A cidade-em-que-o-muro-já-caiu : uma histórias de amor-percurso entre Porto Alegre e Berlim

Abstract

The project The city-whre-wall-has-already-fallen combines theoretical research, literature, cinema, and visual arts to propose a reflection on the possibility of positing love-as-a-trail. In this sense, the work is theoretically and fictionally articulated around the triad love-city-walking, in which the city stands for the place where the trail takes place and the walking supplies the performative element. In order to establish the conditions to a love-as-trail, the project resorts to theories of contemporary love, theories about space and mobility, mainly those within the scope of the Spatial Turn, and flânerie-related studies. The theoretical essay is presented alongside the fictional work, composed by literary texts, photographs, maps, an urban intervention, and a video. The pairing between the texts supports the reflection on the love-as-trail.