Q-LoXXX: A Cannibal Myth

Q-LoXXX: A Cannibal Myth – an artist talk by Natalia Sorzano

23rd October 2025, 6pm
WET, Hillevliet 90 (3rd floor), Rotterdam, 3074 KD

Q-LoXXX: A Cannibal Myth is a performance-to-video piece enacting a collaboratively written creation myth. A volcanic island where all earthly species (extinct, endangered, and present) exist in a state of continuous mutation and becoming, Q-LoXXX is threatened by rigid and contaminated external forces, prompting its inhabitants to enact a cannibal sacrifice to restore the land’s cyclical and ever-changing nature. The project connects Latin American decolonial and cannibalistic discourses with queer resistance experiences and theory, breaking through static subjectivities and fixed identities.

Developed through a long process closely involving a group of queer Latinx asylum seekers and migrants, the project attempts to create an experimental utopian space and document the community’s process of world-making. The participants channel the lives, efforts, and achievements of those who came before, carrying their queer ghosts into a utopia of their own collective imagination and creation: Q-LoXXX. 

Natalia will speak in detail about the process of making the work: from a series of writing and performance workshops, to collectively creating the myth, crafting props and scenography, and finally performing the work for camera. There will also be some sneak peek excerpts!

Natalia (Nika) Sorzano is a Colombian artist based in Rotterdam, working primarily with mixed media installations comprising sculpture, painting, music and performances-to-video. She has worked as a human rights researcher and policy maker, mediating between LGBTIQ+ activists and the Colombian government. This experience shaped her understanding of politics, dis/identity and relation, which are central in her artistic practice.

Papaya Kuir is a lesbo-transfeminist collective created by and for Latin American migrants and refugees residing in the Netherlands.