Around, slowly, inside. Body and time exercises by Lucrecia Masson Córdoba

Within the context of the cycle Colonial Memory II. Tuning in to the whispers, the museum is presenting the performative lecture Around, slowly, inside. Body and time exercises by the thinker Lucrecia Masson Córdoba.

During her lecture Masson explores the ways in which the time of progress is inscribed on the body. The result is an anti-colonial experiment of theory and imagination that weaves a repertoire of quotations, voices, songs, sounds and gestures, together with mindfulness practices and fictions created as artifacts to produce other rhythms. 

Against all discovery: walking back through places to see what was already there and to masticate again, like ruminants. Masson moves between philosophies and artistic practices. She works with different registers, primarily experimenting with writing and performance. With regard to theory, she is interested in imagination, persistently believing that one cannot think without the body. Her proposal, centred around what she calls a ruminative epistemology, has taken shape in the form of various publications, lectures, stage pieces and workshops. 

She has published in numerous anthologies, catalogues and magazines and is a member of the Ayllu Collective, with whom she has participated in events such as the Sydney Biennial (2020) and the 35th São Paulo Biennial (2023). Her ongoing research explores the interplay between bodies, nature, space and time through the concept of “all that was already there”. 

The performative lecture format is one that Masson has been exploring for some time, seeking other forms of writing and reading. She has presented these lectures in venues such as Matadero Madrid, CA2M, Fabra i Coats and La Posidònia.