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“Modecate” tour: creating social awareness

October 22, 2014May 14, 2016Colectivo Sustento2 Comments

From June to August 2014, Colectivo Sustento with Fénix & Ilusiones went on tour, and ran 7 theatre and reflection days in 3 juvenile prisons in Santiago. Each day we performed “Modecate“, ran theatre games and ended with an open forum-debate with the young people. Emotive, provocative, deeply reflective and FUN, these 7 days filled us with hope for the future of our work with young people.

“Juvenile prisons should not exist” was the feeling that was reinforced by our experience of seeing young people locked up, their energy curtailed, hearing their stories and understanding their experiences. Most of the men in Fénix & Ilusiones have been in the same situation, so their words rang true with the young people. And their message was clear: “You decide what you want to do with your life, but if you continue down this road, this is what will happen”. The cold facts of prison life in Chile are real and disturbing. We are disturbed by the “school to prison pipeline”… through theatre, and the voice of experience, we can do something to stop it.More / Más…

The flock of women

November 25, 2013October 21, 2018Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

In 2007, the radioplay “Ya está bueno” (It’s enough – voices of women and men against gender violence) was produced with three communities in Santiago-Chile. This program “The flock of women” was written and dramatised by women from the Women’s Refuge IELCH in Santiago’s El Bosque area. The script came from testimonials of women who have suffered violence, combined with hard facts about femicide in Chile and a critical, sarcastic, often acerbic response to the issue. It was a visceral process, direct from the heart and guts of the matter.

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Produced by Teatro Pasmi, with financial support from the Chilean Interior Ministry. Uploaded for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2013.

Modecate on tour

October 31, 2013October 21, 2018Colectivo Sustento1 Comment

DSCF2445 — Workshop with young people after Modecate, Sept 2013

Modecate has been touring Santiago since its premiere in January 2013. It is the production that spearheads our work with young people. The play is both vehicle and pretext for reflection; born from a long process of discussion and improvisation with Fénix & Ilusiones about the nature of human relations in a dehumanised and controlled society.

During 2013, we performed twice directly for young people in juvenile justice settings, firstly in Recoleta for a group from a program in Maipú, and later in the National Minor’s Service juvenile facility in Til Til. Two opportunities to interact with these young people

On 5th September we performed in the Recoleta Cultural Centre to young people and workers of “Jóven en Red Maipú”, a Special Intervention Program of the Carlos Casanueva Corporation on the city’s periphery. After the performance of “Modecate”, we all took part in a theatre games workshop run by Fénix & Ilusiones, followed by an informal discussion. The interaction was emotive and powerful. More / Más…

Radio Contigo 1

October 7, 2013October 21, 2018Colectivo Sustento1 Comment

As part of the Ya está bueno (It’s enough) radio-play project in 2007, Fénix & Ilusiones created and dramatised Radio Contigo, the story of a fictional radio station’s special program about gender violence. The program presenters receive calls from listeners, share poems and reflections, and impart information about the issue. The radio-play was transmitted on many community radio stations in Santiago.

Listen to Radio Contigo Part 1 (in Spanish)

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Dramaturgy: Gabriel Jiménez Espinoza. Production and direction: Teatro Pasmi. Financed by the Social Organisations Division of the Chilean Interior Ministry.

Radio Contigo 2

October 7, 2013October 21, 2018Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

Listen to Radio Contigo Part 2 (in Spanish)

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Dramaturgy: Gabriel Jiménez Espinoza. Production and direction: Teatro Pasmi. Financed by the Social Organisations Division of the Chilean Interior Ministry.

Modecate

September 9, 2013April 24, 2016Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

“What happens after the lights are turned off, and the applause dies down, depends on you. So that when someone speaks… someone also listens… truly listens…”

“Modecate” is a group-devised show, developed from improvisations and a long process of group reflection. The play presents a particular view of human relationships and social control, from the standpoint of people who have been separated from society, institutionalised in a psychiatric hospital; people who despite their perverse living conditions, support and care for each other. Using the metaphor of madness, “Modecate” asks: who is crazy? who is sane? and, why don’t we listen to each other, truly listen?”

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10 years theatre work in Colina 1

November 28, 2012April 24, 2016Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

anuncio 10 aniversario de teatro en Colina 1 — Invitation

In November 2012, we celebrated 10 years of theatre in the Colina 1 prison. Letters and videos came from the many people from Chile and around the world who have collaborated with this experience.

We acknowledge the ground-breaking work of Teatro Pasmi who initiated the experience, also the strength and commitment of those who have participated over the years, as well as those who continue to participate in and coordinate the work.

Some of the greetings we received follow…
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Colectivo Sustento on the air

November 23, 2012September 12, 2013Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

In November 2012, Lily Duffau of the Spanish Cultural Centre in Chile interviewed the Colectivo on the Centre’s radio station, as part of a special program for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Click this link to hear the interview (in Spanish):

http://www.ccespana.cl/radio/?p=1702

Prison theatre practice exchange
Chile-Australia

September 30, 2012October 21, 2018Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

Colectivo Sustento in collaboration with the International Community Theatre Festival-ENTEPOLA, brought together more than 30 theatre workers, artists, teachers & social workers from the UTEM, Corrections and Juvenile Services who work in prisons and excluded communities.More / Más…

“Hand up!” documentary

August 8, 2012September 30, 2013Colectivo SustentoLeave a comment

“Hand up!” documents the collaboration between Fénix & Ilusiones, Teatro Pasmi and Acteurs de l’Ombre (Belgium) during 2010-2011. The documentary is directed by Víctor Robles and the trailer was co-produced in 2012 with Colectivo Sustento ///

Script/narration: Gabriel Jiménez

Original music: Claudio Cancino and Felipe Sanhueza

Hand up! excerpt from Victor Robles Bravo on Vimeo.