A revolta dos objetos. Uma conferência animada (The rebellion of objects. An animated conference) brought to an end a cycle that had begun with the play Objetoteca popular itinerante (Popular itinerant object-library). A revolta dos objetos is a work of research on objects retracing the previous plays of the company – the Teatro de Ferro. The show was scheduled at the FIMP (Porto International Puppet Festival) in 2021 and at the FIMFA (International Festival of Puppets and Animated Forms) in Lisbon in 2022.

A theoretician is giving a lecture on philosophical and artistic concepts inherent to objects and mentioning ancient philosophers and Bauhaus artists, among other people. However, he is constantly interrupted by his assistant sharing information with him, by technical problems or elements that seem out of control: microphones moving in all directions, the light being turned off, objects falling, …

In a second part, the conference goes over different works of the company and reveals the creative processes behind the shows and the common thread bringing them together.

At the end, the theoretician tries to resume his lecture without success; the technician’s body mysteriously appears on the floor and a phantasmagorical atmosphere spreads. Curtains are brought down several times while the action of the play continues.