F.E.R.A.

F.E.R.A. brings together publications related to the performing arts, showcasing the work of artists who use the documentation and/or graphic translation of their artistic practices and experiences as a means of producing and sharing thought. The diversity of publication formats reflects the importance of these processes in the trajectory of artists and collectives, consolidating their presence in the history of the artistic community.

In this edition in scope of (re)union, alongside the creation of a reading space featuring selected publications from the F.E.R.A. collection, author and performer Julia Salem presents her audiobook-publication Re-inscrever-se Pelo Chão (Re-inscribing Oneself Through the Ground) and activates a performance walk, What My Foot Tells Me, based on practices from the publication.
In addition, a conversation entitled Between the Body and the Page – Possible Paths will take place, featuring Julia Salem, Simão Costa (co-author with Marta Cerqueira of the publication #7Untitled · Dance of Inert Materials), and Marta Ramos (designer of both publications). The gathering aims to reflect on the artists’ creative processes and the relationship between performing arts and their respective forms of publishing.



Activities

03.05 2025

3 PM - 6.30 PM
Reading corner

4 PM
What Does My Foot Tell Me?
Activation performance by Julia Salem


04.05 2025
4 PM
Between the Body and the Page – Possible Paths
Talk with Julia Salem, Marta Ramos and Simão Costa

Re-inscribing Oneself Through the Ground

A creation that dives into case studies of wandering, encounters with communities, dialogues with specialists, and walking-based experimentation across various territories of Portugal, both rural and urban (Beira, Alentejo, and Lisbon). Based on experiences gathered during research into routes of immigration, labour, and walking practices by researchers, walkers, and artists, the work uncovers traced, risky, and renegade paths.

Credits

Curation and coordination Ana Trincão e Julia Salem Production Apneia Colectiva Participating artists Julia Salem, Simão Costa e Marta Ramos Represented artists Ana Borralho & João Galante; Sara Anjo; Joclécio Azevedo; AND_Lab/Fernanda Eugénio & Ana Dinger; Alexandre Pieroni Calado, João Ferro Martins & José Miranda Justo; Real Pelágio; c.e.m./Isadora Dantas; Carlos Manuel Oliveira; Colectivo Interferencias/Ana Trincão; Escola Provisória para Nada/Sara Vaz & Marcos Balesteros; Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz; Biblioteca Interminável/Márcia Lança, Andrei Bessa & João Gonçalo; Miguel Teles & Daniel Pizamiglio; Teatro Praga; Paula Caspão; Associação Parasita/Rita Natálio; Coletivo Gestos Rumo a Futuros Decoloniais/Dani d'Emilia; MãoSimMão; Edições Ghost/David-Alexandre Guéniot