Interviews conducted by journalist Adriana Couto with pairs of guest artists and thinkers, some of whom have shows featured at MIRADA. The conversations address each one’s story and thought, showing the perspective of their work and connecting it with the festival’s pillars: Forest, Dream, and Hope.

Sep. 9 – Ricardo Bromley (El Rincón de los Muertos [The Corner of the Dead]) and Jessica Teixeira (MONGA)

Ricardo Bromley is an actor with a degree from PUCP, danzante de tijeras (scissors dancer, a dance from the Chanka region in Peru), and is a trained Andean violinist. He has played parts in films including La Casa Rosada and de Palito Ortega, and in plays including Patrón Leal.

Jéssica Teixeira is a multiartist with a teaching degree in drama and a master’s degree in arts from the Federal University of Ceará. She makes her strange body her main raw material for an investigation into playwriting and theater, which resulted in her first solo show, E.L.A. [A.L.S.O.] (2019), which continues to be performed in Brazil and abroad. Her audiovisual experience includes parts in the short films Partindo do Princípio de que a Terra é Plana, Sou Toda Curva e Desvio [Assuming That The Earth Is Flat, I Am All Curve And Swerve] (2023), Possa Poder [Bittersweet Power] (2022), and Curva Sinuosa [Winding Curve] (2021), in the feature film Assexybilidade [Acsexybility] (2023), and in the series Os Outros [The Others] (2023).  

Adriana Couto is a journalist. She has been the host for TV Cultura’s Metrópolis—one of Brazil’s most traditional art and culture TV shows—for more than ten years. Also at TV Cultura, she has been a news anchor for Jornal da Cultura. She was a TV presenter and reporter for Canal Futura RJ and further developed her research in education and public journalism. At TV Globo, she has worked as a reporter for the music show FAMA and for RJTV. In 2016, 2018, and 2021, she received the Comunique-se Award as Best Cultural/Spoken Media Journalist. She also presents the show Mais Preta on Radio Nova Brasil FM.