Constitución Nómada – Moving Assemblies

The narratives and desires of migrants who arrive in the border town of Colchane, in the Tarapacá region of Chile, are the starting point of the poetic confrontation of the documentary essay film Constitución Nómada, which is part of the rhizomatic project Constitución Nómada - Moving Assemblies.

In May 2022, the first political assemblies for a nomadic constitution took place at the Bolivian-Chilean border, in which more than 40 migrants participated. Based on this, Kasia Wojcik develops a multidisciplinary exhibition, film, performance and assembly series to realize the nomadic constitution in different places of the world with different communities. The essayistic short film serves as an archive and reflection of these processes and, together with accompanying portrait photographs of the protagonists of the assemblies, forms the heart of the exhibition.

The exhibition sees itself as a tool for political education. It also aims to facilitate and expand the conversation about new forms of constitutionalism, transnationalism, and citizenship through innovative discourse events. The international team's diverse network of global and local scholars, activists, politicians, artists, and NGOs helps to facilitate a transdisciplinary exchange on the various issues.

Invited by the media artist Joulia Strauss, as well as Avtonomi Akadimia and Atopos CVC, Kasia Wojcik explored the questions of a nomadic constitution in her residency in Athens in the summer of 2023 in collaboration with local migrant self-organizations as well as other artists.