Couplets for an Everlasting Eve

St. Agatha's Eve is a deep-rooted Basque tradition in which people walk from house to house, accompanied by improvised verse-makers (bertsolaris), singing verses to the beating of long sticks. Building on this celebration, bertsolari Maialen Lujanbio composes a stark denunciation of gender violence. In verse after verse, she condemns the different manifestations of sexist violence and our inability to combat it.

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Gloria

Gloria

1999

Strangerland

Strangerland

2015

The Disobedient

The Disobedient

2014

Two Dollar Bill

Two Dollar Bill

2016

Framing Mom

Framing Mom

2016

Marital Rape Is Real

2016

Polina

Polina

2016

Jacinta

Jacinta

2008

A Different Image

A Different Image

1982

Posthaste Perennial Pattern

Posthaste Perennial Pattern

2010

Uma Primavera

Uma Primavera

2011

Brothers

Brothers

2004

Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

Deadly Advice

Deadly Advice

1994

Hotel Very Welcome

Hotel Very Welcome

2007

Let Liv

Let Liv

2023

The Cambridge Squatter

The Cambridge Squatter

2017

Hellion

Hellion

2014

Infinitely Polar Bear

Infinitely Polar Bear

2014

Pietà

2007