Breathing In Babylon Conversation
Date:Sep 23, 2022
Location: Bar Bario
Event type: Talk
Location: Bar Bario
Event type: Talk
Metro54 is focusing this year on the collective research project Breathing as a Methodology, a research project that delves into breathing as a liberatory methodology and practice. This conversation is part of Breathing Room: a series. Breathing Room is a series of research gatherings in the form of podcasts, essays, readings, exhibitions, and intimate meetings.
Breathing Room is a poetic and artistic contemplation focused on everyday realities and speculative futures. The respiratory distress of corona patients was symbolically summarized with the slogan “I can't breathe”, the worldwide mantra of a world in respiratory distress. It now bears witness to the ways the pandemic is interwoven with ubiquitous structures of institutional racism. It symbolizes a lifelong grieving process, mourning for all that we have lost. As we catch our breaths in the streets, we also honor the breath of lives that were lost in the Mediterranean sea.