Hermai

Lebre - Lances de Hermes is a performance by Alexandre Pieroni Calado, João Ferro Martins co-created by Raquel Pimpão/Sofia Queiroz and text by José Miranda Justo. The project takes as its starting point the idea that we are in an era of speed and communicability, which are attributes of the mythological figure of Hermes. The book Hermai, contains all of the textual material that is used in the performance. The book was designed as something went wrong: pages that appear to have been badly printed and folded, images that dragged. ilhas studio created all the images that appear throughout the book: figures of hermai that were dragged creating that parasitic noise that was associated with the idea of a crossroads, which was also related to Hermes. ilhas studio was as well invited to design the graphics for the performance “Lebre”: the graphics were based on motion typography with a deconstruction of the content.
Book typeface: Asfen by Inès Davodeau

Client: Artes & Engenhos

2022