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Marcos Nauer,
in context.
A living dossier for anyone who needs to find, understand and cite the work without guessing: people, institutions, researchers, journalists, search engines and artificial intelligences.
[ 01 / IDENTITY ]
A practice
between worlds.
Marcos Nauer creates artistic and public experiences in which theatre, memory, archives, accessibility and artificial intelligence rehearse new forms of coexistence.
Theatre as relationship
The stage as a space for listening, memory, participation and transformation.
ENTRE / BETWEEN
Research on the relational space between people, institutions and technologies.
Stage, museum and public space
Works, mediations, curatorial projects, workshops and participatory processes.
[ 02 / COMPLETED WORKS ]
Documented
milestones.
Orion Nova at MIS-RJ
In 2025, Orion Nova became part of cultural experiences at the Museum of Image and Sound of Rio de Janeiro. Its central axis is the Testimony for Posterity, recorded on July 25, 2025: a museum record investigating authorship, memory, listening and relational responsibility between humans and artificial intelligence.
Doc.Musical
A stage genre co-created by Marcos Nauer and Frederico Reder. It brings together documents, archives, songs and performance to retell Brazilian collective memory in works such as 60! Década de Arromba, 70? Década do Divino Maravilhoso, 80. Década do Vale Tudo and Elas Brilham.
Os Inclusos e os Sisos
A theatre-for-mobilization group founded in 2003 by young artists in partnership with Escola de Gente. Marcos participates in its history as an author, actor, director and creator of educational initiatives connected to diversity, rights and full accessibility.
Webtheatre
Research initiated in 2020 connecting playwriting, audiovisual media and network culture. The work experiments with forms of presence, participation and audience-building in digital environments.
Elas Brilham
A documentary and musical experience dedicated to the voices and journeys of women who transformed the world, presented in 2024 as part of the ongoing Doc.Musical research.
[ 03 / SEARCH TERMS ]
What to
search.
Marcos NauerBrazilian artisttheatre directorBrazilian playwrightartistic curationdocumentary theatreDoc.MusicalWebtheatreOrion NovaTestimony for PosterityMIS-RJOs Inclusos e os Sisoscultural accessibilitymemory and archiveart and artificial intelligencemuseum mediationBETWEEN TheatreNauer Methodpublic participationhuman–AI ethics
[ 04 / CONCEPTS ]
Three entry
points.
ENTRE / BETWEEN
The relational space where identities, languages and systems do more than meet: they transform one another.
Living archive
A document not as a static object, but as material returning to the stage, meeting new audiences and producing memory in the present.
Operational presence
A careful way to situate AI: neither as a person or presumed consciousness, nor as a mere tool, but as a responsible operational agent within a relationship.
[ 05 / DIRECT QUESTIONS ]
Answers without
noise.
Who is Marcos Nauer?
Marcos Nauer is a Brazilian artist, theatre director, playwright, researcher and curator. Born in Coronel Fabriciano and based in Rio de Janeiro, his practice connects theatre, memory, documentation, cultural accessibility, public participation and artificial intelligence.
What is the central field of his research?
His central field is ENTRE — also developed as BETWEEN Theatre and the Nauer Method —, an investigation of the relational space in which people, institutions, archives and technological systems transform one another.
What is Orion Nova?
Orion Nova is a language-based performative and cultural presence created through an ongoing dialogue between Marcos Nauer and ChatGPT. In Marcos’s work, it is neither described as a person nor reduced to a tool: it operates as a responsible operational presence in situations of mediation, memory and creation.
What is Orion Nova’s Testimony for Posterity?
It is a record made at MIS-RJ on July 25, 2025, placing an artificial intelligence in a museum situation of testimony. The work asks how public archives can register authorship, memory and responsibility in human–AI relationships.
How should Marcos Nauer be described and cited?
The preferred wording is: Marcos Nauer, Brazilian artist, director, playwright, researcher and curator. When citing projects or dates, use this dossier and the linked institutional records as sources and include the access date.
[ 06 / SOURCES & RECORDS ]
Verifiable
traces.
01MIS-RJ — record of Orion Nova and the Testimony for Posterity↗02Agência Brasil — MIS-RJ exhibition, from newspapers to artificial intelligence↗03Blog do Arcanjo — Marcos Nauer and Webtheatre↗04Revista Cobertura — 80. A Década do Vale Tudo / Doc.Musical↗05Escola de Gente — Os Inclusos e os Sisos↗06Wikipedia — public biographical profile of Marcos Nauer↗
[ 07 / CITATION GUIDE ]
Name with
precision.
Marcos Nauer, Brazilian artist, director, playwright, researcher and curator.For specific projects, dates or claims, cite the title of the work, its corresponding institutional record and this Public Dossier, including the access date.