a quiet moment before the show - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
instruments on stage ready to be played - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
I play cigar box guitar - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
I play my miniature guitar - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
photo by Nuno DIreitinho
photo by Nuno DIreitinho
photo by Nuno DIreitinho
I read my poem, "Freedom", about the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal and the current situation in the United States - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
photo by Nuno DIreitinho
photo by Nuno DIreitinho
The Zaratan Black Box Theater is a magical place!!! - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
I perform "We Repeat Ourselves with Rui Gonçalves - photo by Nuno DIreitinho.
You can hear the version of the song that I recorded with Virgin Llama - Daniel Antunes Pinheiro (Baixo, Ritmo), Pedro Januário Gomes (Guitarra, loops), Rui Gonçalves (Voz), at their Lisbon studio, below:
Daniel plays my Duck Caller during my "Rain, Rain" song. to Daniel's left is Gemma, the person who brilliantly oversees the Zaratan residency program. photo by Nuno DIreitinho
audience members playing percussion instruments during my "Rain, Rain, Rain" song - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
I hand a percussive egg to an audience member - photo by Nuno DIreitinho
audience members join in -photo by Nuno DIreitinho
I stayed in an apartment up the stairs and above the art center for 28 wonderful days during my Zaratan Artist Residency.
The view from my apartment window. Notice the cobblestone sidewalks, made of small pieces of stone arranged in a pattern or image, like a mosaic. These sidewalks line Lisbon's narrow, twisting streets all over town.
I met with Pedro, Luna and Daniel every Thursday to talk about my residency, get helpful advice, explore ideas about what do and see, and plan for my Black Box Theater "Out of the Box" concert
It was a pleasure and an honor to meet sound artist, recording artist, poet, actor, director, playwright and author Americo Gonzales, the Director-General of the Arts in Portugal. He came to my 'Out of the Box" Concerto at Zaratan. We talked afterwards and posed for this photo, taken by his wife.
photo by Americo Rodrigues
