Marco Martins

Marco Martins proposes in SELVAGEM [WILD] a reflection on the use of the mask in ritualistic practices that, since time immemorial, collectively mark crucial moments in Europe, such as the equinoxes and solstices, integrating characters such as the Wild Man, the Bear, the Goat or the Devil. We are increasingly a society of masks that hide behind a virtual world. What is the current meaning of mask? How can living with the sanitary mask transform each person's activity, activism and identity? We live in a daily life full of avatars, caricatures, memes, applications that allow you to transform the face and body and various types of filters capable of blurring the line between faces and masks. Based on the investigation of the ancestral meaning of the mask, WILD will map its value as an identity possibility, as well as the complexity inherent to the multiplication and intersection of identities.


Marco Martins was born in Lisbon in 1972. He is currently an inescapable artist of the artistic panorama Portuguese, with an extensive work that crosses several areas, from cinema to the visual arts, through the theater. He founded the Arena Ensemble in 2007 with Beatriz Batarda, and has since been its artistic director.
His work has received great recognition, reflecting the intersection of performative languages, collaboration with non-actors, as well as several community projects with a strong choreographic component.


Co-presentation with: 
Culturgest – Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos, on March 25th to 27th, 2022.