MITbr - PLATAFORMA BRASIL
Block 16
ORIGINAL TITLE: Quadra 16
ARTIST: Cris Moreira
70 min | Age Rating: 14+
20 and 21/3, Thursday and Friday, 5pm
22/3, Saturday, 16h
PLACE: Biblioteca Mário de Andrade
SYNOPSIS
In 2008, Cris Moreira gave birth to twins and lost one of her children, Francisco, at just two days old. In this lecture-performance, the Brazilian artist uses documentary and audiovisual devices to revisit her grief and address the invisibility of pain in a society that treats pregnancy as public but the loss of a child as private. Questioning who is willing to listen to a mother speak about death, the work broadens the discussion on motherhood and the loneliness surrounding parental grief.
BACKGROUND
Cris Moreira is an actress, cultural manager, and holds a master’s degree in performing arts. She is a founding member of Esparrama! Cultural Management and Production and the artistic collective Conectores, where she explores the intersection of theater, performance, and audiovisual media. She has performed in productions such as the award-winning Rosa Choque (2015), which tackles violence against women. In 2017, the production won the Copasa/Sinparc Award in the categories of Best Show, Direction, Performance, and Lighting, and the following year, it was honored in the Mais Festa section of the International Theater Festival of Setúbal in Portugal.
CREDITS
Director, Playwright, and Performer: Cris Moreira
Artistic Collaboration: Andreia Quaresma, Babi Amaral, and Talita Braga
Text Directing: Ana Hadad
Lighting Design: Marina Arthuzzi and Cristiano Oliveira Araújo
Set and Costume Design: Marina Sandim
Audiovisual Creation: André Veloso
Original Soundtrack: Daniel Nunes
Production Coordination: Cris Moreira – Esparrama!
Executive Production: Luísa Monteiro
Visual Programming: Tiago de Macedo – Estúdio Ofício
