THE INNER WING

Nannies, milkmaids, seamstresses, cooks, laundresses, ironers, kitchen helpers, housekeepers and domestic servants. In the homes of the oligarchic families of Buenos Aires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many women, adolescents and girls lived and worked. Their lives were completely tied and subordinated to the needs of their employers. Their religious practices, their emotions and life experiences, their inner needs and their relationships took place in the intimate space of those they served. This vocal piece works with an historical archive of newspapers advertisements and employments agencies documents from the 1870s to the 1930s that give an account of a memory of bodies and a history of care and violence.

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A performance by Mercedes Azpillicueta y Agustina Muñoz

Performers and collaborators in music composition: Daniela Basso, Guillermina Etkin y Laura Peralta
Music: Ailin Grad
Costume design: Lara Sol Gaudini

The writing of the script was possible thanks to the enormous input of the sociological and historical investigations of Julia Broguet, Lali Corvalan, Manuela Rodriguez y Patricia Nobilia.
Production: BP.21 and Mondriaan Fonds, Nederlands

Special thanks to Archivo General de la Nación Argentina, and the Spanish Art Museum in Buenos Aires Enrique Larreta.

February 2022