Brodja-Miseri
A play in seven acts, day 1
Portugal, May 2026. The stage is set by the Cabo Mondego Section of Portuguese Surrealism, in two places near the mouth of the Mondego: the beach of Praia do Osso da Baleia and, further inland, the cave system of Buracas do Casmilo.
The ensemble: Miguel de Carvalho (Portugal, host), Bruno Barnabé (Brazil), Ody Saban (France), Seixas Peixoto (Portugal), Rik Lina and Jan Giliam (The Netherlands). Six players abandoned to the elements.
Act I: The Open-Air Laboratory
Praia do Osso da Baleia. The picnic table stops being furniture and becomes a table of debris. Canvas, paper and found objects are worked without rehearsal. The wind directs.
Act II: A Duet for Tape and Flora
A small invention sparks between two of the players. They stretch a long ribbon of masking tape between two posts. One paints the paper side; the other presses handfuls of hare's-tail grass into the sticky side. When the grass-laden strips are laid across the main work on paper, the whole thing shifts, and they throw themselves back in.
Act III: The Title
The work is given a name made of five fragments in different languages: 'TOSCCA / Overal zit lippenstift! / Dos massaros aquele sonho azul / As flores do bem / L’élégance de Claude Cahun bien horizontal'
Acrylic, ink, pencils, collage material, masking tape, and hare's-tail grass on paper · 60 × 175 cm
Curtain. Day one ends in a name no one can read; day two will open on a word no one can speak.
The next day, the collaboration moved on to Buracas do Casmilo →