Frente 3 de Fevereiro “Futebol” September 6 TUESDAY 9 P.M. Theatre The racist episode involving soccer players Grafite, from Brazil, and Leandro Desábato, from Argentina, in April 2005, is the starting point for the performance of the collective, which does urban intervention work and is comprised of Daniel Lima, Achiles Luciano, André Montenegro, Cibele Lucena, Eugênio Lima, Felipe Teixeira, Fernando Coster, Fernando Sato, Julio Dojcsar, Maia Gongora, Maurinete Lima, Maysa Lepique, Nô Cavalcanti, Pedro Guimarães, Sônia Montenegro, Roberta Estrela D’Alva, and João Nascimento. Melati Suryodarmo “Exergie – Butter Dance” September 8 THURSDAY 9:30 P.M. Theatre In this performance, Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo needs total concentration as she walks wearing high heels over butter chunks, on the verge of slipping and falling down. The belief in the physical body as a mirror for the inner universe moves the performer. A member of the Independent Performance Group, founded by Serbian artist Marina Abramovic, Melati has been through her teacher’s radical method, which usually drives her pupils to the edge of their emotional capacity through exercise, fasting, and meditation. Coco Fusco “Bare Life Study #1” September 9 FRIDAY Urban Intervention Time TBA New York-based artist Coco Fusco commands fifty volunteers in an urban intervention inspired by military prisons. “I want to provoke thought on the implications of the state of exception that has become a part of political life, as well as on the role of witness that the world public plays,” she claims. Fusco is well-known for her performances, installations, and videos that adopt unusual languages to approach political issues, and in this piece she works together with drama school students, as well as students who will attend the performance workshop that will happen during the Festival. Read Coco's statement about her work. (download PDF)