Altamira 2042

Altamira 2042 is based on the displacement and encounter between artists and local communities of the Xingu River, Brazil. It is the second stage of the project Margens – Sobre Rios, Crocodilos e Vaga-lumes, by the actress and researcher Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, a series of performances designed from the testimony of Brazilian rivers and the people who live on their banks – and on the margins of historical, political and economic processes. It is an audiovisual installation that amplifies testimonies about the catastrophe caused by the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Brazil. They are voices that inhabit the banks of the Xingu River: riverbank dwellers affected by the dam, indigenous peoples, social movement leaders, Altamira residents, Federal Government officials and socio-environmental institutions, the forest, the animals, the wind, the rain, and the river itself. A polyphony of beings, languages, sounds, and perspectives that intends to open the audience’s ears to voices that so many try to silence.

Conception and creation: Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Directed by: Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha and Rio Xingu
Direction Direction guidance: Cibele Forjaz
Assistant Director: João Marcelo Iglesias
Assistant Directors: Clara Mor and Jimmy Wong
Research orientation and artistic interlocution: Dinah de Oliveira and Sonia Sobral
Tramaturgy: Raimunda Gomes Da Silva, João Pereira da Silva, Araweté and Juruna Indigenous People, Bel Juruna, Eliane Brum, Antonia Mello, Mc Rodrigo – Marginal Poet, Mc Fernando, Thaís Santi, Thaís Mantovanelli, Marcelo Salazar and Lariza
Technology / Programming / Automation: Bruno Carneiro and Computers Make Art.
Multimedia Creation: Bruno Carneiro and Rafael Frazão.
Images: Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, João Marcelo Iglesias, Clara Mor and Cibele Forjaz
Video editing: João Marcelo Iglesias, Rafael Frazão and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Text editing: Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha and João Marcelo Iglesias
Sound design: Felipe Storino and Bruno Carneiro
Costumes: Carla Ferraz
Lighting design: Cibele Forjaz
Installation concept: Carla Ferraz and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Installation Realization: Carla Ferraz, Cabeção and Ciro Schou
Visual Design: Rodrigo Barja
Body Work: Paulo Mantuano and Mafalda Pequenino
Researchers: Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, João Marcelo Iglesias, Cibele Forjaz, Clara Mor, Dinah De Oliveira, Eliane Brum, Sonia Sobral, Mafalda Pequenino and Eryk Rocha
Production Director: Gabriela Gonçalves
Co-production: Mitsp – São Paulo International Theater Festival and FarOFFa Festival
Production: Corpo Rastreado and Aruac Filmes
International Distribution: Judith Martin / Ligne Direct
Approximate length: 90 min