Diego Bragà in residency in Brussels

At the height of the DISCOTHÈQUE, the hearts of Latin American and African American immigrants, WHOLE or BROKEN, had in common the hopeful LOOP of seventies GLAMOUR. It was the brightness and power of “marginality,” the pre-AIDS era, a collective movement that redefined the words “Pleasure,” “Dance,” and “Sensuality.”

… at the height of the discotheque, not only the most danceable songs were on the charts. At the end of the party, sad songs were played for future broken hearts.

WE AT THE NIGHTCLUB SUFFER TOGETHER is a research project for a QUEER OPERA – an androgynous, utopian, political, and phantasmagoric space for a solitary dance (the body/verb/spirit of our GHOST-archives and memory-MEDIUM that occupied the architecture of the discos at their peak).

A contemporary OPERA to receive the broken hearts at the end of the night and bring back the idea of ​​a beautiful future together.

— Diego Bragà


From May 21 to 30, Diego Bragà will be in residency at Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre in Brussels, as part of our annual exchange programme. Both Moussem and Alkantara operate from diverse cities with strong diasporic communities and have a keen eye for the relationship between art and society. Through this exchange, we hope to support the development of new narratives by artists who reflect these dynamics in our cities. Past residents include Youness Khoukhou (2023) and Marco Mendonça (2023). The artists selected for the 2024 residency exchange are Alix Konadu and Diego Bragà.

On the 29, Diego Bragà will talk about what she’s been working on during her time at Moussem, in an open studio moment. The entry is free, but it requires reservation on the eventbrite platform.