In 2024, Daniel Matos & João Catarino began a video collection entitled The Crying Cycles, a trilogy based on a reflection on the present time and how they see the need for detachment and abandonment so that a total new beginning is possible, an idea of freedom that is constantly changing and about which we can't find a concrete definition or image.
At the beginning, they realise that it's necessary to wipe their eyes with the water that falls on them, to see the abyss in the abyss, to take a deep breath and run away to get there. All they wanted was a motorbike, a motorbike that would take everything with it and bring them back to who they are in the midst of the rubble.
In thevideo-dance Crying Cycle 1, Daniel Matos and João Catarino offer a path to see with washed-out eyes.
‘...because all I wanted was a motorbike.’
- ABSOLUT PREMIÉRE -
artistic direction, concept and editing
Daniel Matos & João Catarino
interpretation and co-creation
Joana Simões
camera operation and editing
João Catarino
soundtrack
Daniel Matos
production direction
Joana Flor Duarte
production
CAMA a.c.
financing
CDCR Algarve
support
Musette Bike
duration 10 min.
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Daniel Matos (Lagos, 1996) is a choreographer, performer and visual artist. He has developed his work as a creator, artistic collaborator and national and international performer. He has collaborated with Ana Borralho&João Galante, Angélica Liddell, Davis Freeman and Romeo Castellucci, among others. Since 2016, she has focussed her work on the body as a biographical, physical and emotional field of research, questioning and redesigning the idea of limits.
João Catarino – he/his (Faro, 1991) did a course in photography and post-production at Atelier de Imagem and an oil painting course at Óleo da Nextart, Lisboa (2011). He has exhibited work at Lx Factory, MOB, Fabrica Features, PANTA magazine, Ever Magazine and Vice with We are Mitra. Since 2015, he has been working as a photographer and videographer making various clips, promotional videos, documental projects, video mapping, registering and editing videos of dance, performance, theatre and music creations.