Francisco Camacho
Francisco Camacho / Meg Stuart
The artistic collaboration between Francisco Camacho and Meg Stuart traces back to Stuart’s early works, notably Disfigure Study (1991). Their deep personal connection has grown through various projects, such as Stuart’s acclaimed solo piece BLESSED, which Camacho has performed since 2007. Now, for the first time in three decades, they reunite on stage for a duet, drawing inspiration from the mysterious Nuragic ruins of Sardinia. In the twilight of this ancient civilization, stone giants guarded the island’s shores – traces of a rich culture that slowly eroded. Going beyond the museum walls, Camacho and Stuart delve into the gaps, the absences in the record. What remains?
Visual artist Gaëtan Rusquet, sound designer Vincent Malstaf and light designer Frank Laubenheimer create a landscape that, like the Nuragic sites, might have come from the future, or even exist outside of time. In this space, Camacho and Stuart excavate emotional artifacts. They look for contrast in size and scale: minimal poses blaze with feeling, rage and force are compressed and restrained. With their voices they channel a lost language, weaving connections that span universes. Meeting through rhythm and repetition, they rewind and accelerate, encode and decipher, make and break patterns. By listening to the past, they construct an archeology of the present that does not distinguish between the mystical and the mundane.
Dajana-Lothert
Credits
Choreography Francisco Camacho and Meg Stuart
Performance Francisco Camacho, Meg Stuart, Gaëtan Rusquet
Scenography Gaëtan Rusquet
Sound Design Vincent Malstaf
Light design and technical direction Frank Laubenheimer
Artistic assistance Márcio Kerber Canabarro
Technical assistance Tom De Langhe
Outside Eye Sigal Zouk
Production EIRA / DAMAGED GOODS
Co-production Fuorimargine, Perpodium, Tanz im August/HAU Hebbel am Ufer
With the support of Government of Portugal/Ministry of Culture, Directorate-General for the Arts, City of Lisbon, Flemish Government, Flemish Community Commission, and the Federal Government of Belgium/Cronos Invest
Photography Dajana Lothert
Graphic Design Ana Freitas (Many Islands)
