Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgård wrapped up his six-volume autobiography at the age of 51. European philosopher Rosi Braidotti, a specialist in feminist posthumanism, complains that the reputation of academia and thinkers is incredibly low in populist times. Charlotte Gainsbourg adds that everything is now politically correct, so boring, so predictable. At 29 I felt 51, I had left academia to write poetry, I had started reading Constance Debré on breaks from my job as a shopkeeper and with a Tupperware on my lap. I had given up a life dedicated to studying and was now interested in Pluto in Aquarius and the guillotine. Charlotte Gainsbourg? She was, is and will be my anchor at the end of times.

RAFAELA JACINTO

Rafaela Jacinto, a disobedient artist, genderfluid actor, performer and poet, was born in 1994, Portugal. They graduated in Theatre at the ESTC (Lisbon) in 2016 and specialized in History and Culture of Religions at the FLUL (Lisbon) and studied Documentary Film. Collaborated with national and international theater companies, as well as writers and filmmakers.
Recently they wrote “A música está na minha cabeça”, followed by “Fiz uma coisa má” and “Regime”.
Their work is mostly autobiographical and never the same. Constantly rebranding and dissatisfied.

FICHA TÉCNICA

CHARLOTTE FOREVER by Rafaela Jacinto
VIDEO AND TRANSLATION Susana Mouzinho
IMAGE Rute Leonardo
SPECIAL PARTICIPATION Marta de Sousa Correia