An intervention of the old Portuguese colonial system through the "shaking" or exorcism of the Garcia d’Ávila Tower House in Bahia. Presented as a diptych with "O Sacudimento da Maison des Esclaves em Gorée."
The work is a requiem for Estelita de Souza Santana, lifetime leader of the Sisterhood of Our Lady of the Good Death (Cachoeira-BA), who passed away at the age of 105. A local myth that identifies black priestesses and white herons inspires the narrative, which explores the symbology of “white”...
Buruburu: same as popcorn. It is the flower of Obaluaê - a black god of diseases and cures. Your bath is a source of energy, wiping vigorously, body and soul.
Against a dendê [palm oil] background, gesturing hands stage a ballet of features and powers of the unique Candomblé [African-Brazilian religion] divinities.
An intervention of the old Portuguese colonial system through the "shaking" or exorcism of the Maison des Esclaves (House of Slaves) on Gorée Island. Presented as a diptych with "O Sacudimento da Casa da Torre."
Often, when we wish to refer to the presence of the horrors of a past of slavery in the contemporary world, we evoke the metaphor of the wound. To experience this figure of speech is what Ayrson Heráclito’s performance proposes, standing on the border between allegory and enactment. Participants...
