The train in Sabor halted its route there on the 1st of August in 1988. Together with Pedro Garcia, we walked and drove along the track between Pocinho and Duas Igrejas near Miranda do Douro. All at once, I felt a sting of saudade, memory, abandonment, and oblivion. That is my country. The train used to pass there. One must not forget, must not fall in slumber. The place still exists. There’s nothing much to say but I can say my heart was beating strong when I was portraying the people who told us stories about the Sabor train line - stories that made me wander in those magical places. PP

Portugal Fashion – a three day monitoring of events, an approach to backstage and fashion show. PM

The play Aduela is a project that aims to create a contemporary circus resorting to the dialogue between different disciplines. It takes place in Fábrica, Street Alegria, by courtesy of ESMAE. The work explores social, political and philosophical issues of modern society. Since 2009 it has been seeking new ways of presenting the circus by elevating the classic virtuosity to a new way of communication par excellence. The play started as an invitation made by the producer Ideias Peregrinas for the opening of the show “Spera Mundi”. The project, which was commissioned by Guimarães – European Capital of Culture 2012, was developed in order to connect both capitals of culture (along with Maribor, Slovenia). PP

At first, the posters were mere information for the photographer. Looked at the amalgam of some glued to each other to choose the concert or play that he did not want to miss. Afterwards, they became artistic images, which could no longer be seen in the same way. Somebody had torn them. There is a missing eye, a screaming mouth, a piece of wall that was already there. Suddenly the thoughtless act creates a new and fantastic universe. A new reality that, framed by the photographer’s eye, seems to gain an intention that perhaps never existed. To tear is here, more than ever, to give new life to what already existed. Porto, Lisbon, 2012–2014. PP

A record about the making of a dance performance with 18-30 year olds inmates at Santa Cruz Prison, developed under the ECAR project by Pele association. Using improvised dance as a language, sequences emerge as stories – about movement, strength, fragility, error, and overcoming the odds. ‘Solitude’, ‘rage’, or ‘sadness’ were worked throughout the sessions – words that materialised some of the living images and rap lyrics created by the inmates. PP