Fabric Festival: Paranoid Archaeology

In collaboration with the Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies – Brown University, Odete will share insights on “Paranoid Archaeology,” a method of speculative writing that she has developed. The artist will show how her works have been created using this methodology, contextualizing it within the field of transgender studies.

Mixing Academia and the Somatic, the artist intends to demonstrate through her work how artists can relate to historiography and the archaeological sciences so as to imagine other possible narratives of the past. She will then delve into her most recent research, where she maps out a history of eunuchs as the gates to a history of gender and the division of labor in the ancient world. A research that takes its form through the methodology demonstrated but also through a hybrid form of poetry and theory. This seminar intends to question: What is the artist’s role in writing our history as humankind? And what is the responsibility of creative workers in establishing a critique of academic discourse?

^{🟡 This is a free event with limited capacity, hosted by the Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies and co-sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) and the FABRIC Arts Festival.}

About Fabric Festival

Fabric Arts Festival is a celebration of art, music, community, and the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. It aims to be a platform for artistic creation through a multidisciplinary program that seeks to create a cultural and communal experience.