The presentation of Lara Torres's project Mimesis II was made in collaboration with the performer Miguel Bonneville, and it was built from the needs that each of the garments had raised while being dressed. On the top of two wooden square stages, seven girls are dressing each other or dressing themselves in a very slow rhythm. Although they are not talking to each other, they seem to have some kind of connection and appear to be participating in some kid of dressing ritual, allowing the audience to see clearly what they are dressing and also creating a very clear conscience of time. The girls, that were actually dancers, performers and artists seemed to be different parts of the same structure. They were held together by the fragility or lack of functionality of pieces, that was conditioning the choreography and the background drums sound dictating the rhythm. Each spectator had the chance to observe each person and each garment in detail for a great length of time.
The Time/Space relation was really important for the performance since it was being held at the Lisbon Fashion week, were one fast show follows another in a quite fast rhythm so this very slow timeframe would be even more obvious and even uncomfortable.
Credits Conception and design: Lara Torres; Collaboration: Miguel Bonneville; Performers: Ana Santos, Ana Trincão, Liz Vahia, Joana Chandelier, Rita Basilio, Diana Lopes and Ana Sampaio; Hair: Griffehairstyle; Make-up: Nana Benjamin for Antónia Rosa; Assistance: Sharon Olson; Jewellery Design: Catarina Dias and Lara Torres; Photos: Rogério Martins.