023).

Alejandro Flórez Aguirre is the technical coordinator of Proyecto Museo Afro de Colombia, and specialises in management and cultural management, as well as being a social communicator and journalist. He has worked on strategic communication, implementing public policies and project management in Colombia’s culture sector, and has experience in managing processes with all artistic practices, in both public and private entities.

Yeison F. García López is a political scientist, activist and cultural manager who identifies as Afro-Colombian and Afro-Spanish. He earned a degree in Political Science and an MA in Research Methodology in Social Sciences: Innovations and Applications from the Complutense University of Madrid. He is the director of the Espacio Afro cultural centre.

Generación Banana is a podcast on identity, mental health and anti-racism. It came into being on account of the lack of reference points and discussions on the reality of growing up in Spain being Chinese and the internal conflicts that can arise. It is hosted by Ouyang Zhu, an actress, publicist, model, dubbing artist and creative who works in cultural mediation, and Jun Zheng, a sociologist and creative who reflects on the situation of migrant children in Spain.

Paula Guerra Cáceres is a social communicator, anti-racist activist and a member of the team of La Quilombera, a contemporary programme with an anti-racist gaze from the Twitch channel of El Salto. She analyses and investigates structural racism and its consequences, and is also a columnist for online publications such as El Salto, elDiario.es and Pikara Magazine.

Ariel Heredia Pacheco is a Bolivian-born audiovisual artist and most notably the director of the short film Janeth (2023), in which he addresses themes such as migration, family and love. The project was among the ten finalists at the XI Navarra Tierra de Cine Short Film Competition.

Amal Hussein is a programme coordinator with Espacio Afro. With a degree in Political Science and Public Management, she is currently studying an MA in Human Rights, Democracy and Globalisation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She also has experience in social and political advocacy, with a focus on human rights, specifically in the defence of international protection and the eradication of female genital mutilation.

Julissa Jáureguiis a political scientist with an MA in International Cooperation. She is a technical specialist in migration and citizen participation for the ActionAid Alliance for Solidarity, where she coordinates projects with associations led by migrant women who work for their recognition as political subjects. She is also a member of the Museo Situado Assembly.

Paola Larco Muñoz is an activist and the co-founder of Mujeres, voces y resistencias (Women, Voices and Resistance), a feminist and anti-racist collective made up exclusively of migrant and racialised women in Valencia. She holds a degree in Economics and is a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and Equality Policies at the University of Valencia.

Rob Maldonado is a transdisciplinary artist who is currently part of the project “Relaciones Sonoras” (Sound Relations) from La Parcería and La Casa Encendida. La Brecha (The Gap, 2023), one of his most recent audiovisual pieces, is part of the artistic research project “Territorio” (Territory), which studies transitions related to displacement.

Andrea Pacheco González is a Chilean researcher and curator who lives in Madrid, and lectures at Nebrija University and is the artistic director of FelipaManuela. She has curated solo exhibitions by artists such as Teresa Margolles, Asunción Molinos Gordo, Los Carpinteros and Juan Castillo, and is co-curator of the exhibition Colonial Memory in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections (2024). Moreover, she is the curator of the Chilean Pavilion at the 60^th Venice Biennale in 2024 with the Cosmonación project by artist Valeria Montti Colque.

Marcela Rodríguez Mesía is a copywriter, editor and producer. She holds a degree in Media Sciences and Arts, specialising in Performing Art (2006), from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She is also the co-founder and editorial and content director of Pequeño Pato Salvaje Editorial (2015), a publishing house which focuses on visual books. She is part of the project “Sudakasa”, an experiential space for community writing and art.

Mercedes Roldán Sánchez is the assistant director-general of Spain’s State Museums. She holds a degree in Law and Art History, specialising in public management applied to museums, and has been a member of the Professional Body of Museum Conservators since 2005.

Solanyely Sánchez is a sociologist, poet, actor and cultural manager, and coordinator of the Festival of Anti-racist Culture.

Susana Sanz coordinates the Museo Reina Sofía’s Tentacular Museum Area.

Manuel Segade is the director of the Museo Reina Sofía. With a degree in Art History from the University of Santiago de Compostela, his curatorial experience spans two decades (2003–2023) and numerous exhibitions in national and international institutions. He was the director of the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo from 2015 to 2023.

Frank T is an MC and a pioneering producer in Spain’s hip-hop scene. As a communicator, he directs and hosts the La Cuarta Parte programme on Spain’s Radio3 station, and, with Lamine Thior and Asaari Bibang, participates on the podcast No hay negros en el Tíbet from the Podium Podcast network.