Homo Sacer — Bestiário
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Homo Sacer is an expression with genesis in the roman law used to designate someone who never had or no longer has an identity and therefore their fate is up to the Gods: like Oedipus whom after blinding himself, roams at the mercy; a roman soldier in battle, longing for victory, runs at the enemy with little chance of returning; the Calon whom during the transition to the industrial society were listed and stalked for being averse to working. Forgetful faces which melt. They are amongst us. Spectral bodies, potency of someone who exists, but is invisible.
Credits
Concept, director and dramaturgy: Teresa V. Vaz
Director and dramaturgy: Maria Gil
Creators and performers: Afonso Viriato, Helena Caldeira, Maria Gil, Miguel Ponte, Teresa Manjua, Vicente Gil, performer to be defined
Theoretical curator and dramaturgy support: Silvia Rodríguez Maeso
Sound: Carincur
Light design: Manuel Abrantes
Stage design: Daniela Cardante
Costume design: Isabel Brissos
Assistant producer: Bruno Esteves
Executive producer: Diana Almeida
Light and sound operation: Janaina Gonçalves
Film: Rafael Fonseca
Teaser and Podcast edition: Jorge Albuquerque
Photography: Bruno Simão
Communication: Helena Marteleira
Accounting: António Abrantes – Contabilidade e Serviços
Pagination of the show’s booklet: Bruno Inácio
Revision of the show’s booklet: António Pedro
Coproducers: Casa da Cultura de Ílhavo – 23 Milhas, Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Teatro Viriato
Coproducer’s residencies: Casa da Cultura de Ílhavo – 23 Milhas, O Espaço do Tempo, Teatro Viriato
Venues: Cineteatro Curvo Semedo, Cineteatro de Elvas, Cine Teatro de Serpa, Mákina de Cena – Festival Contrapeso e Cine Teatro Louletano
Residencies: DeVIR CAPa
Financial Partners: Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Partners: Bestiário (editora), CoffeePaste, Gerador
About Teresa V. Vaz & Maria Gil / Bestiário
Teresa V. Vaz | Lisboa, 1988. MBA in Cultural Management at Universidade Politécnica de Valência (Spain). BA in Acting at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema; BA in Social and Cultural Communication at Universidade Católica. Between 2010 and 2012 she was a part of the professional project Estudio del Arte para el Actor at Laboratorio de Arte en Vivo with Dario Valtancoli. She complements her training with workshops: Julian Boal; Carlo Boso (Commedia dell´Arte); Jonh Mowat; Stefano Panzeri (Commedia dell´Arte); Gey Pin Ang (Workcenter); Roberta Carreri (Odin Teatre); Yoyo Jewe; José Maria Vieira Mendes; Rui M. Silva; Sara Vaz e Nuno Nunes. As an actress highlights the work with Teatro da Garagem (2017, 2018), Elmano Sancho at Festival de Almada (2018), Pedro Saavedra (2020), Primeiros Sintomas, Bruno Bravo (2021). Between 2014 e 2015 as an actress, dramaturgist and director, she developed the project Amor, Desamor, Amor: told in small stories of loneliness, presented in unconventional sites in the city of Lisbon. Since 2018 she is the cofounder of Bestiário alongside Afonso Viriato, Helena Caldeira and Miguel Ponte. Within Bestiário, she directed Atmavictu (2018), Homem-agem (2020) and Galeria (2021), codirected Parlamento Shakespeare (2019) and Parlamento Grimm (2020). And was a creator and performer in Umbra (2019), Lumina (2022) and Mesa (2022). Atmavictu, her second play, was distinguished by Blog Comunidade Cultura e Arte as one of the “15 memorable moments in Theatre in Lisbon in 2018” and one of the “20 best plays of 2018 in Portugal”. As an artistic mediator she works with the Family and Participation Service at Culturgest since 2013 and is a Theatre teacher since 2010. She will premiere her next play, Homo Sacer, a coproduction with TNDMII in 2023.
Maria Gil | Porto, 1972. Highlights her work as a dramaturgist and actress in MAPA_ O Jogo da Cartografia”, colective creation, directed by Hugo Cruz, coproduction with Teatro Nacional São João and presentations at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. In cinema, highlights acting, script and dialogues for “Cães que Ladram aos Pássaros” short film by filmmaker Leonor Teles (European Cinema Awards – Best Short Film / Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, Veneza / selection in 61 festivals and 3 awards, one of which at Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria). She worked as an actress in the short films “Azul” by Ágata Pinho, photography by Leonor Teles (Official Selection, International Film Festival Rotterdan 2022), Miguel Salvador’s “Rosa” (Selection Lift-off Global Network Session 2022) and the production “Monstros à Solta na Cidade” directed by Pedro Ribeiro and Joaquim Leitão.
Bestiário was born in 2018 by Afonso Viriato, Helena Caldeira, Miguel Ponte and Teresa V. Vaz. Its work and course is based in the exploration of the performative arts, namely the Theatre and draws inspiration from various areas of the human knowledge, such as the exact sciences and the social sciences. Bestiário operates under a rotational model when it comes to the direction of each project. This democratisation of opportunities opens space for new ways of collaboration and artistic growth.
Bestiário has worked with renowned institutions such as Teatro da Garagem, Escola de Mulheres, Teatro do Bolhão, Fábrica das Artes (CCB), F. Culturgest, O Espaço do Tempo, Cine-teatro Curvo Semedo, Centro Cultural de Belém, Teatro Viriato and Teatro das Figuras in a total of eight creations already supported by various entities: F. Calouste Gulbenkian, DGArtes, Fundo de Fomento Cultural, Fundação GDA and Bolsa de Criação d’O Espaço do Tempo / Fundação La Caixa in the post emergent category.
The shows include presentations in districts of Lisbon, Alentejo, Porto and Viseu. Internationally, Bestiário was welcomed at Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo in Santiago Island, Cape Verde for a week-long workshop and a conference. Atmavictu, Umbra, Homem-agem and Lumina got favourable critics in digital platforms and relevant cultural press.
Bestiário intends to continue exploring an artistic and aesthetic language through the creation of new pieces and professional relationships, whilst caring for the ones that already exist.
