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FERNANDO LUFER E EUGÊNIO LIMA
15/03 > 14H
GALERIA FLÁVIO DE CARVALHO || FUNARTE SP
Alameda Nothmann, 1058 - Campos Elíseo
50min
Free
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS:
Fernando Lufer
Eugênio Lima
Dione Carlos
Iramaia Gongora
Audio Transcribed
Our project, Black Machine, centers on the clash between the ideas of the Martinican psychoanalyst Frantz Fanon and the character of Hamlet. This confrontation will lead not only to the fall of the classic character but also to a new proposal for constructing an alternative possibility of Hamlet.
This project is based on the figure created by Heiner Müller in Hamletmachine, and one of the key elements we are developing is precisely this: considering that Shakespeare's character and his most emblematic phrase, "To be or not to be, that is the question," mark a turning point in modern thought, we are exploring how this concept applies to racialized people in our contemporary world.
Racialized people exist in the zone of non-being, while the zone of being—the space of subjectivity and recognition—is denied to them. This tension between the two zones is at the core of our investigation. Through a decolonial approach and a multiplicity of artistic languages, we aim to delve into this conflict, critically engaging with the text and creating an anti-play. That is essentially the foundation of our project.
Bio
Eugênio Lima is a DJ, director, actor-MC, and researcher of Afro-diasporic culture. He is a founding member of Núcleo Bartolomeu de Depoimentos and Frente 3 de Fevereiro, as well as the director of Coletivo Legítima Defesa. He has won numerous awards, including the Shell Theater Award for Best Music in 2020 for Terror e Miséria no Terceiro Milênio, the São Paulo State Governor’s Award in 2014 with Núcleo Bartolomeu de Depoimentos for Antígona Recortada: Contos que Cantam Sobre Pousos Pássaros, the Shell Theater Award for Best Music in 2006 for Frátria Amada Brasil: Pequeno Compêndio de Lendas Urbanas, and the Coca-Cola/Fensa Award for Best Music in 2004 for the play Acordei que Sonhava.
He has extensive experience as a curator in various fields. Among his most notable curatorial works are Ciclo Lélia Gonzáles: Uma Intelectual Amefricana at FLUP, the Literary Festival of the Peripheries in 2020; Dramaturgia Negra: Antologia Brasileira de Dramaturgia Negra at Funarte São Paulo in 2017; Legítima Defesa: Poéticas-Políticas à Procura de um Pouso, a poetic and political exploration of Black identity in São Paulo in 2017; the international debate series Discursos Sobre o Não Dito at MITsp - Mostra Internacional de São Paulo in 2016 and 2017; and the reflective axis of Ocupação Abdias Nascimento: Cartografia e Conferências Performáticas in São Paulo in 2016.
Fernando Lufer is a multidisciplinary artist trained at the Escola Livre de Teatro. He studied Performing Arts at the State University of Londrina and holds a degree in Audiovisual from the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP). Since 2015, he has been part of Coletivo Legítima Defesa, a theater and performance group addressing racial and social issues in a global context. In cinema, he appeared in the short film O Gari, directed by Manuela Stein, the medium-length film Menarka by May Manão, and the feature films O Novelo by Cláudia Pinheiro, which won the Best Film Award from the audience at the 49th Gramado Film Festival and earned him an honorable mention, and Pronto, Falei by Michel Tikhomiroff. In 2023, he joined the cast of the international production The Penguin and the Fisherman, directed by David Schurmann. On television, he is part of the cast of the series Empurrando com a Barriga, directed by Daina Gianechinni, which has yet to premiere. As a screenwriter, he wrote the documentary Driblando Fronteiras, which explores the precarious conditions of women's grassroots football in Brazil, the web series Mortalha (in pre-production), and Didascália, a short film in the funding phase, which he is also directing. In 2021, he was one of 40 selected for the Black and Indigenous Narratives Lab for Audiovisual - FLUP + Rede Globo. As a director, he has worked with OSCS, directing advertising campaigns, and has also directed video performances and video installations, such as Incômodo (2020). Currently, in addition to developing theater and audiovisual projects, he is studying Art History at UNIFESP.