public.project.responsible_investigator_cria: Angélica Vedana
public.project.responsible_investigator_external: Marlene Barreto (Mescla Associação)
public.project.research_group: Practices and Politics of Culture
Gender | Democracy | Totalitarianism | Dystopia
Direção-Geral das Artes ( Programa: Arte pela Democracia)
Mescla Associação (coord.), Cineteatro Louletano, Casa da cultura de Loulé, Biblioteca de Marvila, Coletivo Brecha, Espaço Cultural Valsa, Espaço Escada Colorida
public.project.closed
01-10-2023
30-11-2024
The Theory of Pessimism is a trilogy that explores the dangers to Democracy, centred on the concepts of Utopia and Dystopia. Started in 2020 with 'Aquarius', it addresses the imminence of the apocalypse by the eruption of the Yellow Stone supervolcano, using capitalism, natural disasters, power and oppression to explore the loss of humanity. It resulted in a laboratory and exhibition 'What would you do in your last minute?' 'Memo', the second work, will investigate gender oppression in a totalitarian regime, focusing on the cancellation of women's memory. The aim is to challenge concepts that threaten democracy, such as gender inequality, prejudice and patriarchal institutions, and to explore the links between climate change, capitalism and totalitarianism. We will encourage practical research through laboratories and reflections on gender inequality and climate change. We intend to broaden the discourse of resistance and contribute to a more egalitarian society by redefining the concept of Woman."
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