Em caso de incêndio: sonho com o Museu Nacional

Abstract

In memoriam of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, this thesis presents a collection of fragments of texts arranged to reverie around the fire that reduced thousands of items and memories of many others to ashes. In the event of a fire, “everything happens in a waking dream”. In the guise of a theatrical performance, this research proposes a script based on the idea that the primary function of dreams is the fulfillment of an unconscious desire and, therefore, a desire that is not clearly shown, but always ambiguous. Composed of different textual genres, between one speech and another, the fire acts latently, waiting to be deciphered. Amidst a scenario full of rubble and relics, this thesis-theater appropriates the cue “what do you dream for the National Museum” as a condition of possibility to re-present the MN as a space of provocation available for disconnected narratives, absurd collections and impossible exhibitions. Following the montage method, throughout this archaeological mission, or allegorical game, memories and forgetfulness emerge from imaginary excavations