When do we become our own oppressor? When do we become the oppressor of others?

FLÓBÉR is an activist performance that addresses the symbiotic relation between family and nation-states in the proliferation of dictatorial and colonial practices. This interdisciplinary work combines autobiographical theater, contemporary dance, sound design and documentary film to explore the concepts of colonial love and internalized oppression.

"Internalized oppression occurs when an oppressed group accepts the methods and incorporates the oppressive ideology of an oppressor group, contrary to its own interests." Pheterson, Gail (1986)

FLÓBÉR explores the perspectives of two white, queer nonbinary people, one Portuguese and one US American, formerly living in Portugal. This intercontinental dialogue allows the performers to reflect the nation’s instrumentalization of the family unit, within two different cultural confinements.

Credits
Creation, Sound Design, Production and Performance: Telmo Branco
Performance and co-dramaturgy: Ren Mauney
Financial management: ORG.I.A - ORGANIZAÇÃO, INVESTIGAÇÃO E ARTES -
ASSOCIAÇÃO
Promotional Video: Vitor Hugo Costa / Metafilmes, Sergio Brilha and Telmo Branco
Promotional Photography: Sara Corvo e Telmo Branco
In collaboration with: Goethe-Institut Lisboa, Teatro Papa Léguas, Esmae - IPP, FIDANC -
CDCE, Activist group Panteras Rosa, and Feminist Collective As DEsaFIantes.
Interviewees: Sónia Latas, Odete Ortiz, Miguel Branco and Rui Brinquete.
Acknowledgments: Filipa Matta, Julia Klein, Sergio Vitorino and Diana Santos

Funding
Residency support: Polo Cultural Gaivotas I Boavista and Estúdios Victor Córdon
Financial Support: República Portuguesa - Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes and Comissão Comemorativa 50 anos 25 de Abril; Fundação GDA; and DISTANZEN Solo - Dachverband Tanz Deutschland und NEUSTARTKULTUR.