OFF by Romain Beltrão Teule, 2025
In a closed room, an inert body lies at the center: this will be the only clear image we have before disappearing into total darkness, imprinting itself on the retina and in memory.
When the lights go out, we are left alone in the company of a voice. The voice-over guides us through imaginary spaces and situations that seem to occupy the same place as the body once did or still occupies. It is a walk through the shadows, where what we do not see becomes more present than what we do.
OFF explores the universe of the invisible - that which resides off-stage, hidden, unofficial, or that refuses the center of attention - focusing on objects in a state of absence-presence. Through an investigation of the voice-over - and the concepts of phantasmagoria and spectrality that surround it - the project analyzes this resource as an agent capable of influencing our gaze and transforming our perception, challenging the way we see the world and distinguishing what we believe we see from what we speculate exists on the margins.
Credits
Creation, Interpretation, Voice
Romain Beltrão Teule
Light and Space
Santiago Rodriguez Tricot
Sound Design and Soundtrack
Suse Ribeiro
Dramaturgy Support
Paula Caspão
Artistic Support
Márcia Lança, Bruno Brandolino, Bibi Dória
Production
Rumo do Fumo
Executive Production
Patrícia Teixeira / O Rumo do Fumo
Production Support
Le Vertige
Support
Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Artistic Residencies
DeVIR CAPa, crl - central elétrica, OSSO Associação Cultural, Programa Em Trânsito/Materiais Diversos, Rua das Gaivotas, Cão Solteiro . Residências 120, Campus Paulo Cunha e SilvaO Rumo do Fumo is financed by República Portuguesa - Cultura | Direcção-Geral das Artes
Special Thanks
Vera Mantero and Nadia Lauro (for the loan of the curtains used in the play We'll miss everything we don't need, 2009), Sara Vieira Marques, Ana Dinger, Patrícia Portela, Agapi Dimitriadou, Elisabete Paiva, Ida Cwojdzinski, Patrícia Nunes, Forum Dança
Timeline
Premiere 13-15 March 2025, Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisboa/Portugal