bela_adormecida is the designation of several creations and performances that are developed during an extended period of time and in which the same theme is explored in different formats, methods and relations with the spectators. 

bela_adormecida revisits the traditional fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty and its insidious relation with somnophilia, through various literary references, as well as elements evocative of protocols of submission and domination. Given the polysemic nature of the story of Sleeping Beauty, we seek in it traces of feminine maturation, in the context of enchantment and eroticism. The association between the fairy tale and its various meanings also serves to invoke notions of established power and norms – traditionally patriarchal – and their forms of surveillance. bela_adormecida explores the way art and technology can dismantle, unmask and subvert power. Evoking fragility, exposure, perversion and voyeurism, bela_adormecida seeks to question the ways power exists between observer and observed, actor and spectator, and how these power relationships can be negotiated.

This durational version consists of a performative installation comprising two moments: a chat and an encounter. The spectators are invited to enter and spend a night with a sleeping woman. Each “guest” will have access to a “sleeping beauty” through a virtual chat platform where they can “discuss” the details of the encounter.