Synopsis
Enjoy the weather was triggered by reading ‘The life of plants’ by Emanuele Coccia. This poetic and philosophical essay adopts the plants’s point of view as a way to understand the world not as a simple collection of objects, but as a space of metaphysical interaction, where all living beings share the same breath. Following this hypothesis, the creative process is conceived as a common body, an ecosystem, which results from a set of relationships, interactions and affects. In the artistic residencies, ways of meeting, sharing, practicing, creating and presenting are explored, investigating how we perceive and act in this interconnected, impermanent and interdependent world.
Artistic and Technical Information
Artistic direction: Teresa Silva
In collaboration with: David Marques, Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias, Mestre André and Sabine Macher
Documentation and communication design: Diogo Brito
Executive production: Cláudia Teixeira
Financial management and administration: Vítor Alves Brotas
Artistic residencies: Casa da Dança, DeVIR/CAPa, O Espaço do Tempo, Estúdios Victor Córdon, Materiais Diversos in partnership with Grand Studio, Parallèle and Short Theatre within the project More Than This
Production: agência 25
Co-production: Casa da Dança
Acknowledgments: Margarida Bettencourt, João da Cunha Ferreira, Álvaro Guilherme, Pedro Cal, Margarida Mendes, Léa Bosshard, Bruno Faucher and Filipa Francisco for the availability and sharing in our meetings. Centrale Fies and Maria Ferreira Silva for their support in an research phase that led to the origin of this project.
Project supported by: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, República Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes and More Than This through the programme Creative Europe