The Lonely Tasks, by Mara Andrade . Festival DDD
“The Lonely Tasks is a studies series where I intent to document the my body's performative utility. uma série de estudos onde pretendo explorar e documentar a utilidade performativa do meu corpo. I propose myself to simples tasks, already learnt by me, inserted in an aseptic environment, so that my body reacts by itself: dinner, cleaning, skin care, knitting, physical activities, etc.
Looking at the performance as a dynamic sistem, I focus on the relation with the audience/observer and try to be and understand that interdependence: performer-audience, performer-space; performer-time; etc. It is also about responsibilities.
My body. The performer's body. The performer as a body. The body as a performer. The performance with the body. The performance withouth the body. The body in the performance. The body of the performance.” Mara Andrade