Lines that run from each organ to the heart

Lines that run from each organ to the heart is a performative evening of readings by Martín Zícari and Danielle Vorthuys.

Martín Zícari reads from Oostende (2023), a poetry collection tracing estrangement, fantasy, and memory through the mirrored topographies of Argentine Ostende and Belgian Ostend. His poems operate through deviations, disobedience and repeated bendings of orientation. Past and present cavities rearrange themselves in order to ask whether twisting our spatial, mental or sexual orientation becomes a form of deflection. Could spatial disorientation reorient desire? In his writing, inner and outer landscapes are superimposed, provoking a bifurcating destination of voice.

Danielle Vorthuys performs Corset Drama alongside Artémise Ploegaerts and Faysal Mroueh, with corset design by Anouk van Wijk. In their theatrical piece, breath becomes a moving line: both medium and constraint. Seated, the performers move from the pelvis through techniques loosely inspired by Martha Graham’s modern dance, while the corset restricts or intensifies their voices. A two-headed script, unmasking the desire of garments and fiction, of distorting alternative notions of sex and sexuality. The performance weaves in poems from Danielle’s Bad Technique, constellating narratives of excess, erratic motor memories and impulse.

Languages: Spanish, English, French.

Lines that run from each organ to the heart is an evening part of our Transatlantic Voices series. Through workshops, readings, and events, the project seeks to amplify women and queer perspectives of contemporary Latin American authors, opening up a space for resonance and resistance.

Poster designed by Alix Chauvet, with artwork by Azul Demonte

With Martín Zicari, Danielle Vorthuys, Faysal Mroueh, and Artémise Ploegaerts.