In Cordones Industriales, five cleaners take center stage as they try to organize under precarious working conditions, in an environment where union activity is actively discouraged. Threats of dismissal and the appearance of mysterious leaflets calling for new forms of organization set a collective search in motion.
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Cordones Industriales
Cordones Industriales
Cordones Industriales
Cordones Industriales
Cordones Industriales
The performers delve into the history of the Cordones Industriales – a movement that, in 1972 and 1973, brought together thousands of workers in Chile, occupied factories and collectively organized production. Premiered in 2014, the piece sheds light on this often overlooked experience of collective resistance and preserves an immaterial legacy of Chile’s working-class history.
Tarea Urgente is a theatre collective from Chile that has been working for over 13 years at the intersection of theatre, history, and political practice. With Cordones Industriales, the collective is appearing in Berlin for the first time. Before the performance, the exhibition Atando Cordones, featuring materials from the group’s research, is on view. A Q&A with the ensemble follows the show.
(Spanish with German and English subtitles)
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Dates
March 2026
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