The first amphitheaters, where the human body was studied in Europe, were called anatomical theaters. There, where the first dissections were performed, wonders about the interior of the body were revealed. The theater had been showing entrails for centuries, but these images of open bodies may have provoked unprecedented horror, amazement, and enchantment.
It was while preparing a show that we first touched each other cautiously—on wounds and scabs. As our boundaries became blurred, we came face to face with what we already suspected: we were already in each other, we were already in the air. Because we are living and dead particles in constant motion. Although we try to restrain ourselves, it is impossible. And, in fact, we even feel at home when sharing our sensitive parts.
In ‘Partes Sensíveis’ (Sensitive Parts), we speculate about possible relationships between the science that created conceptions about our bodies, our uninhibited physical and emotional encounter, and a time we do not yet know with our muscles, our organs, and our skin, which we call, for lack of a better word, the future.
David Marques and Nuno Pinheiro
