The experience of growing up in the marginalized periphery of Cartagena de Indias Colombia turned Jao Moon into a political body. Living in an environment of constant resistance made them question the predominant social orders, this became the matter of Jao Moon’s work. Jao Moon’s work includes Lifetime of Fire – Manifestos for a Queer Futures at HAU, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Anahuacalli Museum CDMX. His collaborations and works have been presented at: Volksbühne Berlin, Sophiensaele Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Pompidou Center Paris, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Berlin 2024. At Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Jao Moon appeared for the first time as a performer in Gritty Glamour by Simon(é) J. Paetau. Here them also developed the solo performance Memory of Dislocation – Exactly the Same in the Opposite Direction (2017) and the multi-room choreography Everybody can be everybody can not be in 2019.