»I have followed Marina Guzzo’s trajectory with great interest over the past few years, and one of the reasons is the commitment and coherence I perceive in all of her actions – whether in the artistic field, within the university, or in the affirmation of an ethics for everyday life. Much has been said about the alliances between theory and practice in the conduct of research, or what some authors more specifically call research-creation. Yet this alignment is not always achieved in practice. In this sense, it is a pleasure to read – and to put to the test – the gestures proposed by Marina in this book, which is the result of a long research process that began with the writing of articles, continued through travels and encounters, and culminated in her postdoctoral work at the Freie Universität Berlin. The selection of movements that are gradually choreographed throughout the narrative invites readers to witness imaginative possibilities. Yet this is not fiction for fiction’s sake. Rather, it is an attempt to choreograph states of crisis that have affected a plurality of lives. Through these gestures, the book opens spaces for reflection and experimentation, offering ways of sensing, thinking, and acting in relation to the ecological, social, and existential challenges of our time.«

Marina Guzzo, artist and researcher, concentrates her creations at the interface of the body and the landscape, mixing dance, performance and circus when tensioning the limits of subjectivity in cities and in nature. She has a post-doctorate from the Department of Performing Arts at ECA-USP and is a current fellow at Freie Universität Berlin.