What meanings do contemporary Western societies give to the idea of intimacy? Given the proliferation of images of what is sexual, what are we seeing and what is being kept hidden? This program is aimed at all people interested in exploring the representation of intimacy from a critical and creative perspective.
We will work from the analysis of normative representations of the body, desire and bond in audiovisual culture and literature to the creation of other images of drive and desire. We are concerned with how drive and its possible paths of pleasure are constructed and limited culturally, serving specific structures of dominance. Our priority is to generate a safe and friendly space where we can think, communicate and write freely and calmly. The working perspective is feminist and leather. We will have theoretical presentations, moments of debate and conversation and some writing practice. We will enjoy rest and food.
Exploration through writing does not require any professional relationship with practice. We understand it as a form of knowledge accessible to all.
We would very much like to form an interdisciplinary group, of people interested in literature, cinema, performing arts, advertising, philosophy and thought, cultural programming, psychology, medicine and a very long etc.
Taught by the intimacy coordinator Tábata Cerezo and by the writer Sara Torres in collaboration with the LAC
Space for exploring women’s writings, non-binary desires and lgtbiqa+.
Complementary activity
The LAC offers accommodation for those attending the seminar who require it, both on the night of Friday 13 and on the night of Saturday 14. Only those staying at the center on the night of Saturday 14 will also have the possibility of attending a free reading group with Sara Torres on Sunday 15 after breakfast, where a text that will be sent in advance will be discussed.
Biography
Tábata Cerezo
Tábata Cerezo is an actress, filmmaker and pioneering intimacy coordinator in Spain. From Intimact, a project she shares with Lucía Delgado, they have been responsible for the intimate content of more than 50 national and international productions, including the series Las de la última fila by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Self Tape by the Vilapuig sisters, Zorras for Atresplayer, the film Creatura by Elena Martín or the upcoming films by Julio Médem or Carla Simón.
In addition, Tábata is part of the board of directors of CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers) and is co-author of the first Guide to Working with Intimate Scenes in Spanish audiovisual, work carried out by the Spanish Association of Professionals for the Coordination of Intimacy (AESCI) of which she is a co-founder.
Sara Torres
She focuses her theoretical and creative work on the analysis of desire, the body and discourse through a feminist and interdisciplinary critical apparatus that intertwines psychoanalysis, new materialisms and queer studies. Her novel Lo que hay (Reservoir Books, 2022) was selected as one of the best debuts of the year according to El Cultural and received the Javier Morote Award for best new author. A PhD from Queen Mary University of London, her thesis is entitled: “The Lesbian Text: Fetish, Fantasy and Queer Becomings”. Her first book, La otra genealogía, won the Gloria Fuertes National Poetry Prize. She has also published the poetry collections Conjures y cantos, Phantasmagoria, El ritual del baño and most recently Deseo de perro. Her second novel is La seducción (Reservoir Books, 2024). She has a space on elDiario.es where she writes regularly.