© Marina Bastos
© Marina Bastos
© Marina Bastos
The play ‘Garotas Mortas’, by the collective Palabreria, is an adaptation of the book of the same name by the Argentine writer Selva Almada, and narrates the investigation of three unresolved femicides, which took place in the 1980s. murdered, reflections on gender violence and feminism from a cinema-theatre language.
about the staging
For the staging of the show, the artists created a theater-cinema language in which the stage and canvas are always in dialogue; That is, the projections are indispensable for the live scene, and the live scene is indispensable for the projection. This aspect is accentuated by the absence of sound in the video. The sound design is performed live by clumsy, under the direction of Dani Nega.
Like the Selva Almada book, the show consists of different narrative records. For each of them, the artists created an audiovisual language, including analog films, archive images, short films, among others. The videos were made by the collective Palabreria in partnership with several audiovisual artists and had the participation of 24 actors and actresses.
From the stories of the three murdered women – Maria Luísa, Andrea and Sarita – the show Garotas Mortas articulates a critical thought about patriarchy in Latin America. The aim is to think about how these specific stories, told by the author in her book, reveal a structural gender violence, with continental dimensions, and that continues to kill thousands of women. The show project was awarded by the 13th edition of the Zé Renato Award from the Municipal Secretary of Culture of the City Hall of São Paulo.
CREDITS
GAROTAS MORTAS
from Selva Almada
Translation: Sergio Molina
Conception and general direction: Collective Palabreria
Dramaturgical staging and adaptation: Fernanda Machado, Luiza Romão and Sofia Boito
Cast: Beatriz Cruz, Fernanda Machado, Sofia Boito
Musician on the scene: clumsy
Scene Direction: Joana Dória
Musical Direction: Dani Nega
Lighting: Marisa Bentivegna
Light adaptation and operation: Nara Zocher
Scenography, costumes and props: Érika Grizendi
Editing and creating the video on stage: Sérgio Silva
Videomapping: Vic Von Poser
Sound Technician and Operator: Nick Guarana
Graphic Design: Laura Nakel
Illustration Tarot Cards: Elisa Riemer and Paula Mariá – Nosotras Tarot
Photography: Sergio Silva
Teaser: Diogo de Nazaré
Production: Cotiara Producer (Ana Elisa Mello and Samya Enes)
Video credits
Direction of short films and interviews: Ana Julia Travia and Jéssica Queiroz
Video art direction: Sérgio Silva
Direction, Laboratory and Editing in Super 8: Vinícius Campos
Director of short films and interviews: Laís Aranha and Renata Pegorer
Super 8 photography director and laboratory worker: Rodrigo Sousa & Sousa
Art Direction: Leila Tomás
Short Films Directing Assistance: Bianca Medina
Short film camera assistance: Janaína Carvalho, Keiko Kataoka and Bárbara Balhe.
Sound Capture (Interviews): Dora Florencio
Editing (short films): Bruna Forte
Edition (Interviews): Luiza Romão
Editing (videoart), archival images and animation: Sérgio Silva
Executive Producer: Collective Palabreria
Guest cast (video appearance)
André Cezar Mendes, Ariane Aparecida, Cybele Jacome, Érica Ribeiro, Flávio Barollo, Glauber Pereira, Ícaro Rodrigues, Jéssica Nascimento, Joca Andreazza, Klarah Lobato, Larissa Nunes, Lilian Regina, Lilith Cristina, Lorena Andrade, Luciana Fontes, Lucienne Guedes, Marina Merlino, Mayra Coelho, Paula Klein, Romário Oliveira, Sérgio Siviero, Tatí Ribeiro, Vinícius Neri and Walter Balthazar.