The Old Image of Being Loved

"The old image of being loved" takes place as a theatrical event where the audience is invited to co-create a fictional, long-term artistic project entitled "Touch". "The old image of being loved" is made up of two objects (a work of art in constant construction and a theater performance) that coexist in the same space and time - two dramaturgical lines that intersect and depend on each other. Photographs, scene proposals, dramaturgical drafts, sketches and scenographic sketches are the substances that drive and deepen the development of the entire show, characterizing it as a multidisciplinary performance. The creation of material by the Obra-Auditório collective is not just an interactive game. It is also its own language that levels reality and fiction on the same plane: that of real time. "The old image of being loved" is a show that doesn't exist because it was imposed by the tenderness of an artist forgotten by the world.

The Old Image of Being Loved

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The Old Image of Being Loved

PERFORMING ARTS

“The old image of being loved” takes place as a theatrical event where the audience is invited to co-create a fictional, long-term artistic project entitled “Touch”.

“The old image of being loved” is made up of two objects (a work of art in constant construction and a theater show) that coexist in the same space and time – two dramaturgical lines that intersect and depend on each other. Photographs, scene proposals, dramaturgical drafts, sketches and scenographic sketches are the substances that drive and deepen the development of the entire show, characterizing it as a multidisciplinary performance. The creation of material by the Obra-Auditório collective is not just an interactive game. It is also its own language that levels reality and fiction on the same plane: that of real time.

“The old image of being loved” is a show that doesn’t exist because it was imposed by the tenderness of an artist forgotten by the world.

SYNOPSIS

I have an idea. This idea is an image. An image in which I’m standing in front of a stranger. But not just any stranger. I have an idea in which I make a work of art with the stranger who is reading this text. While I’m writing this text, I’m thinking about that stranger. My idea is that we create a memorable work of art. That’s my idea of a collective. Me, the stranger reading this and a work of art. An image. I have the idea of meeting this stranger in place X at time Y so that we can think about this idea: “The old image of being loved”.

ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL FILE

a creation_ by Ana Gil, Nuno Leão, Óscar Silva
a co-production_ Terceira Pessoa & Óscar Silva
communication design_ Cátia Santos and Tiago Moura
support for the creative residency_ Cine-Teatro Avenida Castelo Branco, ATA – Acção Teatral Artimanha, Teatro Sá da Bandeira Santarém
financial support_ Câmara Municipal de Castelo Branco
thanks_ Bruno Santos, Douglas Irvine, Martina Conti and Ricardo Marques