desejo-manifesto < 2011 >

manifest desire

Os manifestos artísticos marcaram uma época. Foram o principal instrumento de todo uma geração de artistas para dialogar com o seu tempo, rever destinos e propor futuros em comum. Através deles, os artistas posicionaram-se no mundo como comunidade, compartilhando ideias e experiências. Em 2011, o Manifesta! – ocupação artística que dirigiu o Teatro Cacilda Becker no Rio de Janeiro – fez um convite especial a diversos artistas da cena: “Qual é, hoje, o seu manifesto?” Na sua proposta, Alex Cassal construiu uma sala de espelhos que embaralha identidade e cultura, memória afetiva e reflexão social: Desejo-Manifesto.
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The artistic manifestoes marked a time. They were the main instruments of a whole generation of artists to talk to their time, to revise objectives and to propose collective futures. Through them, the artists positioned themself in the world as a community, sharing ideas and experiences. Following these manifests, in 2011 the Manifesta! Project did a special invitation to several Brazilian performers, directors, and choreographers: "What is your manifest, today? A public declaration of principles and intentions, an alert or denunciation of a government, of a time, a bet in alternatives and possible worlds, a convocation of communities, a ‘we’ that speaks for a bigger ‘we’, keys for the common future”. In his proposition, Alex Cassal established a space of intimacy in which identities were built and mixed.