The story tells us that Gordian I celebrate a animal fighting show also known as Venatio with 30 wild horses, 150 wild boars, 300 Mauritanian ostriches and 100 bulls who lifes were taken in a particular way “the easiest way to kill them was to stab them with a spear”, in “Venationes and games of bulls in the Antiquity”. Romans joy sat in slaughter; in the arenas were rebels, fleeing slaves and Christians, those who were condemned to crucifixion or the “Damnatio Ad Beasts.”// toss at beasts. On the eve of my 21st birthday I received a red bracelet in the West North Hospital Centre emergency room. The red colour who covered my wrist was the same which the Roman Emperor painted the dead wild beasts offered to the audience show. «Trauma survivors who have PTSD have problems with trust, closeness and communication, which may affect how they act with others. »

TEARS ON MY PILLOW
PAIN IN MY HEART
CAUSED BY YOU.

(Kylie Minogue)

/ credits

creation Rafaela Jacinto
with Rafaela Jacinto e Marta De Sousa Correia
production, scenography and costume design Mariana Monteiro