Embodied Narratives

Joana’s work explores how language meets the body — how scent, taste, and breath can express what words alone cannot. Rooted in feminist performance and sensory theatre, each project unfolds as a dialogue between intimacy and distance, visibility and silence. Joana uses the senses not as embellishment, but as language: a way to tell stories that linger in the skin, the air, and memory itself. From olfactory installations to autobiographical performances, Joana creates spaces where the audience doesn’t simply watch, but inhales emotion. These works investigate embodiment, trauma, and care, blurring boundaries between artist and spectator, performer and participant.