{"id":1670,"date":"2020-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/?post_type=joana-lara&#038;p=1670"},"modified":"2025-10-18T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:20:22","slug":"nao-era-nada-disto-o-amor","status":"publish","type":"joana-lara","link":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/joana-lara\/nao-era-nada-disto-o-amor\/","title":{"rendered":"Love was nothing like this"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_teaser.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria3-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria6-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria6.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival Metadan\u00e7a, November 2020 (photos: Diana Carvalho)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria8-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria8-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria8-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria8-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria8-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria8.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival Metadan\u00e7a, novembro 2020 (fotografia: Cl\u00e1udia Cardoso)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria1.jpg 948w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Leiria1-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival Metadan\u00e7a, November 2020 (photo: Rute Violante)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The duet <em>Love was nothing like this<\/em> is conceptually rooted in Roland Barthes\u2019 literary work \u201cA Lover\u2019s Discourse: Fragments\u201d. In this book, Barthes presents a series of fragmented ideas, words, and concepts that may arise in the mind of someone in love. He intellectually organises these psychological states (familiar to most humans), moving fluidly between personal experience and an impersonal discourse. While the emotions portrayed are instantly recognisable to the reader, the questions raised lead us back to the core of the subject: If love is a universal experience, can a common emotional language exist? Does this \u2018common emotional language\u2019 truly exist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without hierarchy or chronology, these concepts (referred to by Barthes as \u2018figures\u2019) are arranged alphabetically, with their significance defined by the reader. Inspired by this, we sought to create something of an \u2018achronological\u2019 nature, devoid of linearity and unrestricted by a single narrative. This approach carries an intention of transversality. In literature, this universality translates into easily recognisable concepts; in our work, it led us to explore images and situations that, while ambiguous, evoke sensations, define moments, and trigger memories. Additionally, we set out to work with various \u2018figures\u2019 individually, each carrying its own unique universe. The concepts we explored materialise as fragments structured into scenes-sections. Despite the proposed sequence, their order does not directly impact the piece as a whole.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC1-768x512.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_EVC2-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Est\u00fadios Victor C\u00f3rdon, November 2019 (photos: Joaquim Leal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio2-300x225.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio3-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Estudio3-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Escola Superior de Dan\u00e7a, March 2020 (photos: Joaquim Leal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"noindent wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><em>They asked me for a moment. I blushed.<br>\nTo write stories by best year, something that the years have kept.<br>\nBut, and when (l)only, alone, I swear! It was a memory of you.<br>\nI see through simple, selfish celebrations, experiences so dear, that because they feel mine, the curious came to watch me share.<br>\nI remember the smiling shape. I dreamed of another head. It was you who was missing.<br>\nI said: I cried for you, and having said it, I smiled.<br>\nAh! If only you were\u2026<br>\nI know, I\u2019ve always regretted. I distanced past experiences. Afterwards, I witnessed a lot of another of this relationship. I had one always, never the happy one.<br>\nWhat to do? A dinner inside. I asked: I want it now! Thanks.<br>\nI like being able of loneliness but she absorbs me. Inevitable front. There, strangers, we met again.<br>\nIt just happened to turn out beautiful like this.<\/em><br><br>\nPoem composed by Joana and Lara, based on scrambled words from a text written by Jonathan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-2048x1433.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NaoEraNadaDistoOAmor_Merge-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Merge \u2014 The Social Magazine: N\u00ba6 (November 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":586,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"destaques":[],"joana-lara-category":[134],"class_list":["post-1670","joana-lara","type-joana-lara","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","joana-lara-category-danca-performance"],"acf":{"photo_gallery":{"imagens":[[]]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/joana-lara\/1670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/joana-lara"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/joana-lara"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destaques","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destaques?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"joana-lara-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanafranco.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/joana-lara-category?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}