Oporto

farO apresenta nas Noites de Verão da Filho Único

K7 do K4

(1917–∞)

Public rehearsal of the 2nd recording of the English version of 

K4 the BLUE square, a novella by Almada Negreiros

performed and set to sound by Marta Ângela, Nu No and Tropa Macaca

K4  The BLUE square

HAS JUST APPEARED

TERMINUS POETRY

HERE IS TOLD THE SECRET

OF GENIUS INTRANSMISSIBLE 

Four years ago, in Oporto, in the eye of an ill-remembered pandemic, the secret of the blue square, as heard and told by Almada Negreiros, was broadcast to an English-listening audience. The long-(100-year)-awaited English version of "K4 Blue Square” was performed afar by voices in isolation, recorded in solitude under feather duvets and tiled countryside bathrooms, and put together in a cassette tape (K7 in Portuguese).  

This Saturday marks the inaugural unmasked live performance of this sensationist masterpiece, by other bearers of the square tattooed in blue. The performers will channel a vortex of timeless revelations, infra-geometric holograms in a novella of bored aristocrats, sports cars, compulsive dogs and kitsch romance.

With these recordings we aspire to, once and for all, globalize Almada's unceasing spirit and torrent vision.

Eternity does exist, but not so slowly!

We are grateful to Fernando Pessoa and Santa-Rita Pintor for having been the first listeners to the words of The Blue Square! And we can't thank enough Adrian Dannatt, Lotte Allan and Von Calhau for first venturing into the maelstrom of interpreting Almada's text in English.

Free admission limited to room capacity. Please RSVP  to book your seat.

Left entrance of Igreja de Santa Isabel Campo de Ourique, Lisboa