Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Set 2022

Fanun Ruin

“FANUN RUIN begins with the meeting with the Timorese skulls in Coimbra. It begins with the Timorese insurgent banished to Angola and the Angolan woman who is banished. It starts with the questions.
What did the faces of those who were cut off look like? Where are the remains of the skulls?
When will the usurped bones return? Who is waiting for them?
Who still remembers? Who wants to forget?
How to embody the bones?
The actress speaks. She puts life into her voice.” (Zia Soares)



Author, Director and Performer: Zia Soares
Art direction: Neusa Trovoada
Video co-creation: António Castelo
Music: Xullaji
Movement: co-creation Lucília Raimundo
Lighting: Mafalda Oliveira
Video cast: Agostinho de Araújo, Aoaní Salvaterra, Domingos Soares, Fátima Guterres, Lídia Araújo, Lucília Raimundo, Manuel de Araújo, Priscila Soares
Set design assistance: Carlos Trovoada, Nig d'Alva
Sound technician: Luís Moreira
Photography: António Castelo