Morrer Pelos Passarinhos, by Lígia Soares and Henrique Furtado Vieira, is primarily motivated by research into artistic movements that emerged in the 20th century following historical moments of social collapse, in order to create performative utterances that make us deal with today's end of the world. The project approaches theater as it being an interdisciplinary space, allowing it to be freely contaminated by other arts or artistic practices.
This way, the project aims to learn from past generations in order to express the "non-sense", the human being dissected by the disorder of the world, expressed in their mourning, opposing the ease with which we accept its degeneration.
As this project is strongly based on research into artistic movements of the last century and the participatory experience of theater, it will be developed through a series of residencies where there will also be the opportunity to work with different groups and communities, in order to broaden the performative gesture. At the end of each residency, there will be one more piece joining the collection, which may vary in form, subject, size and presentation context. Morrer Pelos Passarinhos seeks a different way of promoting the performances, through participation and adapting the project to each location.
The research phase began in November 2023 and will continue throughout 2024, resulting in a collection of performance acts to premiere in May 2025 at Teatro Municipal do Porto.
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