Lisbon Calling

Lisboa is situated at 38°42' north, 9°5' west, making it the westernmost capital in mainland Europe.
It lies at the point where the river Tagus flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Lisboa is the city of the seven hills.
Lisboa is made of blue bright skies.
Lisboa is long big summer days.
Lisboa where the trams ride up in clouds.
Lisboa is the city of poets.
Lisboa is where I was born.
Lisboa is home.
But it’s not this Lisboa we are going to talk about tonight.
We’re going to talk about “Lisboa” the coffeeshop in London.
We’re going to hear the people that go to “Lisboa” and can’t live without it.
We’re going to talk about portuguese custard tarts (pasteis de nata).
We’re going to discuss identity and what makes me Portuguese.

What is Devising?

The path of a Master is mainly finding the right questions?

Devising is:

a social expression of non-hierarchical possibilities, a model of cooperative and non hierarchical collaboration; an ensemble, a collective, a practical expression of political and ideological commitment; a means of taking control of work and operating autonomously; a de-commodification of art; a commitment to total comunity; a commitment to total art; the negating of the gap between art and life; the erasure of the gap between spectator and performer; a distrust of words; the embodiment of the death of the author; a means to reflect contemporary social reality; a means to incite social change; an escape from theatrical conventions; a challenge for theatre makers; a challenge for spectators; an expressive, creative language; innovative; risky; inventive; spontaneous; experimental; non-literary.

in Devising Performance- A Critical History
Deirdre Heddon and Jane Milling



And never expect much from the answers!!!

The Master's Kind of Art: Work No. 850

"Work No. 850 centres on a simple idea: that a person will run as fast as they can every thirty seconds through the gallery. Each run is followed by an equivalent pause, like a musical rest, during which the grand Neoclassical gallery is empty.
This work celebrates physicality and the human spirit. Creed has instructed the runners to sprint as if their lives depended on it. Bringing together people from different backgrounds from all over London, Work No. 850 presents the beauty of human movement in its purest form, a recurring yet infinitely variable line drawn between two points."

"In Palermo we went to see the catacombs of the Capuchin monks. We were very late and only had five minutes to see it all before closing time. To do it we had to run. I remember running at top speed with my friends through the catacombs looking desperately left and right at all of the dead people hanging on the walls in their best clothes, trying our best to see it all... it was a good way to see it. It was that kind of delirious running which makes you laugh uncontrollably when you're doing it. I think it's good to see museums at high speed. It leaves time for other things."
- Martin Creed

Flatmates 3- Lourenço

Lourenço is an architect that works near Tate Modern. He’s a party guy who loves to drive is bicycle thru London after a few pints.

Flatmates 2 - Diana

The person we call Diana is a political activist. Her true identity is a secret to us for our own protection. After working in Colombia, Sri Lanka and other parts of the world she decided to do a sabbatical pause for a MA in Drama and Dance Therapy.

Flatmates 1 -Marina

Marina is a dangerous MA dancer and choreographer, well known for her heartbreaking charms in these foreign lands.

Flatmates

Master's Rules: To become a Master one must find Mates, FLATMATES.