installation, digital video projection (16:9, single-channel, 09’02”, colour, stereo, loop), chairs, white charcoal on the floor

Exhibited in The sun was about him - she says (group exhibition), Espaço Mira, Porto (2014), curated by Manuel Santos Maia 

A virtual opera singer (played by Adriana Romero) vocalizes the words of a mundane conversation between Marguerite Duras and François Mitterrand. Empty chairs arranged diagonally, an opera singer who appears absent (but can be discovered a floor above, like a phantom) and a sentence written in white chalk on the floor, evoking Boulevard Raspail in Paris. The sound echoes through the stone walls, producing a sacred, church-like ambiance. The public is invited to take a seat.

This installation was based on the book The Post Station at Dupin Street by Marguerite Duras and François Mitterrand. The group exhibition The Sun Was About Him - She Says was part of the centennial celebrations of Marguerite Duras.