FIO CONDUTOR

4 October

After a year of work, the third phase of the PLANT project – Celebrate – culminates these days in Porto. We gather and present the artistic results and methodologies developed throughout the project, with a focus on their implementation in the local context, and where other projects come together in a series of performances, conversations, cinema, shared meals and lots of conviviality. This phase aims to highlight the integration of artistic practice with the local context and the principles of permaculture, celebrating the connections forged throughout the project.

In April 2021, the artists Rosanayaris and nyamnyam, re-made the trip following the original route that the Duncan family took in 1903 to travel by sea from Italy to Greece; this trip is described in the book "My life" written by Isadora Duncan (sister of Raymond Duncan). Their goal was to revisit the figure of Raymond and discover experientially, his way of thinking. The Duncan family traveled guided by the ancient story of Odysseus and the ideals surrounding ancient Greek culture. In their case, the artists traveled while reading and 'embodying' Raymond's life and ideas. OMEN is an opportunity to rediscover the figure of Raymond Duncan, in dialogue with the stories collected during the research of this project, over the last three years.

Dona Armênia is the Armenian's front neighbour. It has a distant name and is unaware of the link that connects it to the East. A bow to Dona Armenia. It is important to maintain good neighbourly relations.

A concert sang and played, you here, you there.

António Luis Cortez Marante, widely known as Marante, is an unavoidable figure in the Portuguese popular musical landscape. Born in Barqueiros, in 1948, his life is an intertwining of typical melodies and personal stories that position him as a true emblem of national culture. He dreamed of football but it was in music that he became known. In 1980 he created the group “Diapasão” which immortalized the song “A Bela Portuguesa”.