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Curatorial platform exploring relations between live art and lived experiences of borders. Co-run by @xavinisms @anahi_saravia & @ale.cianetti

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Nonconforming Criticisms is now digitised and online! 🖇️📖 
A publication exploring nonconforming approaches to performance criticism, bringing together speculative, abolitionist and politically engaged writing practices, featuring writing from Diana Damian Martin, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Odete, Season Butler, Pedro Vilela, Ed Freitas, Claudia Galhos, HUSS and Leticia Maia.

Collaboratively made and printed at House of Annetta (@houseofannetta) in London with slow + dirty press in March 2026, the toolkit was bound through a ~printing workshop turned performance ~ exploring the risograph and the performativity of publishing.

📖 The publication is now available online, link in bio.

For a physical copy, email performingborderslive@gmail.com (especially if you can offer open access via a library, social centre, info shop etc!). Free!

Nonconforming Criticisms is edited by Anahí Saravia Herrera, Xavier de Sousa and Diana Damian Martin.

🌀Image - words from the introduction by Diana Damian Martin

Excerpts from the publication featuring work + words by Ed Freitas from “GAY-ME: a critical performative proposition in the form of a game”.

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@ed._freitas

Excerpts from the publication featuring work + words by Ed Freitas from “GAY-ME: a critical performative proposition in the form of a game”.

@ed._freitas

Excerpts from the publication featuring words by Odete from “The Failing Gaze”.

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@odetetheslayer by @performingborders

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23 days ago

⚡️ De 15 a 17 de outubro, Linha de Fuga acolhe F.E.R.A. - FEIRA DE EDIÇÕES REALIZADAS POR ARTISTA na Casa da Escrita, em Coimbra ⚡️

💬 Este é um projeto da Apneia Colectiva, que reúne e apresenta um conjunto de edições associadas às artes performativas, de artistas que fazem do registo e da tradução gráfica das suas práticas e vivências artísticas, um meio de produção e partilha de pensamento.

💭 Existe uma enorme diversidade de formatos de publicações que refletem a importância destes processos e experiências na trajetória de artistas e colectivos, sendo uma actividade que, cada vez mais, se inscreve e se atualiza na história da comunidade artística, permitindo que esta se construa, exista e permaneça. Um património plural, feito da diversidade de entendimentos, metodologias e traduções do fazer artístico, partilhado e apresentado pelos próprios autores.

Esta edição contemplará também a apresentação de um conjunto de performances, concebidas como ativações das publicações integradas na F.E.RA.

💭 Entrada Livre!
👉 Sabe mais em www.linhadefuga.pt

Linha de Fuga é uma estrutura financiada por @dg.artes & @gov_pt

Coreia#15 é uma co-produção Linha de Fuga & @teatroacademicodegilvicente

Contamos com o apoio do @municipiodecoimbra by @performingborders

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17 days ago

Anahí Saravia Herrera listens for what the present sounds like amid war, collapse and the exhaustion of hope in From the Lips to the Moon album.

We are so honoured to have @anahi_saravia's visions on the album and performance universe of @lipstomoon. Sitting with the nonsense of our world – we carry on with our 'stubborn hope against hope'.

Read the the full text on @performingborders or via @lipstomoon bio.

We'll be returning to Cafe OTO on 4 Dec (tickets already live). Till then listen to the album on Bandcamp and beyond. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

📸 @jemimayong & @hollyrevellphotography by @performingborders

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17 days ago

From the Lips to the Moon: A stubborn hope against hope 🌀

“From the Lips to the Moon does the hard labour of sitting in this moment of hopeless, senseless hope, without providing an easy out. Instead, Tara, Pouya and all featured performers and poets unfold a landscape of open-ended sonic conversations, rubbing words, sound and music across supermarket lines, in the belly of the empire, at home, wherever that may be. It is an album that came out as the war in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine happened in real time. An album that tries to articulate a politics of hope, asking: How do we live in the destruction of all that we know?”

