Feminist School: Letters Exchange & Booklaunch The Magical Book of A True Story
Daniel Mariblanca / What You See Festival |
71BODIES / Daniël Mariblanca present their work A True Story at Theaterfestival Boulevard; about transgender childhoods, transgender parenthood and family relationships. Exchanging letters has been and important part of our methodology to create A True Story. The letters are from both, the protagonist (the transgender people on the stage) and the family members. In this Feminist School at Theaterfestival Boulevard, we will continue this exchange of letters, ánd Daniel will launch his new book The Magical Book of a True Story. This book takes you on a multitude of journeys toward self discovery, insistence in societal acceptence and the beauty of transgender lives.
Daniëls wish with The Magical Book of A True Story is to showcase family models that are underreperesented, create a solid reference of what a more inclusive and diverse way of living could be and a broader perspective of beauty. He wants it to be an authentic reference for families facing challenges and bring light to family stories that are outside of the heteronormative cisgender centered mainstream society.
Everyone experiences transitions in different forms; a change of job, residence, partner, beliefs, etc. A family often seems like a fixed thing, a monument; changes in a family can therefore be earth-movingly beautiful and/or difficult. In this Feminist School, by launching his book, Daniël Mariblanca and What You See Festival invite you to write a letter to your family, about a form of transition that has put your family relations on edge. Write a letter (it does not matter if you actually send it or not), and by doing so, we strech the borders of beauty and family relations.
This project is part of the European programme apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, in the frame of Feminist Futures Festival. A project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
