FLUCTUATIONS: MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS
​​collaboration with Rodrigo B. Camacho
2018-19

performed at The Art Pavillion, Mile End, London, as part of Depictions of Living. January 2020

performed in João Gomes rivebed, and Quinta das Cruzes, as part of Ilhéstico, commissioned by Porta 33, Funchal,
​curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez. September 2019

performed at Walker House Estate, programmed as part of Art Night 2019 with Chalton Gallery, London. June 2019

commissioned
by Sismógrafo for
Não é Ainda o Mar
curated by Óscar Faria.
​performed at Corpus Christi Coventry, 
​programmed as part of
Fórum Internacional 
Gaia Todo Um Mundo
Gaia, Portugal. September 2018 

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Sound installation and
durational performance (3 hours) by
Sara Rodrigues and
Rodrigo B. Camacho

​Durational performance:
Two figures collect samples of the various living species that they find; equipped with protective suits, gloves, gas masks, dissection kits, pipettes and coverslips. The residue of the performance consists of a collection of 162 coverslips, preserving the living remains of a world in sudden change.  

Sound installation:
Missa pro Defunctis 
(1621), by Duarte Lobo, has been slowed down five times. The original text of the mass has been substituted by the scientific latin names of the species who's origin took place somewhere between the 50 million years that separate the Paleocene from the Pleistocene period. The female voices (Sara) sing the appearance of 200 new species, while the male voices (Rodrigo) sing the extinction of the same 200 species during the Holocene (specially during the most recent 10 thousand years [0.01 million years of the history of planet earth])


























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Riverbed João Gomes, Funchal - Ilhéstico / Porta 33

Walker House Estate, London - Art Night 2019 / Chalton Gallery

Corpus Christi Coventry, Porto - Gaia Todo Um Mundo / Sismógrafo