✍️Anahi Saravia Herrera (@anahi_saravia, performingborders) listens for what the present sounds like amid war, collapse and the exhaustion of hope in Tara Fatehi (@tarafteh) and Pouya Ehsaei’s (@pouyaehsaei) new album ‘From the Lips to the Moon’. Article now on performingborders, linked in bio 🔗

Join Tara and Pouya for their next performance at Cafe Oto (London, @cafeotodalston ) this Friday 18th September 2026. Expect a sensory sonic experience, tickets via @lipstomoon 🎟️

📸 1. Raymon Lee, 2. Jemima Yong, 3. Holly Revell by @performingborders

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a month ago

Live Art Writers Network x Citemor 2026 : Keissy Carvelli

Na sua estreia no projeto de acompanhamento do festival Citemor e seus artistas, a artista Keissy Carvelli acompanhou e reflete sobre o festival em si, e o seu método de trabalho, assim como os espetáculos de Thiago Granato, Rosa Romero e Fernando Renrijo & Shanti Vera. Artista da palavra, poesia e musica, Carvelli explora a reação imediata, quasi-anárquica, de poesia explosiva como linguagem de reflexão.   Disponíveis no site do performingborders e na aba 'performingborders' do site do site do Citemor, estão os trabalhos:

7 Primeiro Movimento
8 flertes frames provocações a propósito de Não se vê, não se guarda, de Tiago Granato
11 entrei no baile do descompasso de Rosa
12 Numa monumental successão de ruínas um manifesto a propósito de Estudios para un ecce homo de Shanti Vera e Fernando Renjifo

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ENG: In her debut contribution to the LAWN project documenting the Citemor festival and its' artists work, poet and musician Keissy Carvelli observes and reflects on the festival itself and her own working methodology, as well as performances by Thiago Granato, Rosa Romero and Fernando Renrijo & Shanti Vera. Across four texts, Carvelli explores the immediate, quasi-anarchic form of explosive and reactionary poetry as a language of reflection.   The texts are available on the performingborders website and under the ‘performingborders’ tab on the Citemor website (Portuguese only)

📸 1-6 Keissy Carvelli
-5 atómico acto de Silvestre Pestana

#LiveArtWritersNetwork #Citemor2026 #KeissyCarvelli #CriticalWriting by @performingborders

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2 months ago

Live Art Writers Network x Citemor 2026 : Dori Nigro + Paulo Pinto

Nesta edição do projeto de acompanhamento do festival Citemor e seus artistas, Dori Nigro explora o dispositivo da entrevista como método de reflexão e pensamento critico, enquanto Paulo Pinto joga com poesia e colagem de materiais encontrados em resposta aos espetáculos.

Disponíveis na aba 'performingborders' do site do Citemor, estão os trabalhos:

#1 Conversa à espreguiçadeira com Xavi
#2 Conversa com Bruno
#3 Conversa com Neiva
#4 Conversa com Carlota
#5 Palavra Imagem Nada, Emerging Still
6 Palavra Imagem Nada, En Construcción 2

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ENG: In this instalment of the LAWN project documenting the Citemor festival and its artists, Dori Nigro explores the interview format as a method for reflection and critical thinking, whilst Paulo Pinto experiments with poetry and collages made from found materials in response to the performances.

Now available on the 'performingborders' section of the Citemor website (link in bio)

📸 credits:
1 Dori Nigro + Paulo Pinto
2 Dori Nigro
3 Susana Paiva @susanapaiva
4 Arquivo Pessoal de Neiva Esteves
5 Carlota Lagido carlota_lagido
6 + 7 Paulo Pinto

#1 Conversa à espreguiçadeira com Xavi
por Dori Nigro

#2 Conversa com Bruno
por Dori Nigro

#3 Conversa com Neiva
por Dori Nigro

Conversa com Carlota
por Dori Nigro

#5 Palavra Imagem Nada, Emerging Still
por Paulo Pinto

#6 Palavra Imagem Nada, En Construcción #2
por Paulo Pinto by @performingborders

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2 months ago

REVERBERAÇÕES DE UM CORPO-TELA
Wura Moraes
Hoje, 24 jul, 22h45
Teatro Esther de Carvalho (Montemor-o-Velho)

Fotografias de Susana Paiva

Espetáculo presentado em parceria com performingborders.

