O Centro do Mundo
performance by Ana Borralho & João Galante
15 NOV — fri, 
16h / 17h30 / 19h
Centro Cultural de Lagos
5€ (3€ with discounts)

In O Centro do Mundo, Ana Borralho & João Galante invite us to enter a light and sound installation that presents us with a parallel reality through the use of virtual reality goggles. Visited by characters and their testimonies, we get the feeling of being constantly under outside surveillance. A plunge into the unique experience of being at the show’s core, both inside and outside of oneself, amplifying and immersing in the contradictions of being human. While the psychic labyrinth appears as the centre of the world, the proliferation of disparate characters who keep questioning their own existence dilutes and undermines the very notion of identity.


NOTES:
This show includes the use of virtual reality glasses and strobe lights.
Limit of 12 spectators per session.

concept, artistic direction, video camera, recordings and sound design
Ana Borralho & João Galante

performers
Ana Freitas, Gustavo Sumpta, Inês Cóias, Joana Bernardo, Maria Antunes, Marco Mendonça

extras
Joana Mário, Vitória Gomes Molder, Óscar (cão)

light design
Joana Mário

original soundtrack
Coolgate

text
based on texts taken from Tiktok

dramaturgical support
Fernando J. Ribeiro

artistic assistance
Daniel Matos

360º video editing
Micael Espinha

special RV effects
David Gabriel

sound mastering
Pedro Augusto

casting and wardrobe
Alma Mar

makeup
Sara Marques de Oliveira

production
casaBranca

production direction and difusion
Clara Sampaio, Andrea Sozzi

executive production
Rita Conde

executive and administrative direction
Mónica Samões

administration support
Teresa Serra Nunes

communication
this is ground control

web design
José Pelicano

co-production
Teatro do Bairro Alto, Cineteatro Louletano, Teatro Viriato

support
teatro meia volta e depois à esquerda quando eu disser, Teatro do Vestido, Teatro da Voz – Produções Real Pelágio, MSM Studio, DuplaCena - Temps d'Images

casaBranca is supported by República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção Geral das Artes

duration 1h

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Ana Borralho (Lagos, 1972) & João Galante (Luanda, 1968) met while studying visual arts at AR.CO (Lisbon) and worked together regularly in the 1990s as actors/creators of the OLHO theatre group in Cacilhas/Almada. Since 2002, they have been working together on their own performance art, dance, theatre, installation, photography, sound and video art projects. Their work has been presented at international festivals in Portugal, France, Spain, Switzerland, Scotland, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Italy, England, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Canada, Iceland, Taiwan, Greece, Slovenia and Sweden. Borralho and Galante are co-founders of the non-musical band Jimmie Durham and the cultural association casaBranca. They are also artistic directors/curators of the contemporary arts festival Verão Azul (Lagos+Loulé), and co-curators of the now defunct electronic music festival Electrolegos (Lagos). They live and work in Lisbon and Lagos.

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