Flatland – Part I is the first of three episodes that tell the tragic story of a Flatman who discovers that a third dimension is missing from his life. We follow Flatman and his reflection through worlds of two-dimensionality and perspective until he discovers that his existence in the 3D world is possible, as long as there are spectators watching him. Happy with the new discovery but unhappy with his dependency, Flatman launches a strategy to conquer three-dimensional immortality. An ingenious montage of texts, photos and film that lies somewhere between an essay and a fairytale for adults.
Patrícia Portela is the inventor of a kind of theatre that experiments with the most diverse technologies, and the creator of unclassifiable works in which the movement of words is also a form of choreography.
