BURN TIME
Burn Time is a performance and an ephemeral installation for up to 9 bodies where the choreography unfolds from the gesture of burning threads. On the borders of sculpture and architecture, this creation thought as a site-specific piece, is a tour through a decelerating landscape. The space is dark and defined by an installation of sculptures made of cotton threads. Gradually - one after the other and sometimes several at the same time - threads will be set alight, creating a slow-motion space of incessant changing and fading.
In a time of ongoing existential and distracting wars between being in the present and future projections, “Burn Time” is a sort of obligation to acknowledge the moment and to indulge into the here and now.
© Alípio Padilha
© Álvaro Miranda
© Dieter Hartwig
© Drago Videmsek
© Filipe Farinha
© Lukasz Michalak
CREDITS:
Concept & Artistic Direction: André Uerba
Dramaturgical Advice: Thomas Schaupp
Performers: 5 - 9 local performers
Performers: Bernardo Chatillon, Jan Rozman, Jorge De Hoyos, Judith Förster, Lyllie Rouvière, Mariana Nobre Vieira, Philipp Enders, Bárbara Luz, Bárbara Ramos, Camila Valendolf, Inês Couto Bento, Mónica Brás, Naomi Ramos, Patrícia Teixeira, Sara Martins, Sofia Cinderela, Catarina Vieira, Constança Vaz Pinto, Helena Caldeira, Helena Rocha, Miguel Lopes, Tiago Gandra, Nadal Bin, Carmen Colino, Aitor Cortés, Nerea Cortés, Paloma de Pablo, Mariquiña Tereshkova, Laura Índigo, Geraldine Lamadrid Guerrero, Elias Miguez, Pablo Velasco, Estíbaliz Racionero, Pepe Serrano, Sergio Tamayo Alzate, Ester Zaragozá Marquina, Augusto Amado, Bernardo de Almeida, Catarina, Vieira, Djamilson Barreto, Marisa Bimbo, Mélanie Ferreira, Miguel Lopes, Silvana Ivaldi, Yana Suslovets, Sonia Noya, Olivia Mcgregor, Ana Cordeiro, António Neves Silva, Francisco Afonso Lopes, Grave, Maria Carolina Botelho dos Anjos, Rita Westwood, Tea Šćulac, Alicia Ocadiz, Brina Dokl, Evin Hadžialjević, Katarina Barbara Kavčič, Lene Lekse, Metka Kladnik, Mojca Spik, Nina Lang
Artistic Assistants: Bernardo de Almeida, Jan Rozman, Marc Lohr, Nien Ping Yu, Tiago Gandra
Sculptures & Live Sound: André Uerba
Light Design: André Uerba,
Light Design Assistance: Gretchen Blegen
Production: Short Hope / André Uerba
Co-Production: Walk&Talk Azores (Portugal) & PTL (Slovenia)
Residency Support: O Espaço do Tempo (PT), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Tanzfabrik (Berlin)
Funded by: Senate Department for Culture and Europe
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/408122956
Process: https://vimeo.com/494254503
PERFORMANCE:
2023 Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
CushCush Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
2021 Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden
2020 Radialsystem, Berlin
Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal
2019 Verão Azul Festival, Loulé, Portugal
Portuguese Platform for Performing Arts, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Naves Matadero, Madrid
2018 Festival Temps d'Images, Lisbon
Tanzfabrik, “Open Spaces”, Berlin
Walk&Talk Festival, Azores, Portugal
Plesni Teater Ljubljana/ Festival UKREP, Slovenia