Here whilst we walk is perhaps best understood as a temporary collectivity, an engagement between participants, performers (and participants as performers) and the labyrinthal alley-ways of the Lisbon’s oldest remaining streets in the Alfama quarter.
"...Walking silently and without the shield of a camera also confers a sense of respect: given that we can not click and save the moment for the future, the perfomance forces us to be here......I am caught between waiting an acting. I see this as an opportunity to explore the sphere of responsibility of ourselves as audience........ Being "here whilst we walk" was both dislocating but also an experience of being attentive to the occurring present. As I further fumble with the kites strings, somewhat peeved with my lack of coordination, a little voice cuts through my impatience and asks: How here can we actually be? (Wietske Maas)
Here Whilst We Walk
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Written on 10/09/2006 by Wietske Maas
The artists Andrea Sonnberger and Gustavo Ciríaco take the public for an urban walk. Inspired by the long tradition which links walk to the production of thought and awareness, the two performers start a silent journey through the city. A changing contact with a space that moves and is moved instantaneously. 'Here Whilst we Walk' was performed as part of Close Encounters, a cross cultural collaborative project supported through ALMOSTREAL and the grants progamme of the ECF.
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