Gustavo Ciríaco. Caravanserá
Open Residency Programme
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Date
- Sat,
- Closed on Tuesday
Location
Engawa Space Centro de Arte Moderna GulbenkianGustavo Ciríaco (Rio de Janeiro, 1969) is a choreographer and transdisciplinary artist who works in dance and visual arts. His site-specific works explore relationships between space, geography, architecture, and fiction.
Inspired by the work of the Rio-born artist (and his mother), Maria José de Figueiredo Ciríaco (1939-2020), ‘Caravanserá’ takes its name from the age-old roadside inns along the Silk Road, in the deserts between the Middle East and Asia. Safe havens on a journey, the ‘caravanseras’ offered protection to long-distance travellers. Sculpture is the focal point of the dialogue between the artists, mother and son. Its tactile dimension and openness to change invites visitors to interact and become part of the creation.
Gustavo Ciríaco invites everyone to take part in workshops on dance, music, sewing and set design, culminating in a Carnival parade on 14 February in the South Garden.
Artist Gustavo Ciríaco invited Antônio Frederico Lasalvia, Chu‘o‘ng-Đài Võ, Laura Erber and Maša Tomšič to reflect on their artistic practice. Consult related information.
Biographies
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Gustavo Ciríaco
Gustavo Ciríaco (Rio de Janeiro, 1969) is a Brazilian choreographer and transdisciplinary artist. His practice combines dance, visual arts and performance in site-specific projects that explore the relationships between body, space and imagination, in an ongoing investigation of presence, perception and the expanded art of dance.
He presents works and interventions in institutions, festivals and museums in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. His work proposes sensitive experiences that activate space and the audience as a constitutive part of the work. -
Maria José de Figueiredo Ciríaco
Maria José de Figueiredo Ciríaco is a poet, visual artist, troubadour, educator, performer, and bus writer. She has created an art form where life and creation blend together in a multivocal poetics. With her newspaper dolls, ice carts, children’s songs, and ‘Quintal das Artes’, she transformed everyday life into an aesthetic experience. She called her work ‘Arte Deter-Gente’ – the art of stopping people, without fear of what lies ahead. She is an artist who made encounters her creative territory.
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Credits
Curator
Rita Fabiana
Concept and Artistic Direction
Gustavo Ciríaco
Set and Exhibition Design
João Gonçalo Lopes
Scenography Support
Romeu Delmar
Francisco Lopes
Performers
Abel Rojo
Esther Kasenda
Leonor Mendes
Sara Zita Correia
Preproduction Direction
Carolina P. Gameiro
Production Direction
Luís Filipe Fernandes
Mariana Pimentel
Rita Maia – And Lab
Administration and Financial Management
Missanga – Per Form Ativa
Costumes
Gustavo Ciríaco & Vivi Curtis em parceria com «A Avó Veio Trabalhar»
Seamstress
Sol Costa
Arshia
Original Samba Composition
Dado Amaral
Musical Direction
Juninho Ibituruna
Musicians
Kito Siqueira – Saxofone
Ygor Rajão – Trompete
Claire Haas – Trombone
Mayara Baptista – Cantora
Videos
Ali Talaat & Aly Soliman
Antonio Frederico Lasalvia
Gustavo Ciríaco
Guest artist – Talk
Vera Mantero
Commissioned Texts by
Antonio Frederico Lasalvia
Chương-Đài Võ
Gustavo Ciríaco
Laura Erber
Masa Tomsic
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