TEMPS D'IMAGES

In an online conference, André Lepécki contextualised the process that leads to the disappearance of the body. We were in the midst of a pandemic and, under those circumstances, this disappearance was also literal. As technology reshapes today's societies, the human body gradually fades into the background, overshadowed by the processes inherent to our interconnected world. The vertigo induced by the structures of life in the digital age, strongly influenced by attention capitalism, is as inevitable as the technology-driven changes, stemming from the dematerialization of many fundamental aspects of existence, reshaping our societies. In the torrent of an exposed, increasingly fragmented life, with fragile bonds and managed from a distance, the body carves out its own space by asserting itself as a vessel for listening—a poetic gesture that seeks to offer protection to us all.

“Variações sobre o tempo dos jacarandás" (Variations on the season of the jacaranda trees) is the first collaboration between Yaw Tembe and Sofia Dinger. The piece revolves around a dialogue with the image of a tree observed through a window and is structured into two distinct seasons: in the first, presented this autumn, the tree devoid of blossoms. “Variações…” draws its inspiration from an old song that talks about doors, hearts, people passing by, houses. A song that has the words: Simply and Love. A woman sings for a long time. The sound of the trumpet sounds like something eerie. The flowers are indecisive.