Summer 2018 brought some pretty fabulous experiences: FEM Meeting, a all women travelling conference between the cities of Lisbon, Evora and Sao Luis (June15-19) and a 10 days residence at Cultivamos Cultura, a peaceful and unbelievably inspiring farm-turned art colony in the middle of the Portuguese Countryside in the village of Sao Luis a few km from the coast.
At the Beauty Kit Female Farm we laughed, we cried, we performed, we built long lasting friendships, we challenged capitalist notions of productivity, we talked freely about taboos, sex, gender, womanhood and labor.
we laughed, we cried, we performed, we built long lasting friendships, we challenged capitalist notions of productivity, we talked freely about taboos, sex, gender, womanhood and labor.
BEAUTY KIT FEMALE FARM 0.1
Created & lead by Isabel Burr Raty
Curators: Marta de Menezes & Dalila Honorato
Co-produced by Cultivamos Cultura Portugal
Supported by Flemish Ministry of Arts and Culture Belgium,
Wandering Arts Biennial – Nadine, ZSenne art lab Brussels
In June 2018, the first experimental version of the Beauty Kit Farm, hosted by Marta de Menezes, took place at Cultivamos Cultura’s Barn and home. This precious Portuguese art hub is located in Sao Luis, a beautiful countryside town. Here for 7 days female participants came from Mexico, UK, Norway, Australia, Greece, USA, Portugal, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Germany and Italy to compose the Farm Fascilitating Team and the Farm Harvesters.
With (from left to right)
Food Animating Operator
Rares Craiut
Farm Fertalizer
Elke Van Campenhout
La Patrona
Isabel Burr Raty
The Weeding Maiden
Arianna Marcollini
Farm Retratista
Camila Montero
Farm Harvesters (Guest artist participants): Amy Youngs, Marta de Menezes, Minerva Hernandez, Louise Mackenzie, Roberta Buiani, Hege Tapio, Dalila Honorato, Tarsh Bates, Kathy High & Helena Dietrich. (Not in the picture: Paulina Garcia Hubard & Maria Antonia González Valerio)
