Ciutat dormitori

The show winner of the 2021 Critics Award returns to the Street Arts show. An itinerant proposal by Pau Masaló that, telling the story and the operation of the Cemetery of Montjuïc, reflects with critical humour the idiosyncrasy of the city and the character of its inhabitants. A guided tour of the funeral grounds with curious encounters with cemetery workers and fun coral interventions.

Foucault said that "cemeteries then came to constitute, no longer the sacred and immortal heart of the city, but the other city." The cemetery is one of the most important symbolic places in any settlement. It is a "text" where it is possible to discern the community's social contradictions, urban dynamics, and the value given to life. In short, the cemetery is a concise and silent version of the city itself, and of its history and character. The etymological origin of the word comes from the Latin coemeterium, which literally means bedroom or resting place. Ciutat dormitori [Dormitory town] is conceived in terms of a travelling recitative, a kind of musical road movie, a critical and collective walk aimed at gaining a better understanding of the city's idiosyncrasy and the character of its inhabitants. This guided tour provides unexpected encounters with workers who tell their own stories and broaden our perspective of a location like this one.

El Temps de les Arts on performing arts 2022 Award.