"Uma Coisa...

... não é o que observamos, mas o que ela significa"
Metro de Lisboa - Linha Vermelha, Olivais

Love Letter

To My Only Companion

Even when I am in bed my thoughts rush to you, my eternally beloved, now and then joyfully, then again sadly, waiting to know whether Fate will hear our prayer--To face life I must live altogether with you or never see you. Yes, I am resolved to be a wanderer abroad until I can fly to your arms and say that I have found my true home with you and enfolded in your arms can let my soul be wafted to the realm of blessed spirits--alas, unfortunately it must be so--You will become composed, the more so you know that I am faithful to you; no other woman can ever possess my heart--never--never--Oh God, why must one be separated form her who is so dear. Yet my life in V[ienna] at present is a miserable life--Your love has made me both the happiest and the unhappiest of mortals--At my age I now need stability and regularity in my life--can this coexist with our relationship?--Angel, I have just heard that the post goes every day--and therefore I must close, so that you may receive the letter immediately--Be calm; for only by calmly considering our lives can we achieve our purpose to live together--Be calm--love me--Today--yesterday--what tearful longing for you--for you--you--my life--my all--all good wishes to you--Oh, do continue to love me--never misjudge your lover's most faithful heart. ever yours ever mine ever ours.

Beethoven

'The Fundamental Pulse'

To my Mom, Sorry for threatning your condition as a Woman. Thank You for being my Mom.

"A woman may be, like a man, so swayed by a great love that there is not a day in the whole month when her lover's touch, his voice, the memory of his smile, does not stir her into the thrilling longing for the uttermost union".

Marie Stopes, 'Married Love'

I

The stumble of her high heels down those stairs sounded like someone playing the piano for the first time. Despite all the rambling, an innocent elegance floated in the air that brought a sweet melody to my ears. Such melody, such melody, it must be a young lady? I thought. What else can explain the charming way how she walks with high heels.

'Morrer Como Um Homem', Rodrigues 09

"São as pessoas que os metem nessas categorias,

não eu".

João Pedro Rodrigues

"To be or not to be" claimed once William Shakespeare.

Performance or 'performativity'? Judith Butler raises and argues in both her books, 'Gender Trouble', and 'Bodies That Matter', a new perspective towards gender and sexuality studies. I dare to say that cinema is a reflextion of our society. Rodrigues brings to Portuguese screens a matter that should be more consistent in peoples' minds. Matters that should be a concern of all comunities in order to achieve knowledge of who we are in this post-modern world. Rodrigues explores Butler's questions on performance and 'performativity'. A discussion to have in mind further ahead.

Perfect mise-en-scene.

Real world Portugal.

Queer Magic.

Our beautiful 'Mancha Negra'.

Cannes Festival.

Thank you, Rodigues.

Thank you, Lisbon.

Butler in Discussion