Rafael Candela Forrest

FAROUT

A body moving through the city, a gesture disrupting its rhythms, an unexpected encounter that reshapes our gaze on the ordinary.

Forrest is a site-specific, itinerant performance unfolding in public space—across streets, squares, and “non-places.” A sudden passage that turns the everyday into a stage, opening possibilities of relation between performer, environment, and audience—both those who choose to follow and those who stumble upon it by chance.

Rafael Candela inhabits the urban architecture with a body in a constant state of alertness and transformation, shaped by noises, obstacles, gazes, and presences. His action becomes play, poetry, dissonance: a micrology of movement capable of suspending the utilitarian function of space and returning it to a sensitive, fragile, and collective dimension.

Forrest questions the very nature of the city as both a place of encounter and restriction, opening fleeting glimpses of freedom and unexpected complicities.

Bio

Rafael Candela is an Italian-Brazilian artist based in Milan. His training includes the Venice Biennale Teatro, Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi, and the DanceWEB program at ImPulsTanz. As a performer, he has collaborated with Alexis Vassiliou, Nicola Galli, Simona Bertozzi, Fabio Cherstich, Ariella Vidach, Vittorio Pagani, Elisa Sbaragli, among others.

His research focuses on the relationship between body and urban space, exploring physical and perceptual presence in dialogue with the gaze of both intentional and accidental spectators. Forrest is his debut work, presented in contexts such as Triennale Milano, BASE, Festival Danza Urbana, Ammutinamenti, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. In 2025, he has been selected by the INSITU Platform for artists in public space and by Nouveau Grand Tour (Le Centquatre, Paris).

Credits

Performance: Rafael Candela
Production: independent
With the support of: Triennale Milano, BASE Milano, Festival Danza Urbana, Ammutinamenti, Italian Cultural Institute in Paris
2025 Selections: INSITU Platform & Nouveau Grand Tour (residency at Le Centquatre, Paris)

  • Duration 30'
    • Suitable for children:
      yes, from 6+
    • Accessible to deaf audiences:
      yes (intro in Italian Sign Language – LIS)
    • Accessible to blind/visually impaired audiences:
      no
    • Intense visual effects:
      no
    • Level of interaction:
      proximity and close-range interaction with the audience

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