This artist-book is a middle-of-the-road process, a guide to protection; safeguarding; preserving; protecting; defending. The mapping of strategies for an interior movement, a journey from the margin to the center.

IV. SUBJECT OF PROTECTION: a) moisturize; b) nourish; c) restore.
III. THE SECRETS: a) affection, practices of affection; b) efficacy, practices of efficacy; c) power,
practices of power.
II. THE ROUTES: a) what is there for you vs. your treasures; b) building vs. what you are building;
c) your treasures vs. what is there for you.
THE REST: a) preparation; b) restoration.

Sara Fonseca da Graça, aka Petra.Preta, born 1992, has a degree in theater and is a multidisciplinary artist and art educator. The form of expression is not the starting point –it is a vehicle for re-signifying, transforming languages and creating safe and empowering imaginaries for black bodies.

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ed.______, a seal which comprises two collections – “Series” and “Sequence” -, results from the collaboration between the Teatro Praga and the publisher Sistema Solar, with the coordination of  André e. Teodósio and José Maria Vieira Mendes

The “Series” collection discloses the intangible heritage of contemporary performing arts. “Sequence” collection is organised in thematic books from different disciplines, which offer a reflection on systems of power and protest in the present time.

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A Teatro Praga / Sistema Solar edition (chancela ed .______), 2022

Title | #aseriesofprotectivestyles. — Volume I: The Crown

Author | Petra Preta

Coordination |  André e. Teodósio e José Maria Vieira Mendes

Design | Horácio Frutuoso

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+Available for purchase here
+For more information contact producao@teatropraga.com