Tea for Memory / 2020-21

Tea for Memory: records of a performance at La Hoyada

Julio Mora (director) and Javier Ormeno (performer)

Video (10 mins.)

2021

La Hoyada Memorial Site, Ayacucho, Peru

With members of the Peruvian association of relatives of abducted, missing and killed people (ANFASEP), we organized a tea ceremony in Ayacucho, the most affected department in Peru during internal armed conflict 1980-2000. At request of their governing board, the tea ceremony was held on a lot used as clandestine burial grounds by the army. This place is considered sacred by the association, because the soil, the trees and bushes listened to the final whereabouts of their relatives who, 40 years later, are still missing. 

Japanese and Peruvian traditional outfits, tea, Peruvian desserts, tea tools, flowers, incense. 

Official Selection of The Film Festival for Democratic Memory (Spain), 2021 Official Selection of the Trujillo Film Festival, 2021 Muestra de Cine de los Pueblos Indígenas (Colombia), 13e Festival de Cinéma Péruvien de Paris (France) 2022, 2023 Knowmad Film Festival (Germany), Muestra Cine + Vídeo Indígena 2023 (Chile)

https://youtu.be/H_HSt3G3A0Q

https://project-explorations.pucp.edu.pe/projects/explorations-of-hospitality/tea-for-memory

Tea for Peace at LUM

Julio Mora (director), Javier Ormeno (performer) and Ana Correa (guest)

Video (5 mins.)

2020

Lugar de la Memoria, Lima, Peru

The first test of the project was carried out in Lima, the capital city, where there is a Memorial museum (Lugar de la Memoria, la Tolerancia y la Inclusión Social LUM ) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guest was Ana Correa, a teacher, performer and advocate for rights, member of the group Yuyachkani.  https://vimeo.com/497771595