Presentation
We are an artistic organization interested in promoting research and hybridization of disciplines and knowledge in the field of contemporary art. Through residency programs, publications and public activities, we want to promote spaces for affective and intellectual exchange between agents of different origins.
From a transfeminist and decolonial perspective, we summon people who seek to subvert power relations, hierarchies and Eurocentric models of doing, thinking, narrating and teaching the cultural phenomena of our time.
FelipaManuela carries out part of its activity in a domestic space located on the Paseo de las Delicias in Madrid. But its actions also extend to digital and publishing platforms. Annually, it publishes a book that gathers perspectives and reflections from some of the people who have been part of the space activities.
Curatorial Research Residencies
María Elena Ortiz (Puerto Rico, 1984) and Diane Lima (Brazil, 1986). Meeting with Rubén H. Bermúdez and Manuela Villa in Matadero Madrid. November 2018.
Artistic Research Residencies
Rheim Alkadhi (Irak, 1973), Asunción Molinos Gordo (España, 1979), Tomáš Uhnák (República Checa, 1984) e Isabella Lenzi (Brasil,1986). Visit to Guzmán, Burgos, as part of the project Oficina de Arqueología Imaginaria. November 2019.
Art & Education Research Residencies
Daniel Sepúlveda (México, 1990) Menos Focault, más Shakira in Escuela Perturbable in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. January 2019.
Former Place
Between 2011 and 2023, FelipaManuela developed its activity in a flat in the Delicias neighbourhood. The house, owned by a deceased seamstress, was transformed into an artist's residence, maintaining much of the furniture and decoration of its former owner. Widowed a few years after her marriage, Felipa Manuela Martínez survived the hard years of the Spanish post-war period on her own, thanks to her work and a support network of other women in the same situation. This model of life, which has allowed the solidarity co-organisation of women's groups in all parts of the world, was an enormous inspiration in the beginnings of this project. As a result of the gentrification of the area, the house was sold at the end of 2023. However, this cultural project maintains Manolita's name as a way of thanking and acknowledging her posthumous hospitality for more than a decade.
Felipa Manuela and her sister Enriqueta in Madrid, during the years after the Spanish Civil War. Family album.
