Quarantine cup of cha

This is a work that focuses on the quarantine, on two different languages and brings together 3 different countries, assimilation, dislocation and fusion of customs as well as transformation.
The infusion of particular leaves into water to make tea, goes back in history and takes us to China. The spread of this beverage in England was due to Catarina de Bragança and her marriage to Charles II.
My true immersion into tea drinking happened in England. Thus during quarantine time I decided to focus and create something around this daily routine, bringing together associated thoughts/words to this particular time. These words are written in Portuguese and in English, as these two languages are interconnected in my mind. One is responsible for my upbringing, my roots, my essence, the other has given me wings, it opened the doors of creativity, freed up my spirit, fulfilled my inner self.

In the East end of London Cockneys still call tea – a cup of cha or a cuppa. –
People born within the area of St. Mary-le-Bow, thus able to listen to the church bells are called Cockney

Inês Rolo Amado

© Abril 2020