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Visitors were encouraged to move freely around
the apartment, following the actors, choosing
their vantage point, and in scenes where the
actors inhabited different rooms, even choosing
which character to follow. Presented as twelve
scenes in two acts, the performance charted
the relationship of the protagonists, from the
early days of romantic love, through conflict,
then resolution. Guests were an integral part
of the performance, sharing wine and jamón
ibérico with the characters, singing along
to songs joyously belted out by Fernando,
scrambling to grab the last chair in a game of
musical chairs, and piling up on a sofa like
family guessing the names of the films shown
in clips on an antique projector. All shared
in the joy and the pain of the characters,
every moment closing the gaps between everyone
involved. In the final scene, everyone was
invited to select an object of meaning from a
leather suitcase, and place it into Neri&Hu’s
Solo Vitrine, together creating a cabinet of
curiosities. Many were teary-eyed, with hearts
open to the humanity in one another, and their
own memories conjured by the performance.
