HITTING THE WALL
An interdisciplinary performance project
Live performance documentation from an earlier exploration © 2026 Glauco Araujo
About The Project
Hitting the Wall is an interdisciplinary live performance project exploring identity, migration, memory, and the construction of artistic persona across the Americas.
Developed across Mexico, the United States, and Brazil, the work moves between text, voice, music, and live performance to create an evolving interdisciplinary performance language.
The project builds on earlier live performance explorations developed across different contexts, including work presented in Australia and the United States.
Structured as a live performance framework, the project extends into readings, public talks, workshops, and interdisciplinary collaborations. These elements function as interconnected modes of engagement, allowing the work to evolve through live audience engagement and intercultural exchange.
The performance exists within a broader creative universe that includes Carioca, a novel currently in development. While the book remains an independent literary work, it exists within the broader thematic and narrative landscape surrounding the project.
Current Development
(Mexico, 2026)
Since February 2025, Hitting the Wall has continued to evolve through an ongoing process of artistic research, collaboration, and live performance development.
The project is currently in an active phase in Mexico, where research takes shape through public presentations, rehearsals, institutional partnerships, cultural exchange, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Recent development work in Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca, and other locations has included artistic research, institutional meetings, rehearsal processes, live presentations, and relationship-building with local artists, cultural organizations, universities, and independent performance spaces.
Current institutional partners:
Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México - Dirección del Sistema de Teatros
Embassy of Brazil in Mexico - Instituto Guimarães Rosa
U.S. Embassy in Mexico
This current phase is helping shape the project through live audience engagement, multilingual collaboration, artistic exchange, and continued experimentation across different cultural and architectural contexts.
Recent Development
Museo de la Cancillería - Mexico City (May 27, 2026)
Public presentation and development laboratory of Hitting the Wall, an interdisciplinary performance project developed between Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. The presentation brought together dance, text, live music, and audience engagement within an interdisciplinary performance framework as part of the project's ongoing artistic development.
2026 Presentations
May 27, 2026
Museo de la Cancillería - Mexico City
19:00
Hitting the Wall: Lectura performática con música en vivo
June 25, 2026
Instituto Guimarães Rosa / Embassy of Brazil in Mexico - Mexico City
18:30
Identidad en Movimiento: Brasil entre Literatura y Performance
July 11, 2026
Casa de la Ciudad / Biblioteca Andrés Henestrosa - Oaxaca
19:00
Hitting the Wall: Fragmentos de una Novela en Movimiento
July 18, 2026
Galería Ana Sofía - Puebla
19:00
Hitting the Wall: Una Composición Performática Fragmentada
August 6, 2026
Casa Refugio de la Memoria - Mexico City
17:00
Carioca: Migración, Memoria e Identidad en las Américas
Lectura comentada, performance y conversación pública
September 22, 2026
Casa Del Abue - Puebla
10:00
Hitting the Wall: Fragmentos de una Novela en Movimiento
October 4, 2026
Centro Cultural Elena Garro - Mexico City
11:00
Hitting the Wall: Fragmentos de una Novela en Movimiento
October 23, 2026
Centro Cultural D'los - Puebla
18:00
Hitting the Wall: Fragmentos de una Novela en Movimiento
Current & Recent Collaborators
Mónica Aguilar - voice, music & Spanish interpretation
Hitting the Wall / Carioca - Mexico development
Rafael Vigo Bentancur - musician
Mexico City presentations
Artists from Fondo Guadalupe Musalem
Oaxaca presentations
Live performance documentation from an earlier exploration © 2026 Glauco Araujo
Support the Development of Hitting the Wall
Hitting the Wall is an interdisciplinary live performance currently being developed through artistic research, collaboration, rehearsals, and public presentations across Mexico. Your support helps move the project from research and performance laboratories into its next stage of artistic development.
Contributions support:
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artist and collaborator compensation
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rehearsal and creative development
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music, technical production, and staging
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travel and research across Mexico
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documentation and future presentations
WAYS TO SUPPORT
Sustaining Circle - Monthly Giving
$25 / $50 / $100 / $250 / $500+
Monthly support provides continuity for rehearsals, research, collaborators, and the ongoing development of the work.
Patron Support
$1,000+
Major gifts help make extended development periods, artistic collaboration, travel, production, and future presentations possible.
Institutional & Foundation Partnerships
Partnership opportunities may include project sponsorship, co-production, residencies, public programming, and artistic exchange.
Support the Project
If you feel connected to this evolving interdisciplinary project, you are invited to support its continued development.
This project is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts service organization.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
