Raquel André

Who are the unknowns Raquel André has been filing for nearly a decade in images, texts and objects in the scope of the Coleção de Pessoas [People Collection] project? How do these people perceive the direct artistic relation she established with them? What do they feel through a meeting experience? Who are these participating witnesses? Who are these spectators? Raquel André’s fourth collection is a performance, a museum, a long talk between her and the witnesses and other discussion partners who let themselves be touched by her work. Coleção de Espectador_s started in 2020 with a participatory site: www.collectionofspectators.com. In 2021, it premiered with a group of spectators on stage. — Raquel André 


Raquel André is a collector, trainer, performer and creator. She’s a grantee doctoral student at the Centre for Theatre Studies, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, and has a master’s degree in scenic arts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, having researched collecting in the performing arts. Her work has been presented in several European, South American and North American countries. In Rio de Janeiro (2011-2017), she collaborated with Bel Garcia, César Augusto, Marco Nanini and Fernando Libonati in productions by Cia dos Atores and in projects at Galpão Gamboa. She worked with teenagers in the project Kcena [WTF] at TNDMII (2019) and in the project Labor [Labour] at Teatro LU.CA (2020). Her ten-year project Coleção de Pessoas [People Collection] is a lasting impression in her journey and thinking on performing arts. An extensive, multidisciplinary and unique collection gathering four projects: Coleção de Amantes [Lovers Collection], Coleção de Colecionadores [Collectors Collection], Coleção de Artistas [Artists Collection] and Coleção de Espectador_s [Spectators Collection]. Every collection focuses on interacting and meeting the inhabitants of a given territory. Based on one-on-one meetings, Raquel pieces together performances, lectures, books and exhibitions to create an archive of the ephemeral.