Anthroposcenes, 2017
Departing from the discussion around the Anthropocene and the current climate crisis, but also from Amerindian cosmologies, multi-species ethnographies, structural racism, the robot blues and a kapok tree trunk cut so that humans can dance on it, Anthroposcenes is a collaboration between Rita Natálio and João dos Santos Martins with the contribution of several agents from the disciplines of ecology, dance, music, anthropology and visual arts. A dancing conference where plants, stones, cats, dildos, and grass armpits may be the main speakers, where ferns discuss their legal rights, plastic bags commit suicide, animals make petitions against their extinction, gardeners cut plant hair, where we hug teddy bears of pollution and eat earth. Textually, ideas from art history and contemporary anthropology are mixed up, oppose each other, kill and skin each other to dismiss certain ideals of nature. Antropo ma non troppo.
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⌂ TECHNICAL INFO
Conception and curatorship: Rita Natálio e João dos Santos MartinsInitial proposal and text: Rita Natálio
Dance: Ana Pi, Ana Rita Teodoro, Bhenji Ra, João dos Santos Martins
Visual Arts: Pedro Neves Marques
Music: Winga Kan
Dramaturgy and rehearsal assistance: Joana Levi
Lecturer-performer: Jota Mombaça AKA Mc Katrina
Sculpture: Alexandra Ferreira
Topiary: José Vilarinho
Special appearances: Maria Inês Gameiro, Pedro Fazenda, Ana Paço, Manuel Miranda Fernandes
Light: Eduardo Abdala
Sound: João Pratas
Consultants and authors of the publication: Renato Sztutman, Suely Rolnik, Ailton Krenak, Paulo Tavares
Publication design: Isabel Lucena
Production: Associação Parasita
Production support and diffusion: Circular Associação Cultural
Executive production: David Cabecinha, Patrícia Azevedo da Silva, João dos Santos Martins, Rita Natálio
Coproduction: Materiais Diversos, São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Festival Temps d’Images, Centro Cultural Vila Flor
Support: Fundação GDA, Goethe-Institut São Paulo, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa; MARE, Centro de Ciencias do Mar e do Ambiente, Forbo Flooring Systems, Departamento de Escultura em Pedra do Centro Cultural de Évora
Residencies: Culturgest, O Espaço do Tempo, Materiais Diversos, Centro de Criação do Candoso, 23 Milhas, Devir Capa, Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas
Partnership: BUALA
Acknowledgments: Rua das Gaivotas 6, Teatro Municipal Maria Matos, Ana Amorim, Vanda Brotas, Pedro Fazenda, Manuel João Martins
Video documentation: Jorge Jácome e Marta Simões
Photo documentation: José Carlos Duarte
Project supported by: The Portuguese Ministry of Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts