Laura Vila Kremer

Laura Vila Kremer (born 1985) is a Catalan performance artist and intersex rights activist. She is a part of the artistic collective "Que no salga de aquí" ('Don't let it get out of here' in Spanish), who advocate for the medical depathologisation of intersex people using drama, performing arts, and art history. She is also a co-creator of the theatrical production "Hermafrodites a cavall o la rebel·lió del desig", a work that addresses the experiences and challenges faced by intersex individuals.

Background and early life Laura Vila Kremer was born in Catalonia, Spain. and performances at the Sala Cuarta Pared theatre in Madrid, including "Voluptas, trenquem estereotips" ('Pleasure, let's break stereotypes'), "L'amansi(pa)ment de les fúries" at theatre, the short documentary "Se receta silencio" ('Silence is prescribed') directed by Miquel Missé Sánchez (2021), which won the Jury Award for Best Human Rights Short Film at the International Festival of Cinema and Sexual Diversity (2022), and "Cabaret Trans".

Hermafrodites a cavall o la rebel·lió del desig The Sleeping Hermaphroditus (1620, Gian Lorenzo Bernini) is a recurring image in Vila's work "Hermafrodites a cavall o la rebel·lió del desig". "Hermafrodites a cavall o la rebel·lió del desig" ('Hermaphrodites on horseback or the rebellion of desire') is a theatrical production co-created by Kremer and playwright . It is a first-person narrated documentary work informed by Kremer's personal experience, accompanied by eight other testimonies from intersex individuals, and uses the term "hermaphrodite" in order to re-appropriate the term. During the 2021–2022 season, this work was presented in Pamplona, at the Tàrrega Theatre Festival (currently known as FiraTàrrega), at in Barcelona, as part of the Grec Festival, and at the . Additionally, it won the 2022 Critic's Award and an artistic residency at Teatre Tantarantana (2022).