Enjoy the weather
Enjoy the weather was triggered by reading ‘The life of plants’ by Emanuele Coccia. This poetic and philosophical essay adopts the plants’ point of view as a way to understand the world, not as a simple collection of objects, but as a space of metaphysical interaction where all living beings share the same breath. Following this hypothesis, the creative process is conceived as a common body, an ecosystem, which results from a set of relationships, interactions and affects. In the artistic residencies, ways of meeting, sharing, practicing, creating and presenting are explored, investigating how we perceive and act in this interconnected, impermanent and interdependent world.
Artistic direction: Teresa Silva
In collaboration with: David Marques, Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias, Mestre André and Sabine Macher
Documentation and communication design: Diogo Brito
Administrative management: Vítor Alves Brotas
Production: Agência 25
Executive Production: Cláudia Teixeira
Co-production: Casa da Dança
Support: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, República Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes and More Than This through the Creative Europe Program
Residencies: Casa da Dança, DeVIR/CAPa, Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo, Materiais Diversos in partnership with Grand Studio, Parallèle and Short Theatre as part of the More Than This project
Acknowledgments: Margarida Bettencourt, João da Cunha Ferreira, Álvaro Guilherme, Pedro Cal, Margarida Mendes, Léa Bosshard, Bruno Faucher, Filipa Francisco, Jêrome Andrieu and Juvelina Cantanhede for the availability and sharing in our meetings. Centrale Fies and Maria Ferreira Silva for their support in an research phase that led to the origin of this project.
Enjoy the weather residences are part of the More Than This project, supported by the Creative Europe Program and by the structures Parallèle and Short Theater.
