HOMEM-AGEM | Coletivo Bestiário
"We are walking a path of progressive deterioration. Thus, it is urgent to catch up with the pace of time and anchor our roots, and yet we constantly destroy those who created us. It is in this tension between what was and what could be that we are left to act in a trembling present. To pay tribute always implies an action. But why this primitive drive to pay homage to something or someone? Perhaps, in doing so, we feel less loneliness. Perhaps, in doing so, we manage to feel closer to our origins. Or perhaps it is none of this! Time is running out." — Teresa Vaz
Artistic Direction and Staging: Teresa Vaz
Performance: Afonso Viriato, Helena Caldeira, Miguel Ponte, Teresa Manjua, and Teresa Vaz
Scenic Space and Costume Curation: Bruna Mendes | Lighting Design: Manuel Abrantes
Technical Operation: Evelin Bandeira | Sound Design Assistance: Filipe Baptista | Photography and Video: Jorge Albuquerque Production: Bestiário and Diana Almeida | Press Office: Helena Marteleira | Graphic Image: Sérgio Condeço & Neurónio
Co-production Artistic Residency: O Espaço do Tempo, UMCOLETIVO, Largo Residências
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HOMO SACER | Coletivo Bestiário
"Homo Sacer has its origins in Roman law, used to designate someone who never had or lost their identity and, in doing so, surrenders their fatum to the Gods: an Oedipus who, after gouging out his eyes, wanders at the mercy of anyone; a Roman soldier who, in battle, in the pursuit of victory, hurls himself into enemy territory because the probability of returning is negligible; the Calon, who during the transition to industrial society were listed and persecuted with the epithet of having an aversion to work. These are the faces of oblivion that melt away. They are spectral bodies, the potential of those who are present yet invisible."
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Artistic and Technical Credits:
Direction and Dramaturgy: Maria Gil and Teresa V. Vaz
Creation and Performance: Afonso Viriato, Helena Caldeira, Kali Musa, Maria Gil, Miguel Ponte, Teresa Manjua, and Vasco Lello
Theoretical Curation and Dramaturgical Support: Silvia Rodríguez Maeso
Lighting Design: Manuel Abrantes
Scenic Space: Daniela Cardante
Costume Design: Isabel Brissos
Production Management: Bestiário
Production Management Support: Bruno Esteves
Executive Production: Diana Almeida
Video: Rafael Fonseca
Photography: Bruno Simão
Communication Advisory: Helena Marteleira
Accounting: António Abrantes - Contabilidade e Serviços
Layout of the Show Booklet: Bruno Inácio
Proofreading of the Show Booklet: António Pedro
Co-production: Casa da Cultura de Ílhavo - 23 Milhas, Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, and Teatro Viriato
Hosting Venues and Residencies: Cine Teatro Curvo Semedo, Cine Teatro de Elvas, Cine Teatro de Serpa, Mákina de Cena - Festival Contrapeso, and Cine Teatro Louletano
Co-production Residencies: Casa da Cultura de Ílhavo - 23 Milhas, O Espaço do Tempo, and Teatro Viriato
Residencies: DeVIR CAPa
Financial Support: Lisbon City Council | Portuguese Republic - Culture | DGARTES – Directorate-General for the Arts
Support: Bestiário (publisher), CoffeePaste, Gerador, and Pólo Cultural das Gaivotas