The machine of lost endings is an interactive performative literary project, an initiative of the Borderline Teatro company, whose purpose is to serve vulnerable populations.
So far, the group has worked with homeless people, migrants, inmates in prisons and transgender people, by recording some of their life stories in writing, but with an ending that they would have liked to be different. mode.
This project takes place at the Carretera 45 Cultural Center (Juan Lucas de Lassaga 122, Obrera neighborhood). Today is the last presentation, which will address the issue of mental illness during the pandemic.
It is a creative performative proposal that allows addressing the emotional aspect of socially marginalized people, whose stories range from a couple breakup, domestic violence, the death of a loved one or situations of anxiety and depression; through an interactive literary exercise of empathy, which is a great relief for that sector of the population, in the midst of the health contingency.
With the original idea of Itzel Enciso and Fabiola Llamas, The machine of lost endings It involves a group of scenic creators who present themselves as “typists and typists” who individually invite a “spectator-author or spectator-author” to participate in a personalized dialogue, lasting about 40 minutes, in which the guest tell some life story.
“The true creators and creators are the participants, the people in a vulnerable situation, who equally contribute an ending that they would have liked to have happened otherwise or one that has not yet happened, as a way to rethink the past and project a better future”, Enciso explained in conversation with The Day.
“The sessions have to do with listening and rewriting from the history of these spectators. Together we rewrite on an Olivetti machine and, at the end, each person gets their alternate ending, to decide what to do with it. “
The project has the support of the El Caracol center, the Casa Hogar Paola Buenrostro and the Casa de las Muñecas Tiresias, among other organizations.
So far there have been more than 50 stories and alternate endings, from people between the ages of 13 and 63. The idea is to publish a book, Enciso said.
Due to the health contingency, today’s presentation will be limited to three people, so it will only be possible to work with nine people. Those interested in attending should write to [email protected]. Participation is free.
In the YouTube account of the Borderline Teatro company you can see an audiovisual record of the way in which this literary-interactive initiative was put into practice for the first time, with a homeless population (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sjk535IMs0&t=1055s).
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