Miguel Almeida

Stream of consciousness awakened by the shots of an inauspicious summer.

Two young souls dive into their memories. From this dreamlike state, a party which reimagines the notions of temporality is summoned, together they cross each other in a sensorial experience. This ecstasy allows the union between themselves and question the concept of reality and memory.

The performer draws a map while listening to the sound ambience of a city. She creates a new, imagined place where she reflects on trauma and its parallels with the city.

Filomena Lopes recalls the first moments of Angola's independence. A story fictionalised through photographic archives. A personal investigation into the director's own family history.