The separation between indoor and outdoor space has gained increased relevance in our lives over the past three years. Batalha’s second thematic series addresses the domestic space in the context of the different experiences that can occur therein, focusing on its disruptions and emotional possibilities, also as economic engines of society. Following the feminist maxim “the personal is political”, Domesticities presents different cohabitation contexts, crossed by several ethical and identity demands, in order to foster discussion about domestic work, caregiving, family ties, intimacy, love, community and the right to leisure and housing.

Through fiction, documentary and experimental cinema, this programme confronts us with our own domesticities, and invites us to reflect on the idea of ​​“home”: what takes place therein, and the emotional and power relationships that it harbours. In the period between 1966 and 2019, the timeframe of this set of films, there is room for multiple self-portraits resulting from the visibility of the artistic process with which many filmmakers tried to impregnate their works — always political, always emotional.

Curated by Alejandra Rosenberg Navarro and Ana David