Mais informações em www.citemor.com

#citemor #wuramoraes #susanapaiva #performingborders #montemorovelho taken in Teatro Esther De Carvalho by @performingborders

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3 months ago

O SILÊNCIO DAS SEREIAS
Dori Nigro
Hoje, 24 jul, 22h30
Teatro Esther de Carvalho (Montemor-o-Velho)

Fotografias de Susana Paiva

Espetáculo presentado em parceria com performingborders.

Mais informações em www.citemor.com

#citemor #dorinigro #susanapaiva #performingborders #montemorovelho by @performingborders

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3 months ago

REVERBERAÇÕES DE UM CORPO-TELA
Wura Moraes
24 jul 22h45
Teatro Esther de Carvalho (Montemor-o-Velho)

Espetáculo presentado em parceria com performingborders

Mais informações em www.citemor.com

#citemor #wuramoraes #teatroestherdecarvalho #performingborders #montemorovelho taken in Teatro Esther De Carvalho by @performingborders

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O SILÊNCIO DAS SEREIAS
Dori Nigro
24 jul 22h30
Teatro Esther de Carvalho (Montemor-o-Velho)

Espetáculo presentado em parceria com performingborders

Mais informações em www.citemor.com

#citemor #dorinigro #teatroestherdecarvalho #performingborders #montemorovelho taken in Teatro Esther De Carvalho by @performingborders

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3 months ago

Citemor 2026: Dori Nigro + Wura Moraes
Sexta-Feira, 24 de Julho, 22H30
Teatro Esther de Carvalho

PT: “As sereias, porém, possuem uma arma ainda mais terrível do que seu canto: o seu silêncio.” _Franz Kafka

Este ano, performingborders está de volta ao festival Citemor, desta vez com parceria de programação e co-produção. Sendo este um festival de acompanhamento e experimentação, convidámos dois artistas com quem temos desenvolvido colaborações, conversas e vibrações ao longo dos anos e que agora se estreiam em Montemor.

Dori Nigro apresenta "O Silêncio das Sereias" seguido de Wura Moraes com "Reverberações de um Corpo-tela", ambos projetos de pesquisa criativa e socio-política, pensados e adaptados para o Esther de Carvalho.

Ao longo das próximas semanas, os artistas estarão em residência em Montemor, com acompanhamento mutuo e curatorial da equipa de performingborders e Associação Reflexo Azul.

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ENG: “The Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence” _Franz Kafka

This year, performingborders is back at Citemor festival, this time as a programming and co-producer partner. As this is a festival dedicated to accompaniment and experimentation, we have invited two artists with whom we have been developing collaborations, conversations and frequencies over the years, and who are now making their debut in Montemor.

Dori Nigro presents “The Silence of the Sirens”, followed by Wura Moraes with “Reverberations of a Body-Canvas”, both creative and socio-political research projects, conceived and adapted for the Esther de Carvalho venue.

Over the coming weeks, the artists will be in residence in Montemor, with mutual support and curatorial guidance from the team at performingborders and Associação Reflexo Azul.

📸 1 - Reverberações de um corpo-tela, por Wura Moraes (Ativação da obra “Intervalo Temporal”)
📸 2 - por Rebecca Moradalizadeh by @performingborders

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3 months ago

🌀Excited to share a new text by Leena Habiballa: Poetry, Protest, and Political possibility, reflecting on the work of Amel Moyersoen: afraid of losing the echoes.

This text dives into what film and moving image let us re-perform when we visit the poetics of protest:

“In turn, the riot becomes a rehearsal of a political otherwise, a poetic insistence on maintaining a space of radical imagination as an open field that equally embraces its agitational potentials and contradictions. There is a meditative nature to the gestural repetitions on screen – the throwing of a molotov cocktail, crowds dispersing and converging, signs, chants, and marches – the choreography of a breaking and remaking of social life and relation.”

@carbonbasedfunk @amelk_

Read it through the link in our bio! 🔗🔗 by @performingborders

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4 months ago