In a moment of the show-installation “Suite 4”, by Joris Lacoste –the last of the series composed by the project Encyclopédie de la parole – an excerpt from a speech by Joacine Katar Moreira as a deputy of the Assembly of the Republic is heard (among many other speeches, delivered in different languages). Whether due to the timbre, the tone or an unmistakable mark of the announcer – in this case, stuttering – we quickly realized that what is important, as the creator of the show also explains on stage, is not so much what is said, but the way it is said. The sound of the word as a plastic material is the star of the show, which opens in Portugal on February 1, at Culturgest, in Lisbon, followed by another performance, on the 4th, at the Teatro Municipal do Porto — Campo Alegre.
“Suite 4” consists of a prologue and five acts, where it is the surprise that takes care of the viewer, who does not know what he is going to hear. “Talk to me”: the words of the famous actor Richard Burton in an old production of Villagethe polyphonic show begins, where various discursive practices are heard, some of them absolutely banal and everyday.
It is up to the viewer to have an ear for everything, from the cries of a child to the instructions of an Italian tour guide, who talks about Nero and the reasons that led the emperor to burn Rome overnight. But there are also other relevant sound documents, from powerful political speeches to the final message of a Mexican woman, Bertha Elena Muñoz, before her death and after having been a central figure in the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, a group of organizations They came together after a state government attempt to crack down on protesting teachers in the Oaxacan capital, sparking a long period of protest and violence in the country.
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Source: Observadora
