Luzia Cruz - for the plot

for the plot

The exhibition is curated as if entering the backstage of a theatre. Following the concept of experimental theatre that Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, a Portuguese writer, developed during the Portuguese dictatorship, the work unfolds ideas of fascist narratives versus fiction as a form of resistance. Mimicking an agricultural drone vessel in black clay pottery, this object centers soft power, underscoring a collective suspension of disbelief. The sound piece accompanying the exhibition was made by the sound artist VAN DER, and it is a reinterpretation the two artists worked on together, based on The Will, a theatre play by Brandão that was censored by the Portuguese state and never staged.

"for the plot", 2026

UV print on PVC, wood, agricultural drone, clay, 11'' video on LCD, theatre lights

room installation at Mono

Photos by Carbonara.st