The Martin E. Segal Theater Center presents
Jesus and the sea
At the Segal Theatre Film and Performance Festival 2025
A film by
Ricarda Alvarenga
Screening Information
Country
Brazil
Language
non-verbal
Running Time
4
minutes
Year of Release
2024
About The Film
The video fables a submerged phantasmagoria of Jesus in the sea waters of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The action took place on one of the 365 days of the One Year Performance, in which, every afternoon, the artist dressed up as Jesus and produced images in different places, situations and contexts, recreating mythological and everyday imaginaries with one of the most iconographic figures in western culture.
About The Artist(s)
They are a professor in the Dance undergraduate program at UFU (Federal University of Uberlândia) in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais; a Ph.D. candidate in the Performing Arts Graduate Program at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro); and hold a master's degree from the Dance Graduate Program at UFBA (Federal University of Bahia) in Salvador, Bahia. Their work mobilizes actions and compositions in performance, contemporary dance, photography, video, installations, and writing — inferring and interfering with life as a work of art.
Get in touch with the artist(s)
and follow them on social media
@ricardalvarenga