Det Frie Felts Festival

Desabar to Collapse
Marina Dubia (BR/DK)

The performance seeks to generate a space of affective charge that tethers on the edge of aggression, joy, and their mutual transformations. Desabar means to collapse in Portuguese, and desabar is all around us.

Bones collapse, affections shatter and relations overflow. Hello world. How did we get here? In the detail of you-with-me: these violent afflictions, everyday pulse, everyday disgrace, what have I got to do with it? Make way, brace, pace, train your /self/, give it up: are we still together now? In Desabar to Collapse, performers express personal engagements to everyday violence in a challenging and intimate piece with a celebratory twist: can we move through strong emotional expression while keeping spirits high? Fall over, release!

The performance premiered at Overgaden during Art Week Copenhagen 2023.

ABOUT MARINA DUBIA
Marina Dubia is a Copenhagen based artist born in São Paulo. Marina Dubias projects seek destabilization of ordinary perceptive routes, inquisitive observation and to untangle bodies, narratives and language.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE CURATORIAL BACKGROUND FROM THE CURATORIAL TEAM OF SELECTED WORKS FESTIVAL 2025:
"The work’s focus on diversity, solidarity, and corporeality, creating a visual and thought-provoking commentary on war. It explores how art can serve as a tool for expressing resistance and hope."

ARTIST TALK AFTER THE PERFORMANCE
Marina Dubia in conversation with Christine Bonnichsen - January 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM, Godsbanen, Foyer scenen

Christine Bonnichsen Søndergaard is a graduate student in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Copenhagen, working in the intersection of practice, critique, teaching, and theoretical work to communicate art and performance.