FS Performative Arts 2014

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RECONCILIATION IN PRACTICE:PERFORMING ARTS, MEMORY AND

DEVELOPMENTSacsamarca-Colcabamba, Ayacucho, Peru,

August 4th-August 25th, 2014



Art as a tool of transformation

Since immemorial times, the transformer and therapeutic potentials of art were appre-

ciated by indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Andes. To date, Quechua culture andlanguage are oral and visual rather than written. Moreover, the early chroniclers ofthe internal armed conflict (IAC, 1980-2000) were potters, poets and folk musicians.

During the IAC and after, artistic expressions based on the collective work help thecommunities to deal with unresolved emotions, exploring relationships and conflicts.However, the traumatic load of the internal armed conflict (the most severe in the his-tory of Peru, according to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) has proven to betoo intense for the indigenous communities to be easily processed by traditionalmechanisms of memory, interpretation and forgetfulness.

Arts allow multiple interpretations of reality and could serve as a healing expressionof traumatic memories and non-threatening ways to confront the "others", in a power-ful way: fostering commitment through shared activities of collaboration and co-creation. As part of our proposal, the renowned Peruvian artists Miguel Delgado and

Amiel Cayo provide a set of tools of artistic expression that will help the communitiesto address past experiences of violence and to construct respect for human rights.

The creative work will be developed in two stages:The first will launch a collective creative project. The construction work will bedeveloped gradually, and the communities will have total freedom and control of

what they want to share and play into scene.

The second will test and improvise through a dramatic scheme. All contributions will be articulated to fit the elements worked in an structure. The manner ofpresentation of the work will depend on the possibilities offered by the environ-ment.

The work will be developed in Sacsamarca and Colcabamba, indigenous communities who were antagonists during the years of the IAC, and between which there were vio-lent clashes that left dead and wounded people. In recent years, thanks to the inter-

vention of EPAF, has developed a process of reconciliation that has even led to the joint construction of a memorial to honor the fallen during the IAC.

However, there are still unprocessed rivalries and conflicts that result in individualand collective consequences: post traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, domestic vi-

olence and gender. The Field School will take place in these two communities, to helpcomplete a reconciliation process that has already made significant progress.



Program of the Field School

The purpose of the Field School in the communities of Sacsamarca and Colcambamba, province of

Huancasancos, Ayacucho region, is to start healing processes which can serve as inputs for the con-struction of new “peace communities”.

The students that participate in the Field School will have the opportunity to collect data and produceknowledge by attending workshops to help the communities in the construction of diagnoses andagendas. According to the specialty of each one, the students may be facilitators in these processes.

Visit to places of memory and local artistic transformation experiences, in communities of Ande-an migrants (Lima)

Background: Human rights and transitional justice in Peru (in Huaytara, Huancavelica)

Workshops: Introduction to performing arts, theatre, music, puppets (Sacsamarca-Colcabamba)

Visits to burial sites, the “Forest of Memory” and other places of interest

Return to Lima

We should note that the facilitators have made a 2-weeks prior work in communities, consisting ingathering and analysis of relevant issues in art and collective memory, which will then be covered inthe workshops.



Map of Ayacucho(the red arrow points to Sacsamarca)



The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) is a non-profit organizationthat promotes the right to truth, justice, and guarantees of non-repetition in casesof forced disappearances and extrajudicial executions.

Since 2010, EPAF has conducted forensic and psychosocial actions in indigenous

communities located in the basin of the River Pampas-Qaracha (Ayacucho, Peru),that helped to recover the historical memory of communities, to create associa-tions within relatives of victims and conduct advocacy campaigns.

Currently, EPAF is helping the communities to drive their own agendas of deve-lopment and human rights, with the help of Miguel Delgado and Amiel Cayo,renowned Peruvian artists whom use performative arts for the creative treatmentof unresolved emotions and conflicts.

Over the duration of the Field School, EPAF facilitators will be responsible forguiding the students in addition to providing translation services when needed,

About EPAF



Facilitators

MIGUEL DELGADO is a professional puppeteer with 25 years of experi-ence. He started at 1985 with “Kusi -Kusi” and continued his training at L’É-cole Supèrieure National des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM, France). Hegot his degree at 1990 when he moved to Spain and founded the theatrecompany “Imago Mundi” carrying out over 13 theatre spectacles and par-ticipating in several national and international festivals.

Mr. Delgado was co-founder and director of the theatre specialized maga-

zine “Fantoche” published by Unima Federation Spain. He also collaborat-ed with international companies such as Compagnie Zouak (France, 1992-93) and Dioptria International (Slovenia, 2010-11). In 2012 he directed thetheatre workshop “Del objeto cotidiano al títere” in the Center for Therapyby Expressive Arts of Lima, Peru. During the past 15 years he has devel-oped his activity in rural areas and villages in Aragon, Spain.

AMIEL CAYO COAQUIRA began his career at 14 years, integrating the

group “Quaternary”, artistic movement of Puno, Peru. The following year,he joined the group of sikuris "June 27th" , with which participate in theFeast of the Candelaria for several years. He founded the group "Inka Sce-ne", where he began his work in the theater, and the group "Yatiri", that

would become his theatrical workshop, with young students of the Universi-ty of the Altiplano.

Since 1990, Mr. Cayo actively participates in the world-famous cultural

group "Yuyachkani", with prominent roles in several plays, touring by Eu-rope, Latin America, Asia and the United States. In parallel, he develops his

work as director and playwright of "Yatiri" making significant plays andtraining new cultural leaders.

Currently, he works as an actor in theater, film and television; is a visual art-ist and cultural promoter. Since 2010 he founded and directed “Ymagen”,institution dedicated to the management and promotion of cultural activi-ties related with social responsibility.



Facilitators

JOSE PABLO BARAYBAR the Executive Director of EPAF, has over 20 years ofexperience as a Forensic Anthropologist. He has consulted and/or trainedin human rights cases in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti, Ethiopia,Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Iraq, and the Philip-pines.

In 2002, Mr. Baraybar created the Office of Missing Persons and Forensics(OMPF) in Kosovo, served as its head until 2007 and was awarded with the

UN21 Awards; he was also awarded with the 2011 Judith Lee Stronach Hu-man Rights prize, by the Center for Justice and Accountability in San Fran-cisco. Also, he has received training in theater and other performing arts with the cultural group “Yuyachkani”, having participated in the assemblyof numerous plays.



The estimated total cost of participation is US$ 2800. To reserve a place, youshould:

Fill the Field School application form and send it by e-mail tofieldschool @ epafperu . org before June 30, 2014.

Participate in an interview with the facilitators of the Field School (via

Skype). This should take place in May-June 2014.

After the application process, we require a non-refundable banktransfer/deposit of US$ 200 (the deadline is June 30, 2014).

A second payment of US$ 1300 must be made until July 15, 2014.

A final payment of US$ 1300 must be made until July 31, 2014.

PLACES ARE LIMITED.

COSTS INCLUDE LODGING AND MEALS.

THE COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE AIRFARE OR TRAVEL INSURANCE.

Application process and costs

mailto:[email protected]








EPAF International is a company dedicated tosolutions in the field of international training inforensic sciences and related disciplines.

EPAF INTERNATIONAL

Av. Mello Franco 341 Jesus Maria, Lima, Peru

Tel: (511) 4245490

Questions, comments and applications:

[email protected]

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