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 About the End starts from the end of a romantic relationship, which becomes a reflection on the idea of ​​endings, both individual and collective. The project investigates territories of intersection between Humans and Plants, a kind of botanical memory, creating a joint hallucination that results in the possible fiction of this encounter. The end is not just a breaking point, but an opening for new fictions that emerge from the collapse.

The scenic space explores botanical performativity and integrates carnivorous plants, aphrodisiac plants, plants that induce dreams, and plants with healing properties. The sound space is entirely composed of the sounds emitted by the plants, mixing pre-recorded sounds and sounds emitted in real time.

Credits

Artistic Direction
Gio Lourenço, Sofia Berberan

Sound Design
Ágatha Barbosa, Marcelo Lopes

Dramaturgy
With the coordination of Cláudia Madeira

Scenic Space
Joana Fins Faria

Movement Support
Teresa Noronha Feio

Co-production in Residency
O Espaço do Tempo

© Sofia Berberan

Gio Lourenço is an actor and performer, and the founder and resident actor of Teatro GRIOT. As a creator, he developed PRETA, presented at the 17th Venice Biennale (2021). He took part, as a performer-choreographer, in the project Charging Change, presented at Documenta15. He created and performed the piece Boca Fala Tropa. He also participated in Passa Folhas, by Vânia Gala, which officially represented Portugal at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024.

Sofia Berberan is a curator and visual artist. In her artistic practice, she investigates the relationship between the visual arts, performance and botany. She has developed several projects in non-conventional spaces, questioning the relationship between humans and the vegetal world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gio Lourenço & Sofia Berberan (AO/PT)

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