harriak: jantzizazu artefakta

The central theme of “Me lo voy a poner de sombrero” is the universe of festive celebrations.

The pandemic has meant a health exile in the flats or houses we inhabit, and confinement to the hubs of work, duty and limits. Within this context, the absence of festivity has revealed and restored the meaning of the collective structural need for festive celebrations, beyond its ritual, mythical idiosyncrasy.

“Me lo voy a poner de sombrero” doesn’t take itself too seriously and is proposed from a perspective of excess, pleasure and laughter. It is not suggested as a phenomenon to be watched, but rather a celebration to dance at.

As T.S. Elliot wrote in his Four Quartets, “(…) We had the experience but missed the meaning, / And approach to the meaning restores the experience / In a different form.”