A temporary memorial to the queer dance club Apogeu (Joinville, Brazil, c. 1998–2003). Rather than preserving its memory, this structure, and the activities planned around it, meant to create new memories.
Inspired by the “monuments” of Thomas Hirschhorn, Apogeu Memorial takes the form of a provisional structure built from cheap, precarious materials, designed to host a sequence of actions. These include a collective painting session to decorate the structure; a performance featuring a dancer dressed as a police officer; the transportation of the structure through downtown Joinville on a truck; its installation at the original site of the Apogeu club; and a public “inauguration,” culminating in an open invitation to enter the memorial and dance to George Michael's "Careless Whisper".
Across these stages, the work operates as both monument and event. Memory emerges not as a fixed record of the past, but as something enacted in the present—through movement, participation, and repetition. By staging the memorial as a site of gathering and dance, the project reactivates a queer social space through collective presence, producing a form of re-enchantment grounded in shared action.
