The Autonomous Odyssey
2018

The work is developed as a set of five monologues that speak towards questions of contemporary struggle, and the bonds that may arise through the sharing of particular social imaginaries. Staged by a group of performers associated with the special environment of Sala 603, an unofficial theater space located in a house in Curitiba, Brazil, the work is presented through two parallel video projections. As viewers we follow each performer as they reflect upon journeys made and journeys still to come, leading us deeper into a poetic maze of hope and despair, and possibilities for transformation. They speak of the squatting of abandoned buildings, the creative and critical endeavors found in making life together, the joy of shared resistances and the exhaustion. Recorded throughout the rooms of Sala 603, the work creates an uncanny relation to the city, and the ongoing demonstrations that were taking place during the making of the work outside the jail where former President Lula was being held. Echoes and frictions come to pass between the interiority of the house and the city outside, capturing the ways in which domestic environments can assist in alternative forms of public action and the making of family.

Performers: Chiris Gomes, Raquel Rizzo, Eliane Campelli, Pagu Leal, Fernando Marés, Andressa Medeiros, Richard Rebelo, Denis Mariano (drums)
Videography: Gilson Camargo
Audio: Felipe Augusto
Additional photography: Rodrigo Augusto Ribeiro
Production assistance: Aline Sugi

Exhibited at Kunsthall 3,14, Bergen as part of The Imaginary Republic.

October 18 – December 16, 2018