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A landscape gathers men and women, city and nature, history and phantasmagoria. It possesses at the same time something unnamable, sublime and something rather ordinary, fleeting at its apprehension, though generator of endless narratives, biographies and fables.

In the old far western movies, there was often this moment, when something emerged from nowhere, from far away. A reading moment of the  landscape,  where  distant elements became visible  as  they approached us,  little  by  little,  finally becoming Indians, the Seventh Cavalry Regiment  or  wild bisons. Evanescent figures blurred  by the distance and by light, they materialized as soon as our eyes were capable discerning the details, presences and realness. Nowadays, this dimension has been lost. No one arrives from afar.

Influenced by what we manage to see, how far our vision reaches and what comes before our very eyes, the landscape frames the world we see, the world we navigate through. Thinking landscape as a  shared fiction, Where the horizon moves charms the audience to experience the horizon as a playful panorama where  contemplation and imagination go  hand in hand with fable making and daily life sublime.

Through subtle transformations in the landscape Where the horizon moves rescues the poetic, yet ordinary aspect of the basic movement of coming towards a place. Here the spectators, as the watchmen of yesterday, struggle to define what they see in the horizon, these fleeting figures under the sun who become mankind, stories or facts.

A site specific project, in each city it involves the participation of local volunteers and the selection of a viewing point for a horizon.

The project was hosted by the official program of Galeria Maus Hábitos in Guimarães European – Capital of Culture 2012 and as part of the Brazilian artistic mission Rio Occupation London, at the London Cultural Olympiad 2012 (UK), with presentations at  V22. Rio Occupation London was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Culture of Rio de Janeiro, produced by the People’s Palace and co-produced by the Battersea Arts Centre.

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Where the horizon moves  | Buenos Aires

Artistic conception and direction Gustavo Ciríaco
Performers and collaborators Martina Aloy — Malena Banchero Fontana — María Fernanda Barreno Pavón — Daniela Agostina Billordo — Juana Choperena — Carla Fiorella Colantuono — María Cecilia Fernández — Melina Rocío Giménez — Violeta Mari — Martina Spotti — Iara Ailín Ramos — Carla Tártara Moyano — Ruth Pezet — Julieta Russo — Mariela Beker — Lucia Iacarinno — Lucia Nacht — Carolina Saade — Mateo Marchesini — David Jara — Joaquin Catalan — Sofia Mendiondo 
Musicians Murga 

This project was part of the LA ESCUELA___ (@laescuela.art ) program and was carried out in collaboration with the Department of Movement Arts of the National University of the Arts – UNA, El Asunto de lo Remoto and Andreani Foundation. The project presented the recreation of this site-specific piece in collaboration with a group of artists selected by invitation and students and members of the GEAM (Group of Experimentation in Movement Arts of the National University of the Arts).

Where the horizon moves  | Porto

Artistic conception and direction Gustavo Ciríaco
Direction and dramaturgy assistance: Priscila Maia
Performers and collaborators: Priscila Maia, Sara Zita and Tiago Barbosa
Guest Performers: Carlos Deusodeu, Catarina Saraiva, Douglas Melo and Marta Ramos
Local Performers: Gisela Carvalho, Hélder António, Helena Santos, Isabel Silva, Laurinda Gonçalves, Maria José Dias, Maria José Pascoal and Susana Mendes (adults), André Ribeiro, Mariana Catarino, Mariana Sofia Monteiro, Giovana Costa, Afonso Ribeiro, Duarte Morais, Gabriela Araújo and Rita Teixeira (children)
Special participation Orquestra Comunitária Mundo em Campanhã – OCMC
Musicians Alexandre Meireles, Eduardo Coelho, Emília Lobão, Eunice Macedo, Luísa Lacerda, Manuel Nogueira, Margarida Peixoto, Ricardo Ferreira, Rita Nóbrega, Vitor Parati
Executive Production Sinara Suzin
Administration: Anda & Fala
Communication: António Pedro Lopes
Co-Production Cultura em Expansão – Câmara Municipal do Porto 
Local Support Visões Úteis

Where the horizon moves | Lisbon

Conception & direction Gustavo Ciríaco
Direction and dramaturgy assistance Guilherme Garrido
Local collaborators and performers  Carlos Manuel de Oliveira, Gui Garrido, Julia Salem, Manuel Esteves, Maurícia Neves e Renata Hardy
Production direction & Administration Jesse James – Anda&Fala

Host Topias Urbanas & Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon

 

