In the Portuguese parliament, between the deputies’ benches and the tribune with members of the Government, there is, exactly in the middle of the room, a desk with nothing around it where two employees work who have the mission of transcribing everything that is said there. Through his fingers, speeches, interventions, asides, insubordination and even gestures are recorded. There are hundreds of thousands of pages that record debates, constituent assemblies, votes, advances and setbacks in social, labor and human rights. Guide for a possible country is a show created from these records, to tell the story of the last fifty years of our democracy.
Guide for a possible country, by Sara Barros Leitão
In the Portuguese parliament, between the deputies' benches and the tribune with members of the Government, there is, exactly in the middle of the room, a desk with nothing around it where two employees work who have the mission of transcribing everything that is said there. Through his fingers, speeches, interventions, asides, insubordination and even gestures are recorded. There are hundreds of thousands of pages that record debates, constituent assemblies, votes, advances and setbacks in social, labor and human rights. Guide for a possible country is a show created from these records, to tell the story of the last fifty years of our democracy.