photo/foto: Julio Pantoja

Mourningfesto: I Grieve=Eu Luto

Just as the translation of the noun “grief” (a private feeling) from English to Portuguese offers us “luto” (mourning); the public manifestation of grief, it also evokes the act of “lutar” (to struggle). In this dance-ritual-mourningfesto, I reclaim the city as a space for mis-translation, “luto,” and “luta” -- in a daily “dérive” through Montreal.

Biography

Carla Melo is a performance/theatre artist, scholar and educator who co-founded the LA-based butoh-inspired Corpus Delicti and worked as assistant professor at Arizona State University. She is now active in Toronto as an independent scholar and performance artist. Her creative/scholarly research centers on corporeality, memory, and public space.