Minefield

Minefield investigates the traces the war between Argentina and England in the eighties has left, as well as the relation between experience, fiction, and the thousands of ways to shape memories. Experience starts with how we name things, people, places, … For example, in Europe the war is known as the Falklands War, while the Argentines only know the relevant islands as Las Islas Malvinas, and therefore talk about the Malvinas War.

Lola Arias confronts various visions of war with one another and unites former enemies to tell one story, all together. "War was present in my life since childhood. My generation grew up singing the Malvinas anthem at school, learning with maps in which the Malvinas were considered part of Argentina, remembering the Malvinas’ dead every 02 April. In Argentina, that nationalistic fervour is transmitted to kids since primary school. It is a powerful discourse, but it does not explain exactly what happened at war or the consequences of war for those who lived it. This play made me rethink the relationship I had established with Malvinas. The play encourages us to rethink the ways in which that relationship was constructed over the years. For me, one of the most interesting things about the project was to realize how little we know about it. By interviewing Argentine and British war veterans I reassessed the image I had of war."

This documentary theatre performance, which evokes a rare and moving humanity, toured worldwide and was amply praised. The performance will be showed for the last time at KVS.