DIALOGA CIUDAD. PARALLEL PROGRAMME TERRITORY CITY. ART MADRID'25

Dialoga Ciudad is an action that is part of the parallel program of Art Madrid'25. It is a project of poetic actions in the city that aims to transform the urban environment into an artistic stage, integrating itinerant poetry as a vehicle that turns public spaces into platforms for reflection and interaction. Through ephemeral interventions at strategic points in the city, participants will explore the potential of poetry as a tool for emotional and social communication. This project highlights the role of art as a catalyst for sensitive dialogues within the urban fabric, redefining the relationship between citizens and their environment.

Four artists will travel the city with their performative actions, inviting reflection on contemporary artistic practices, reaching key cultural points in the capital, where they will engage in dialogue with passersby through poetry.

Invited Artist: Celia BSoul

A body is a city

Place: Plaza de Pedro Zerolo. Chueca. Madrid Centro, 28004 Madrid.

Time: 13:00-14:00h

A body is a city presents a poetic journey through the imagery of intimacy and violence, exploring the line that separates cities from bodies, and imagining bodies as cities through which other elements pass, generating an impact in their wake, altering their structure, and building an "architecture of damage and memory."

This performance incorporates poems from the book Ciudad de los otros (Ed. La Imprenta), published in 2023, along with a cappella songs, engaging in dialogue with the space and its passersby. The piece revolves around a question: what differentiates a city from a body, and if our bodies are cities, how do we remain safe from the violence that comes from both outside and within them?

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Celia Fernández Escobar (Celia Bsoul) is a journalist, rapper, and poet from Madrid, whose work merges rap and poetry, addressing gender issues from an intimate perspective. She has released her album Estacciones and several singles and collaborations, exploring the bridges between both genres. Currently, she is working on her EP Pobre dios, focused on the imagery of violence. She has participated in festivals such as VOCIFERIO (Valencia), La Noche de los Libros (Madrid), FELISA (Cantabria), and Ruby Sessions (Dublin), among others. Her first book, Ciudad de los otros, was published in 2023 with the La Imprenta publishing house, presenting a multidisciplinary proposal that combines poetry and dance.

In addition to her artistic career, Celia was a finalist for the II Premio Poesía Viva in 2021 and has been published in various anthologies, such as Última poesía crítica. Jóvenes poetas en tiempos de colapso (Lastura Ediciones) and in the Nayagua magazine. In 2023, she participated as a text creator and performer in the stage proposal Antes que caiga la noche, a contemporary reinterpretation of The Iliad through hip hop culture. Her career also includes content creation for public television programs and films, as well as teaching rap and poetry with a gender perspective in workshops.