KCHUNG presents BRUJAJA, A Gathering of Witches

“First, there has been the desire to rethink the development of capitalism from a feminist viewpoim, while, at the same time, avoiding the limits of a “women’s history” separated from that of the male part of the working class. The title, Caliban and the Witch, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, reflects this effort. In my interpretation, however, Caliban represents not only the anti-colonial rebel whose struggle still resonates in contemporary Caribbean literature, but is a symbol for the world proletariat and, more specifically, for the proletarian body as a terrain and instrument of resistance to the logic of capitalism. Most important, the figure of the witch, who in The Tempest is confined to a remote background, in this volume is placed at the center-stage, as the embodiment of a world of female subjects that capitalism had to destroy: the heretic, the healer, the disobedient wife, the woman who dared to live alone, the obeha woman who poisoned the master’s food and inspired the slaves to revolt.” – Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch, 2004

BRUJAJA celebrates the witch as a site for resistance and magick, rebellion and healing.

With performances by: Sarah Gail Armstrong, Electric Sound Bath, Rafa Esparza, Glitzer, MRK, The Oracle of Los Angeles, and vōx, with KCHUNG DJS

*BRUJAJA is a part of KCHUNG Lounge artist in residence, Christy Roberts Berkowitz’s: The Center for Strategic Magick and Healing Sh*t. March 18th – April 30th. Email ChristyRoberts.Art@gmail.com for a complete schedule of events.