Where the horizon moves | Pereira

Conception & direction Gustavo Ciríaco
Direction and dramaturgy assistance Priscila Maia
Local collaborators and performers  Alexandra Romero, Angela Aragón, Angela Maria Suarez, Andrea Garcia, Camilo Franco,  Carlos Cortes Duque, Carolina Sanchez, Claudia López, Cristian Sanchez Franco, Flor Saturnal, Hollman Villada, Karen Julliete Duran, Juan Andrés Puesta, Juana Valencia, Luis Giraldo, Mariana Giraldo Cortés, Maryori Quiceno, Rosario Trejos, Susana Cruz, Yamillen Quebrada
Production direction & Administration Jesse James – Anda&Fala

Host Centro Lucy Tejada and Salon Nacional de Artes 44/ Pereira, Colombia

Local support Cofradia Danza y Teatro, Juan, Juana Valencia and Juanita Torres

 

Where the horizon moves | Barcelona

Conception & direction Gustavo Ciríaco
Direction and dramaturgy assistance Priscila Maia
Guest collaborators and performers  Ana Trincão, Priscila Maia e Tiago Barbosa
Production direction Míriam Martin Ferrer
Administration Jesse James – Anda&Fala

Local performers Laura Gutiérrez Vázquez, Francisco Gutiérrez Vázquez, Julia Mar, Cirila Targhetta, Mònica Guillemat Rocamora, Alice Pernes, Edu Tabueña, Katerina Archontaki, Pau Rodríguez Espinal, Ewa Staniewicz, Meritxell Romanos Bayés, Miguel Murillo Rodríguez, Linda Uhr, Yaiza Ramos, Alejandro Flores Márquez, Montserrat Casals Ros, Jaume Viñas

Co-production Mercat de Flors, Barcelona

 

Where the horizon moves | Rio

Conception and direction  Gustavo Ciríaco

Performers Ignacio Aldunate, Isabel Martins, João Victor Cavalcante, Priscila Maia and Tiago Cadete

Participants Ana Carolina do Nascimento Pereira, Analu Salatino Sant’Anna, Anna-Luiza Clasper, Bruna Parente Arce, Carla Miranda Jordão de Almeida, Carolina Merlo, Clarice Rito Plotkowski, Danilo Cezar Nascimento Alexandre, Edson Alves, Gabriel Marques, Helena heizer Jullien, Jaqueliny Pereira da Silva, Leila Mara Laborne Vieira, Luana Lopes Pereira, Lucas Bueno, Luiza Cascon Nogueira, Luiza Rennó Loroza, Marco Antonio Casimiro de Souza, Maria Clara Pereira de Souza, Patricia Azevedo, Tais Almeida da Silva, Tarso Otavio Costa de Oliveira and Verena Maria Soares Than

Production direction Anna Ladeira

Production assistance Gabrielle Barbosa

Co-production Panorama Festival & Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro

Realization Curto Circuito Produções

Photos Anna Ladeira, Gustavo Ciríaco, Priscila Maia and Tiago Cadete

 

Where the  horizon moves | Guimarães

Conception and direction  Gustavo Ciríaco

Musical advisor António Pedro Lopes

Produção musical Sandra Carneiro & Associação Saco Azul

Intern Laura

Participants Manuela Freitas, Bongo Lady, Alice Xavier, Emília Ribeiro, Luís Vieira, Aleksandra Rankovic, Milita Marinho, Filipe Lopes, Nelson Xizemen, Amélia, Cláudia, Maria Teresa V.P. Coimbra and Julia Kiessiger

Children Tina, Ângelo, Eduardo, Patrícia, Margarida, Francisca, João Pedro, Pedro, Lucas, Mariana, Carla, Cristiana, Cátia and Jéssica

Thanks

ATL (special thanks to the educators  Cristina and Laura and to Ms Dr. Manuela), Junta da Polveira.

 

Where the horizon moves | London

Conception and direction Gustavo Ciríaco

General production Andrew Mitchelson

Production assistance  Becca Fuller

Apoio de assistência de produção Heather Brandenburg

London soundtrack Hutch Demouilpied

Local collaborators Irina Sukhikh, Owen Parry, Anais Lalange, Camila Fiori, Louise Mothersole, Stewart Mackenzie, Dean & Petal, Becca Fuller, Tiphaine Tailleux and Hutch Demouilpied

Rio Occupation collaborators João Sanchez (visual artist), Dina Salem Levy  (set designer), Pedro Rivera (architect) and Andrea Capella (photographer and light designer)

Produção People´s Palace e Battersea Arts Centre

Co-produção Secretaria de Estado de Cultura do Rio de Janeiro e London Cultural Olympiads

Photos Anna Ladeira, António Pedro Lopes, Ellie Kurtz, Gustavo Ciríaco, Priscila Maia, Renato Cruz Sousa, Toni Tarrida, 44 SNA/Aún