Performance Art during first COVID19 shut-down. A thought about the individual and industrial confinement which in days has changed the environmental footprint of mankind. which in days has become a void for thousands of arts and culture people.
Made up of three acts:
The One Last Hug – representing the social estrangement that current generations had never experienced before. Suddenly everything is dangerous; the closeness; the touch; the unknown. Separation without farewells.
The Tip – Suddenly artists depend more than ever on support to survive. All stage cultural activity is suspended. Longing for government support.
The Saw – the ecological footprint of the halting of human activity made itself apparent in the satellite images. Within weeks the air became cleaner, noise attenuated, skies clearer. Then what? When we no longer need masks?
By Joao Espanca Bacelar
Music: João Cágado | guest artist: André Sier | co-performer: Claudia Silvano
Video Contributions: Carlos Moura Carvalho, Carla Dias, Vítor Moreira, José Russo, Feliciano Mira, Telmo Rocha, António Gavela, Lurdes Nobre, António Carrapato, Gonçalo Oliveira, Manuel Dias, Greg Moore, Alípio Carvalho Neto, Hugo Osga, Rodrigo Fonseca, Vítor Zambujo, Rosario Gonzaga, Pedro Rodrigues, Pedro Fazenda, Mariana Mata Passos.
Drone operator: Rui Fernandes – GMT Produções,
Audio: Manuel Chambel
May, 21st 2020, Évora, Portugal