On Tuesday 29 October, from 6pm, the Casa Comum of the Rectory of the University of Porto will host the artist Paulo Pinto with the performance action Palha Encantada: archaeology of a forgotten spirit as part of a dismantling project that will be followed by a conversation with indigenous fashion designer Rodrigo Tremembé (Ceará/Brazil) mediated by Lucas Reis, a student on the Master's programme in Art Studies - Art Theory and Criticism at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP), and the participation of Brazilian musician and percussionist Okan Kayma.


dismantling Palha Encantada

29 October at 6pm
at Casa Comum, Rectory of the University of Porto

FREE ENTRY
(subject to capacity)

performative dialogues
with

Paulo Pinto - creator, performer, art educator, art therapist, psychologist

Rodrigo Tremembé - indigenous Tremembé, fashion designer, art educator, visual artist and activist

Lucas Reis, Master's student in Art Studies - Art Theory and Criticism (FBAUP)

and special participation by Okan Kayma - musician, percussionist.

Palha Encantada: arqueologia de um espírito esquecido (Enchanted Straw: archaeology of a forgotten spirit) is a performative experiment in which the artist Paulo Pinto searches for ancestral affective references, in the real/fictitious transit suggested by an old Lusitanian rural labour garment.

Present in the rituals of different cultures, the straw is used as a device for re/discoveries triggered by the artist's archive and(m) his deviations of survival.

The creation, the result of an Artist Residency at CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva, Porto City Hall, reveals ongoing research in an attempt to access the memory of his family, originally from the northeastern hinterland (Cariri, Ceará), and was awarded by DGArtes, having circulated in various cultural spaces, such as Mala Voadora, Maus Hábitos - Espaço de Intervenção Cultural (Family Film Project), Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (FBAUP), Convento Dominicas in Guimarães, Plataforma Revólver - Independent Art Space in Lisbon, the Santo Tirso International Museum of Contemporary Sculpture and the Cerveira International Art Biennial in Vila Nova de Cerveira.

Support:

Casa Comum
Universidade do Porto
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
LÀRòyé - Casa/Ateliê de Partilhas Criativas Afetivas e Ancestrais