SELVA CORAGEM
It articulates concepts and assumptions of sound art, dramaturgical writing, and performance with perspectives of sustainability, biodiversity and quality of life in the urban environment. It proposes to create interdependence between people and place. It inspires and challenges us to dialogue, face to face and side by side.
Project team
Rodrigo Malvar
Catarina Lacerda
Sound Composition
Rodrigo Malvar
Filipe Lopes
Set Design and Construction
Filipe Tootill
Rodrigo Malvar
Lighting Design*
João Abreu
Construction of Sonic Objects
Emanuel Santos
Programming of Sonic Objects
Filipe Lopes
Production Management
Paula Silva
Executive Production
Ana de Sousa Vieira
*implementation of light design by local light technician
Premier and Presentations
September 27 - 29, 2024
TNT Festival, Terrassa, Spain
March 28 - April 1, 2023
Tremor Festival, Ponta Delgada
March 7 - April 25, 2022
Casa da Memória, Guimarães
October 1-5, 2019
Materiais Diversos Festival, Cartaxo
July 25-27, 2019
Premiere: Encontrarte Festival, Amares
Pre-production and production timeline
1. Pre-production (starts idealy six months before presentation)
- One or two zoom meetings to discuss aims/ space typology /audiences for Selva Coragem presentation in the festival
- Three days visit to the city where the festival takes place - 3 people travelling
- work meetings with the festival team (production, communication) to discuss mediation strategy and implementation of Selva Coragem; design a work plan together
- visit and select possible sites/spaces where Selva coragem will be installed
- One day technical visit (one month after first visit) - 2 people travelling:
- return to chosen instalation site to decide technical sound and set design needs
- Remote work: several Zoom meetings with the festival production and communication teams to discuss specific mediation strategy and site preparation
2. Production
- One week prior to instalation opening - 4 people travelling + 1 local light tecnician + 1 local gardener:
- construction of set; receiving of plants and community members; placement of plants in the set
- Opening to the public - same 4 people + 1 local gardener:
- the instalation is meant to be opened to the public, ideally during a week period, in which the artists will be present to keep receiving plants and present possible programmed actions (small events/conversations prepared in colaboration with local organization/city inhabitants).