"Que.mim.erA" | CHISSANGUE AFONSO
WINNER OF THE SEMENTEIRA GRANT HOSTED BY ALMA D’ARAME
Winning project of Sementeira, New Creations Grant for Alentejo, an initiative promoted by Antípoda A.C., co-produced by O Espaço do Tempo and in partnership with Alma d’Arame, Pó de Vir a Ser, Pé de Xumbo and FUTURAMA, as well as the municipalities of Évora, Viana do Alentejo, Estremoz, Mértola and Serpa.
"I sow...
Naked. Raw. Shameless. Guiltless.
How many bodies inhabit mine? Am I just me, or pieces of others that build me and blend together? What strange familiar makes me up? A Solo. A woman. Many Women. Women united by choice. What I was, what I am, and what I am now, built from experiences and utopian horizons.
Silenced, ostracised voices that demand the empowerment of the Self.
A story that manifests the urgency of enshrining the rights and freedoms of the body and of Women. >BR> We are the territory of ourselves. Fertile ground, interrupted by the world and by others."
Creation and Performance: Chissangue Afonso
Creative Support and Direction: Rúben Jaulino
Lighting Design: Chissangue Afonso and Rúben Jaulino
Video Art and Audio Design: Rogério Almeida
Set Design: Chissangue Afonso
Graphic Design: Rúben Jaulino
Executive Production: Damaris Lima
Clinical Curator: Patrícia Correia Rico
Mozambique, 1979 (Creator)
Artistic training at the António Arroio School (95 and 98), Bachelor’s Degree in Performing Arts (2003), Master’s Degree in Theatre, Acting and Directing, at the University of Évora (2020). ‘Ninhos’, ‘‘Jacarandás’ and ‘A Barragem’ are shows she has written, the latter of which is set to premiere in documentary and concert film format later this year. She works continuously with Malvada Associação Artística and the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation in the areas of cultural mediation, acting, dramaturgy support and stage design.
Lisbon, 1992. (Creative and Directing Assistant)
Degree in Theatre from the University of Évora (2017). Developed the performances “Diagrama”, inspired by texts by Gilles Deleuze, and “Ignoto”, about identity based on the voice. Co-created, in partnership with the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation (Évora), the show “Está aí alguém?” (Is anyone there?), as part of the project of staged visits to the Páteo de S. Miguel. Created collectively the plays Stand By and Panorama Alterno, together with Tiago Carrasco, as part of Uma Espécie de Coletivo.