Ângela Rocha

Half of the Minutes

Ângela Rocha

Half of the Minutes

What if we found ourselves in the middle of a labyrinth full of textures and colours? The idea of a labyrinth may be scary, but in Half of the Minutes the experience is sensorial. Materials from different origins make up a space where the body becomes the centrepiece, in an experience where touch and sensitivity are enhanced. An immersion in visual excess, where matter and body dialogue in a game of contrasts, between what attracts and what repels, in a reconnection with the senses.

The installation and its labyrinth challenge sensory movement and it is the visitor who is at the centre of its action. Half of the Minutes was part of the Official Portuguese Representation at the 15th Prague Quadrennial, the most important international performance space and scenography festival, where it was awarded the public prize, PQ Kids. This piece is also joined by Mirabolante, a complementary interactive artistic installation that resulted from a participatory activity created with the aim of the country, based on the theme: above all, the future wants to be plural.

© Beatriz Pequeno.
© Beatriz Pequeno.
© Beatriz Pequeno.
© Beatriz Pequeno.
© Beatriz Pequeno.
© Tomás Silva.

30 NOV 2024
– 5 JAN 2025

Small Auditorium stage
€1 (unique price)
Visitors without an organised group*
Duration 15 min. (recommended duration if there are people waiting for admission)

OPENING HOURS
TUE-SUN 11:00am–6:00pm

Opening and conversation with Ângela Rocha
30 NOV
SAT 3:00pm

Talk with Ângela Rocha (with audiodescription)
7 DEC
SAT 3:00pm

*organized groups, registration via culturgest.participar@cgd.pt

Free admission to schools by appointment

Metade dos Minutos will be closed 24th, 25th and 31st December and 1st January 

Projeto financiado por

República Portuguesa (antigo)DGArtes

Commission and financing

Direção-Geral das Artes

Curatorial project and artistic direction

Ângela Rocha

Artistic collaboration

Diogo Costa, Telma Pais de Faria

Electromechanical systems engineering

António Amorim

Technical support

Maurício Martins

Sound design

Miguel Raposo Lima

Production and management assistance

Leonor Carpinteiro

Execution

Ângela Rocha, Catarina Sousa, Joana Martins, Leonor Carpinteiro, Rita Cabrita, Rui Mecha

Structure construction

Josué Maia 

Installation

Ângela Rocha, António Amorim, Catarina Sousa, Leonor Carpinteiro, Rui Mecha

Production coordination within the scope of PQ23

Manuel Poças

Catalog design

Sílvia Prudêncio

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