Amphibian matter

“Amphibian matter” is a participatory performance, based on a documentary process that connects photography and circus. The project was inspired by the exploitation of cod in the Portuguese city of Ilhavo. Acrobatics, contortion, dance and polaroid photographs invite the audience to build together a space for reflection, a social self-portrait and a platform for a new view of reality. In the documentary process, Juana explores the feeling of “saudade” (port.) connecting it to the universal concept of “nostalgia” – the emotion that we carry as humanity, staying stuck in a reality that does not lead to change. The goal is to turn it around: to propose a framework in which a different scenario is possible…

„Amphibian matter” is part of “Hand to hand” project.