A Walk on the Edge
A Walk on the Edge was a performative experience and a collective journey in Fenais da Luz, a village on the North coast of São Miguel Island. The pathway connects Azores’ history, a local tragedy from the 1980s, and the audience members’ personal relationship to owning.
Starting from the overwhelming idea that If you live on the edge, you might lose your belongings over night, the collective began to raise questions about the meaning of ownership and its relation to property, society and time. Do you own what you have?
A Walk on the Edge was a multidisciplinary art piece part of the European project Centriphery produced by Walk&Talk Art Festival, developed by architect duo Mezzo Atelier – Joana Oliveira (PT) and Giacomo Mezzadri (IT) – choreographer and artist Gustavo Ciríaco (PT/BR), theatre director, musician and writer Ovidiu Mihaita (RO) and contemporary artist and songwriter Tellervo Kalleinen (FIN). Local musicians and performers are an integral part of the piece.
Project: A Walk on the Edge
Typology: Performance
Team: Giacomo Mezzadri, Gustavo Ciriaco, Joana Oliveira, Ovidiu Mihaita e Tellervo Kalleinen
Project Year: 2022
Photography: Mariana Lopes, Claudio Oliveira, Ricardo Salema, Mezzo Atelier
Actors: Antonio Farias, Bruno Costa, Gustavo Ciríaco, Hugo Francisco, Renata Francisco, Vitor Almeida
Puppeteers: Anastasia Miulescu, Joana Oliveira, Ovidiu Mihaita
Puppet Design: Lia Pfeiffer
Craftsman: Rui Gonçalves, Rodrigo Oliveira
Costume Design: Sara França
Singers: Alexandra Pacheco, Andreia Oliveira, Joao Fonseca, Sofiia Shumailova, Tellervo Kalleinen
Musicians: Saxophone: Luis Senra / Double Bass: Gianna de Toni / Accordion: Heitor Amaral
Composer: Tellervo Kalleinen
Set Design: Mezzo Atelier
Production: Filipa Fonseca, Rubén Montfort
Special thanks to João Paulo Constância, Pedro Pascoal, Hélio Soares, Rui Raposo, Anastasia Miulescu, Junta de Freguesia e Casa do Povo dos Fenais da Luz.
Banda Filarmónica Nossa Sra. da Luz plays Ave Verum and N. Sra. de Cáceres
A Walk on the Edge
A Walk on the Edge was a performative experience and a collective journey in Fenais da Luz, a village on the North coast of São Miguel Island. The pathway connects Azores’ history, a local tragedy from the 1980s, and the audience members’ personal relationship to owning.
Starting from the overwhelming idea that If you live on the edge, you might lose your belongings over night, the collective began to raise questions about the meaning of ownership and its relation to property, society and time. Do you own what you have?
A Walk on the Edge was a multidisciplinary art piece part of the European project Centriphery produced by Walk&Talk Art Festival, developed by architect duo Mezzo Atelier – Joana Oliveira (PT) and Giacomo Mezzadri (IT) – choreographer and artist Gustavo Ciríaco (PT/BR), theatre director, musician and writer Ovidiu Mihaita (RO) and contemporary artist and songwriter Tellervo Kalleinen (FIN). Local musicians and performers are an integral part of the piece.
Project: A Walk on the Edge
Typology: Performance
Team: Giacomo Mezzadri, Gustavo Ciriaco, Joana Oliveira, Ovidiu Mihaita e Tellervo Kalleinen
Project Year: 2022
Photography: Mariana Lopes, Claudio Oliveira, Ricardo Salema, Mezzo Atelier
Actors: Antonio Farias, Bruno Costa, Gustavo Ciríaco, Hugo Francisco, Renata Francisco, Vitor Almeida
Puppeteers: Anastasia Miulescu, Joana Oliveira, Ovidiu Mihaita
Puppet Design: Lia Pfeiffer
Craftsman: Rui Gonçalves, Rodrigo Oliveira
Costume Design: Sara França
Singers: Alexandra Pacheco, Andreia Oliveira, Joao Fonseca, Sofiia Shumailova, Tellervo Kalleinen
Musicians: Saxophone: Luis Senra / Double Bass: Gianna de Toni / Accordion: Heitor Amaral
Composer: Tellervo Kalleinen
Set Design: Mezzo Atelier
Production: Filipa Fonseca, Rubén Montfort
Special thanks to João Paulo Constância, Pedro Pascoal, Hélio Soares, Rui Raposo, Anastasia Miulescu, Junta de Freguesia e Casa do Povo dos Fenais da Luz.
Banda Filarmónica Nossa Sra. da Luz plays Ave Verum and N. Sra. de Cáceres
