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Ela deu-me eu dela recebi, Clara Amaral
She gave it to me, I received it from her, Clara Amaral
Event by: Teatro do Bairro Alto
Location: TBA - Teatro do Bairro Alto, Rua Tenente Raul Cascais 1 A, Lisboa
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About event
October 16th to 20th
Wednesday to Friday 6pm, 7:30pm and 9pm
Saturday and Sunday 3pm, 4:30pm and 6pm
(performance)
Out of Doors
Camões Library
Largo Calhariz 17 1st floor
ACCESSIBILITY
With interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language on October 19th at 6pm
Reduced capacity (6 people at a time)
The space is only accessible by stairs
Clara Amaral
SHE GIVEN IT TO ME, I RECEIVED IT FROM HER
(...) Clara Amaral evokes not only the structures of patriarchal power that (still) condition the equal representation and participation of women, here figured in the ability to write and read, but also the circularity of care articulated in this filial legacy of sharing names, gestures and affections, of those who hold the hand so that another can sign.
Alexandra Balona on the English performance of She gave it to me I got it from her, Público (2021)
She gave it to me I received it from her has as its central theme five generations of women in Clara Amaral's family and focuses on her grandmother, Maria Joana Cruz dos Santos, who could not read or write. What could be understood as a detail within a family turns out to be a sociocultural context that many women in Portugal had to face until the reform of the education system in 1950, which changed the situation of exclusion of women due to their gender and social status. .
She gave to me, I received from her
A poem that choreographs her hands and voice.
Her voice that reads aloud,
the book,
turned script,
turned performance,
turned archive.
The permanence of her voice in the book.
In the book,
(the absence) and presence of their name.
She gave it to me and I received from her a book and a choreography, read aloud and handled by an interpreter, for six people at a time. Artist Clara Amaral returns to TBA with the recreation and rewriting in Portuguese of the performance She gave it to me I got it from her, premiered as part of the Alkantara Festival, in 2021.
CLARA AMARAL works with text and performance. Starting from an interdisciplinary artistic practice, her work attempts to expand existing ways of reading, writing and publishing. Central to her artistic practice is the investigation of publishing modalities and the performative aspect of writing and language.
Written, choreographed and performed by
Clara Amaral
Review
Paula Caspão and Clara Amaral
Design
Ronja Andersen and Karoline Świeżyński
Conceptualization and manufacture of objects
Olga Micińska in dialogue with Clara Amaral
Production and Diffusion of Miscellaneous Materials
Coproduction
Teatro do Bairro Alto, Miscellaneous Materials, Anda&Fala
Support
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Diverse Materials is a structure financed by the Ministry of Culture / General Directorate of Arts
10 Eur. (integrated into the Culture Pass only available at the TBA Ticket Office)
Duration 50 min.
Age classification: to be assigned by the CCE
Wednesday to Friday 6pm, 7:30pm and 9pm
Saturday and Sunday 3pm, 4:30pm and 6pm
(performance)
Out of Doors
Camões Library
Largo Calhariz 17 1st floor
ACCESSIBILITY
With interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language on October 19th at 6pm
Reduced capacity (6 people at a time)
The space is only accessible by stairs
Clara Amaral
SHE GIVEN IT TO ME, I RECEIVED IT FROM HER
(...) Clara Amaral evokes not only the structures of patriarchal power that (still) condition the equal representation and participation of women, here figured in the ability to write and read, but also the circularity of care articulated in this filial legacy of sharing names, gestures and affections, of those who hold the hand so that another can sign.
Alexandra Balona on the English performance of She gave it to me I got it from her, Público (2021)
She gave it to me I received it from her has as its central theme five generations of women in Clara Amaral's family and focuses on her grandmother, Maria Joana Cruz dos Santos, who could not read or write. What could be understood as a detail within a family turns out to be a sociocultural context that many women in Portugal had to face until the reform of the education system in 1950, which changed the situation of exclusion of women due to their gender and social status. .
She gave to me, I received from her
A poem that choreographs her hands and voice.
Her voice that reads aloud,
the book,
turned script,
turned performance,
turned archive.
The permanence of her voice in the book.
In the book,
(the absence) and presence of their name.
She gave it to me and I received from her a book and a choreography, read aloud and handled by an interpreter, for six people at a time. Artist Clara Amaral returns to TBA with the recreation and rewriting in Portuguese of the performance She gave it to me I got it from her, premiered as part of the Alkantara Festival, in 2021.
CLARA AMARAL works with text and performance. Starting from an interdisciplinary artistic practice, her work attempts to expand existing ways of reading, writing and publishing. Central to her artistic practice is the investigation of publishing modalities and the performative aspect of writing and language.
Written, choreographed and performed by
Clara Amaral
Review
Paula Caspão and Clara Amaral
Design
Ronja Andersen and Karoline Świeżyński
Conceptualization and manufacture of objects
Olga Micińska in dialogue with Clara Amaral
Production and Diffusion of Miscellaneous Materials
Coproduction
Teatro do Bairro Alto, Miscellaneous Materials, Anda&Fala
Support
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Diverse Materials is a structure financed by the Ministry of Culture / General Directorate of Arts
10 Eur. (integrated into the Culture Pass only available at the TBA Ticket Office)
Duration 50 min.
Age classification: to be assigned by the CCE