Writing

Parede. Prior to my work period titled A Diplomat’s Walk into the Small Infinite at Manifold Books I had taken on the task of translating philosopher’s José Gil’s book Portugal, Today: The Fear of Existing into English, to experience a disturbing inhabitation of the author’s words. Parallel to this writing, that turned out to be a search for friction rather than fluidity, I inscribed my presence in the space of Manifold Books via graphite wall rubbings on paper. I divided the wall into sections and each row of tracings have been printed in a series of 32 booklets including a text on inhabitation as an act of miscommunication. The entire series of booklets has been printed in an edition of two. If you are interested in a copy, or more information, please contact me, or Maartje Fliervoet at Manifold Books.

“Miscommunication Publics” in Being Public: How Art Creates the Public, edited by Jeroen Boomgard and Rogier Brom, Valiz, 2017. Book available here.

“Relocations: The Idiot as a Figure of Miscommunication” in PARSE#3: Repetitions and Reneges: Interpretation, iteration, and reperformance across the arts, 2016. Publication available online here.

Miscommunicating and Publics: Researching Miscommunication as a Proposition for Designing Political Scenes. Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Design, Goldsmiths, University of London. Main supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Gabrys, Department of Sociology (now chair Media, Culture, Environment, University of Cambridge). Second Supervisor: Prof. Bill Gaver, Department of Design. Examiners: Dr. Maria Puíg de la Bellacasa and Dr. Susan Kelly. Abstract and Table of Contents are available here. Please contact me if you are interested in reading the whole thesis.

“Xitsungo xa ku end ni xa ku tinyketeka / Comunidade activa e participativa” Booklet presenting design & theatre workshops developed with Theatre of the Oppressed in Maputo in 2009. Co-authored with Pedro Manuel, self-published.