At a time when contemporary societies insist on an exacerbated acceleration of everyday life, when the Performing Arts are absorbed by production systems that empty the place of experimentation – the place of simply being – this meeting between André Uerba and Tony Weaver proposes a rupture in the paradigmatic work system of the Performing Arts. They propose to meet again and transform the idea of work into an idea of encounter. To look into each other’s eyes and traverse together territories of fear, intimacy, desire, autobiography and emotional release practices. Between crossed gazes, interpretations and inner conversations, questions emerge about the triangulation of communication and the sensitivity of listening beyond hearing. They leave for this meeting with the desire to parachute, to scream – almost as an act of letting go, abandoning – or perhaps as an act of touching (the) ground.
For the four days they propose a device based on the idea of a game/conversation and invite two people to join them for each meeting. Between questions and sharing, they intend to create a space where the simplicity of an encounter reveals the complexity of their own identities. The stage is signalled as a boarding zone – as a space of transformation and vulnerability.
A Tempo | Triptych on idleness
‘We’ve never met. We’ve never exchanged a word or a gesture, but without knowing it, we’re going to spend three weeks together.’ A Tempo is a multidisciplinary creation in three acts that challenges three pairs of artists from different languages to work around the same motto: the relationship between ‘being and time’. Without ever meeting, each duo works towards this common performative object that mirrors three different axes – Communication, Space and Memory – the need to rethink time and the quality of relationships. Curated by Marco Paiva, A Tempo brings together André Uerba and Tony Weaver (Communication), André Murraças and Mia Menezes (Space) and Raquel André and Aliu Baio (Memory).
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