In this edition of Meetings for the Future VIII, a program by the EVC, we go back to the performative conference format with the aim of fostering thought, speech, and practice, promoting meetings between artists, and between artists and the public. The focus will be on the art scene of Mozambique in dialogue with Portugal, with dancers from Mozambique and Portugal being featured in a new edition of David Marques and Teresa Silva’s Fazer falar o fazer (“Making the making speak”), a project presented in 2024 as part of the At Home Program with Teresa Silva.
“Throughout our careers, we have felt a lack of occasions that encourage reflection and speech about artistic practice, and we have noticed how scarce the records are which can document what artists like us are doing and make it more lasting and geographically widespread. Fazer falar o fazer thus arises from the will to let the work of our generation claim a place of its own, and from the desire to bring a community together around the issues that move and engage us in our artistic practice, which we believe to be a source of fundamental knowledge. In this context, we have been developing various devices that encourage thinking, speaking, and listening, and which provide the meeting between artists and between artists and the public.”
David Marques & Teresa Silva