Miniseries: Researching Anthropophagy

A 4-episode podcast miniseries

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1/19/20213 min read

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Available online on all streaming platforms
February & March 2021

about

In 2021, still during the pandemic, we were awarded the Prêmio Maria Alice Vergueiro (Module I of the Lei Emergencial Aldir Blanc). This grant provided the foundation for our work that year. All activities were carried out to deepen and share our research on Anthropophagy.

To begin, we revisited the Seminários Antropófagos (Anthropophagic Seminars) and produced the 4-episode miniseries Researching Anthropophagy—a podcast offering an overview of:

Ritual Anthropophagy (an ancestral rite of some Indigenous peoples),
Cultural Anthropophagy (as proposed by the 1928 movement),
Oswaldian Cosmology (Oswald de Andrade’s later reflections on the theme in the 1940s–50s),
Tropicália & Cinema Novo (how Anthropophagy manifested from the 1960s to the 2000s),
The Ritual-Manifesto (how Santa Cia. applies this research in artistic practice).

The script, written by Rafael Abrahão, Pedro Coêntro, and Demétrio Abrahão, drew from Rafael’s academic research at UNESP’s Institute of Arts.

The entire creative process was conducted online—from rehearsals and recording to release—all documented below.

Credits

broadcast director: Pedro Coêntro
artistic director: Rafael Abrahão
script: Demétrio Abrahão, Rafael Abrahão y Pedro Coêntro - com base nas pesquisas de Rafael Abrahão
cast: Malaika Cipriano y Demétrio Abrahão
vocal coaching: Luíza Abe
musical direction (soundtrack): Juliana Gotz Ifraim
original score composers and producers: Rodrigo Zanettini y Alvaro Cotarelli
art and motion design: Mateus Teixeira
streaming technician: Rafael Abrahão
Editing: Pedro Coêntro y Bernardo Matos
MIX/Mastering: Pedro Coêntro
production: Stéphanie Glória
production assistant: Fabia Fusco Peres