Grant enables Carlota Matos to connect communities through food
Image credit: © Edward J Felton Artist Carlota Matos is a theatre and performance artist working internationally with a focus on social change.
Her practice explores questions of identity, migration, and mental ill-health, in the form of documentary/experimental/participatory performances.
Through Creative Freelancer Grant funding and in partnership with Borderlands, Trinity, and Bristol Refugee Festival, as well as support using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Carlota was able to create several workshops and “TASTE” - an immersive performance where the simple act of sharing a meal becomes an artistic celebration of culture and community. Audience, performers, and participants co-create the experience in real-time through sound, movement, and visual poetry, transforming ordinary rituals into extraordinary shared moments.
Image credit: © Edward J Felton Throughout the project, Carlota held 11 weekly creative workshops, reaching 28 migrant women from over 15 different countries, 6 R&Ds, and a public performance piece “TASTE” attended by 135 people.
