Etymologically, the word ‘object’ denotes the idea that an object is something that is placed before us, something that exists or that is meant to be seen. "vamos sentir falta de tudo aquilo de que não precisamos" ("we are going to miss everything we don’t need") presents objects of the world. A rebound effect and an unexpected unveiling of meaning(s) develop between these objects and those who manipulate them. And thus a triangle emerges between the objects, those who manipulate them, and the spectator – a tension that pushes the boundaries of ideas and sensations towards the vibrating force of symbols.

Faced with these objects, ideas become paths to other ideas, and as on all paths, there are passages that widen, narrow and bifurcate. We can follow these trails with different rhythms and breathing patterns, as if thoughts were shaped by the way they pulsate and clash.

In contact and short-circuiting, these objects of the everyday world are somewhere between the material and the ethereal, the quotidian and the dreamlike, the generic and the exceptional. And it might be precisely in this rearrangement of our everyday world – this world of generic objects, production, consumption and waste – that we can touch another side of things.

(Rita Natálio)

Together with Christophe Ives, Marcela Levi, Miguel Pereira, Rita Natálio, Nadia Lauro e Andrea Parkins, Vera Mantero distilled this very unusual parade out of months of reading, watching and listening, reflecting and conversing. "vamos sentir falta de tudo aquilo de que não precisamos" is a game of associations, sometimes explicit, sometimes cryp- tic, playful or uncomfortable, tangible or volatile. It triggers many questions, answers hardly any. One year after its premiere in Essen and Montpel- lier in 2009, Vera Mantero and guests will finally present this work in Portugal.