Description
Who is the spectator? Who are those strangers that Raquel André has been archiving in images, texts, and objects in the frame of her Collection of People, for almost a decade? How was the direct artistic relationship activated by André perceived by them? How did they feel through the experience of an encounter? Who are these participatory witnesses? Who are these spectators?
Raquel André fourth collection – Collection of Spectators – will be a show, a museum, a great conversation between her and the witnesses who were affected by her work. In 2020 Collection of Spectators started with an interactive and participatory website: www.collectionofspectators.com, in 2021 it debuted with a group of spectators on stage; they are the protagonists of this fourth Collection of People. In each city where this Collection is presented more spectators are collected on stage, through a workshop. This work is part of the project Collection of People: Collection of Lovers, Collection of Collectors, Collection of Artists and Collection of Spectators.
COLLECTION OF SPECTATORS by Raquel André
Cast / spectators: Aina Elola, Lluïsa Guàrdia, Joan Justícia, Lilí Moreu, Mireia Pla, Esther Rodríguez, Montse Rius, Joan Sans, Ona Trabal
Creation: Cláudia Gaiolas e Raquel André
Production: Missanga
Music: Odete
Light Design: Cárin Geada
Sound Design: João Neves
Costume: José António Tenente
Graphic Design Sérgio Couto
Web Developers: que.pt
Difusion: Mikado Blue
Co-production: Teatro Nacional D.Maria II (PT) e BIT Teatergarajsen (NOR)
Artistic Residency: Espaço do Tempo (PT) e Casa da Cultura/Município de Setúbal (PT)
Financial Support: República Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes