Memories Of The House Of The Fortunate Buddhas
photo: courtesy of SCESC Sao Paulo
curated by Fyodor P.
funded by Goethe Institut Sao Paulo | Narratives of the South
2017 | Brazil
curated by Fyodor P.
funded by Goethe Institut Sao Paulo | Narratives of the South
2017 | Brazil
"Memories Of The House Of The Fortunate Buddhas"
The performance is a reflection that delves into the contradictions between the real and the imaginary; between the historical process of colonisation and narrative.
The proposition dismantles the logic of transaction and trade into a space of intimate reflection on Brazilian socioeconomic inequality and its corollaries such as poverty and violence that are products of the process of colonisation and of the country's complex ethnic makeup. With meditations of caring, the performer attempts to trade your empathy through a process of donation and personal seance with your ancestral histories. In this process the audience is washing money, learning the names of their ancestors and receiving body treatments. Are you able to trade your currency? Sell your confession? Wash your sins? Are you able to come to face to your history? Are you able to confront your future? Who will take care of you once you leave your home?
Based on the poetry and novels of Joao Ribeiro, the artist pushes a reflection on the way our monetary exchanges maintains systems of exclusion and commemorates current battles of indigenous struggles.
The performance is a reflection that delves into the contradictions between the real and the imaginary; between the historical process of colonisation and narrative.
The proposition dismantles the logic of transaction and trade into a space of intimate reflection on Brazilian socioeconomic inequality and its corollaries such as poverty and violence that are products of the process of colonisation and of the country's complex ethnic makeup. With meditations of caring, the performer attempts to trade your empathy through a process of donation and personal seance with your ancestral histories. In this process the audience is washing money, learning the names of their ancestors and receiving body treatments. Are you able to trade your currency? Sell your confession? Wash your sins? Are you able to come to face to your history? Are you able to confront your future? Who will take care of you once you leave your home?
Based on the poetry and novels of Joao Ribeiro, the artist pushes a reflection on the way our monetary exchanges maintains systems of exclusion and commemorates current battles of indigenous struggles.