APOGEU MEMORIAL, installation, 2025

A memorial to the queer dance club Apogeu, which existed in Joinville, Brazil, from  approx. 1998 to 2003. Inspired by the "monuments" of Thomas Hirschhorn, this memorial was conceived as an instance that creates memory, instead of preserving it. A temporary structure, built with cheap and precarious materials, meant to house a series of performances and events: (1) a collective effort in decorating it with paintings; (2) a performance with a dance dressed as a cop; (3) the transportation of the structure across downtown Joinville, on a truck, and its installation at the original site of Apogeu; and (4) the "inauguration" of the memorial, followed by an invitation to the public to enter the structure and dance to the sound of George Michael's "Careless Whisper".