When Benito Pérez Galdós wrote Tristana something was going on with women in the world. In the US, the feminist movement had already appeared on the streets of New York in 1858,  with the first demonstration of textile workers. In England, the suffragettes were fighting for women’s civil rights, including their right to vote. However, late 19^th century Spain was light-years away from that awakening. Emilia Pardo Bazán said, “There is no feminist movement in Spain at all”. In Spain, the role of women was confined to the home and there was not even an inkling of a revolutionary movement. Women were mothers and submissive. Men were strong and workers. ANA (Oblivion will catch up with us too) is the story of a woman who in 1960s Spain stands against her lot in life. It is a tribute to our mothers. To the freedom that lived and still lives within them, breathing, beating, alive.

This show is about those small victories won by women who came before us and also about all the doors which are still to be opened