While in residence at PICA, Elena Betros López will develop her moving image work Abuela, a poignant exploration of the life of her Abuela (grandmother) Paulina during the Franco dictatorship in Spain. A series of intimate interviews will prioritise Paulina’s own account of her life in Spain which was marred by poverty, hunger and labour exploitation under the fascist system. The work will mediate on notions of extreme paternalism, fascist dictatorships, class wars, memory as it relates to trauma, collective resistance and cultural dislocation/loss through migration.