Global labor divisions and hierarchies are influenced by values focusing on Western societies. Both Europe and Latin America showcase Western and non-Western perspectives. What do these perspectives mean beyond territory? What are the implications for Romania, Mexico, and other countries globally?

Women at Work: Crossroads, Rhythms, and Continuities is a multi-channel cinematic installation created by Romanian choreographer and filmmaker Simona Deaconescu and Flor Firvida Martín, an Argentinean choreographer and researcher. The video installation can be adapted to multiple screen structures and is activated daily through a reading performed by the makers themselves.

The project brings together stories, professions, and movements of women from Mexico and Romania who work in environments where their bodies become their primary source of income. Through interviews conducted in both countries and a unique video dramaturgy, Women at Work shares a convergence of experiences, bodies, times, and spatialities.

A twerk dancer and social worker, a sculptor, a professional basketball player, a performance and bondage artist, a healer and doula, a female wrestler, a transgender seamstress and cook, a therapist and sex worker, an advocate for the rights of visually impaired individuals, a glass factory worker, a pole dancer, and contemporary dancer—all are part of this intricate tapestry.

How much do you earn? How much would you like to earn? What is it like to do your job as a woman? How is it to do it in your city? How do you feel your body when you perform it?

Women at Work is a nomadic and continuously growing project, aiming to create an archive of women’s economies in different countries, reflecting on what it means to be a woman, the demands, expectations, desires, affections, and violence that women experience, as well as the communities, care, and bonds that we weave.

In addition, one or multiple walls are designed to be participative, and the audience is invited to leave their traces while answering some of the questions the women in the installation are addressing. The participative area can be redesigned according to each exhibition space.