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O Espelho (The Mirror) is a theatrical sound installation in development, inspired in part by the story of the same name by 19th century Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. O Espelho will investigate the games of deception we play with our identities. With this aim the installation will use a variety of contemporary audio technologies, video and visual ilusions from the 19th century, together with pre-recorded performance and electroacoustic composition. The installation is devised for a solitary viewer in keeping with the isolation experienced by the protagonist in the original story. Of great importance in this work, will be its investigation of how sound, voice and listening can function ontologically side by side with visual representations of the self.

O Espelho will be made by sound artist Iain Mott and actress/performer Simone Reis in collaboration with others including: video maker Alexandre Rangel, visual artist Nelson Maravalhas, playwright Camilo Pellegrini and lighting designer Jamile Tormann. The production is by Alaôr Rosa and Arte Viva Produções with funding from the Fundo de Apoio à Cultura (FAC) of Brasilia and the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB).