SOULS’ COMMISSION

February 18, 2014, Palácio Foz, Lisbon, Portugal
Performance with slide projection and sound, 15’
Curated by Pedro Lapa and Sofia Nunes

This event was commissioned by Plataforma LX with the support of EDP Foundation.

A tale that recovers orality as a practice, nowadays almost obsolete, to operate from the testimony. The structure of the tale consists of different phrases played by a soundtrack synchronised with a projection of hand-painted slides. The different testimonies were captured in conversations occurring in distinct times and spaces from seven characters (…). Each phrase raises a specific reflection on a peculiarity of life. Together they all arise as displaced references forming a context (…). The projected images that accompany the tale much help to clarify each phrase-example (…). [The whole] produces a community of ideas and images articulated in their uniqueness through various modes while refuting the institution of a major sign.

Pedro Lapa and Sofia Nunes