Viagem pelo Esquecimento

In a meeting between three different art forms, the music of João Gil, the poetry of Mia Couto and the video art of Ana Mesquita, the work Journey Into Oblivion follows the steps of what was our human footprint.

PROJECT

In a 63′ film, created under the direction of Ana Mesquita, we find video art, the original poetry of Mia Couto, spoken by great voices from Lusophony, and music composed by João Gil.
The work of Journey into Oblivion, filmed between Europe and Africa, retraces the steps of humanity.

TRIOLOGY

VIDEO-ART

ANA MESQUITA

Ana Mesquita/MESQ was born in Mozambique, in 1967. She graduated from the CITEX Design course in Oporto – in 1991 – with a post-graduation in Journalism from the UAL / Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. She worked as a professional journalist between 1993 and 2010, authoring several television and radio programs, as well as books and magazines, the latter both as creator and director.
She restarted her artistic career in 2011 and has exhibited regularly in multiple museums and art galleries, both in Portugal and internationally.
She has presented work in Serralves and on the Bienal de Cerveira, and has created relevant public art, murals and paintings, both in Cascais and in Oeiras.
In 2021 she created the set design for several concerts.

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MUSIC

JOÃO GIL

João Gil was born in 1955, in Covilhã. Professional musician since 1976, he was a composer in bands such as Trovante, Rio Grande and Ala dos Namorados and produced records of other musicians. In cinema he made the music for “Flores Amargas”, “Rosa Negra”, “Adriana” and “Mar”, by Margarida Gil, and “Ao Sul” by Fernando Matos Silva and in theatre he made themes for “Ano do pensamento mágico” , “Sexo, Drogas e Rock’n Roll ” and “Romeu e Julieta”.He has composed and performed the soundtrack for the theater play Ode Marítima, written by Fernando Pessoa, with the Portuguese actor Diogo Infante. In 2021 he created, with the artist Ana Mesquita, the show “Caixa de Luz”.

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POETRY

MIA COUTO

Mia Couto is a writer and biologist, born in Beira, Mozambique in 1955.
He has published more than 30 books, namely of romance, poetry, short stories, essays and children’s books. His work has been published in 40 countries, and he has been awarded with the Prémio Nacional de Literatura (National Literature Prize) in Mozambique, the Prémio Camões, the Neustad Prize, the Jan Mijalski Prize, and has been a finalist on the Man Booker Prize. He is a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. He is married with Patrícia Silva, with whom he has three children, and lives and works in Maputo.

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