In Espaço, André Murraças and Mia Menezes ask what the relationship with the other is like: why is it so fundamental? ‘It is in the encounter with the other that we found ourselves as beings and found the world we share. The other, in their difference, shouts out our condition as outcasts. We find a common space in the cadence of the days that we live,’ they say.
This is an encounter in the dark. They are two strangers who have never worked together or known each other before this opportunity. They are two artists with different lives, obviously, but they both feel the stage is their home. They take rehearsals as a place of discovery, as they haven’t done for a long time. ‘There was no classic text to memorise, no renowned or emerging director, no theatre festival trends. There was time to think together, to test out nonsense. We worked remotely, by message, then live, with schedules. Sometimes over coffee, yes and then? This way yes, this way no. You write, I write, do you want to come in here, or would this look good on stage, no? We’ll see how it goes. Always marked by an urgency to be seen, heard and read. Yes, we need your attention.’

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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