While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
We’ll have a party a Festival a colourful summer
While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
We’ll make a contemporary art festival as a mission
Mission Impossible
There will be artists there will be heroes
Long live our superheroes
People without fantasy
People without fear
While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
We’ll sing black music, where poetry is tucked
between the lines of the rhythm of the beat Because
black poetry is not poetry it’s magic.
While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
We’ll make art To make art is to fight the villains
It’s to spend your life walking backwards Or at least
sideways
It’s to save the world every day
While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
We’ll be seers Always seeing the present in the
future so clearly it hurts so straight it clashes
While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
We’ll always have time
We’ll always work less We’ll always be ready to make
love
Love with the body and love with the head
We’ll always make noise
While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining
Our business will smell like stench we sweat for it to
happen
We sweat because we dance
Take it, wrap it up it’s a gift
I know you’ll like it
We’ll pump the volume to full blast How many
decibels will it take for people to listen to us
In southern South with love while the sun keeps
shining in the sky
Yours
Ana and João
* While in the southern sky the sun keeps shining we want to say thank you. In the cities exposed to the wind and in the cities sheltered from the wind, Lagos, Portimão, Loulé, Faro, many are those who are with us: programming, copresentation and co-production partners; local, logistical and media partners; venues, schools, associations, local companies and businesses; and teams, communities, populations, public and artists. Thank you all for being with us.