Thinking Hands or Thinking Manual
PERFORMING ARTS
Mãos Pensantes or Manual de Pensar is a show based on the universe of craftsmen and women who work in the Beira Baixa area.
SYNOPSIS
Heavy hand, divine hand, silk hands, fairy hands, butter hands, dead hands, golden hands, warm hands, cold heart, iron hand, cow hand, hand on chest, hands in the air, blessed hands, good hands, miraculous hands, wide hands, clean hands, full hands, broken hands, shaking hands, hands at work, hand on conscience, heart in hands, hands on hips, out of hand, “manu militaris”, raise your hand, mischievous hand, hands that sew lives together, objects, utensils, brands, things that are useful and things that are not, these hands that wrote this text, thinking hands OR thinking manual.
The pleasure of thinking about the work of a craftsman and a craftswoman still resides in a previous ear, where, when you close your eyes, you can still hear the mechanical sound of the tools at work, mixed with the breathing of those who mark their intensity.
There is no creation where I don’t try to make myself.
ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL FILE
Co-creation/Interpretation_ Ana Gil, Maria Belo Costa, Nuno Leão
Stage Photography and Video_ Tiago Moura
Light Design_ Pedro Fonseca
Seamstress_ Paula Gregório
Video and Sound Operation_ Raquel Fradique
Communication Design_ Cátia Santos
Co-Production_ Pé de Pano Projectos Culturais , Terceira Pessoa – Associação
Financial Support_ Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Project “Dialogues…Science, Tradition & Culture”
Partners_ Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco / School of Education
GALLERY
