I had an amazing gift from Paulo Ramos, one of the technical gurus from Culturgest Team, Paulo was always taking photos of everything and I told him it would be great to showc a couple of rehearses photos. Thank you so much Paulo!!
Like everything, there is always an idea at the very beginning and this time was no exception. Rui Horta gave me a drawing with a set design to be created in 3D. Creating environments in 3D is always good for a first impression of the set, to detect possible flaws and to comunicate ideas with [...]
My camera is damaged and now I have to steal photos from others.. This flash movie was stolen from VISAO, great photos!! The photos below were taken by Luis Tinoco:
My idea in writing Paint Me was to bring together six characters, all of whom have a prolific imaginative interior life, and to explore what they would make of each other in the confines of a railway compartment. The model for my libretto is Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The travellers in Paint Me are [...]
Rui Horta was invited to run a day called “Hoje Quem Manda Sou Eu” @ Pavilhão do Conhecimento, this was a day full of digital art, interactive installations and creative robotics. I exposed ICU and two Farrusco’s: What a great day!!! :)
The premiere went smoothly at the Goteborgs Opera! It was one of the most great experiences I had ever had in the last times. I’ve returned to Portugal with great memories of all the opera crew, dancers and of course my great team Rui Horta and Tiago Cerqueira.
This all started with Rui Horta’s idea of having a physical tree on stage that would support my visual projections. Rui Horta came up with a drawing and I quickly put it to 3D and sent to the great artist and set designer João Paulo Araújo who made this great master piece! After the tree [...]
Flowering Tree Click here if you want to know more about the software that played the projections. Rehearsals: After the performance, there was a fantastic dinner with plenty of indian flavours and music and the tree was moved to the outside garden:
A Flowering Tree by John Adams, inspired by Mozart’s Magic Flute. This performance, previously presented in March at Cité de la Musique in Paris, in the context of a festival dedicated to John Adams, and conducted by Joana Carneiro, in Lisbon will involve the scenic intervention of Rui Horta.
