Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Flute
Percussion	Percussion
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Cello

Performer(s)

“Sleep is like a cat: it only comes to you if you ignore it.” (Gillian Flynn, in “Gone Girl”, 2012)

What happens when we cannot sleep? Often treated as an unwelcome guest who overstays their welcome, insomnia doesn’t seem to inspire much sympathy nor arouse the bright side of the emotions’ spectrum. Attempting to fall asleep by sheer willpower is known to be counterproductive – but how to attain the sweet abandon that leads to sleep, when something so essential eludes us?
This piece starts with the realisation that the night will be infinite, followed by a choreography of rituals that allegedly help to induce sleep. Although these rituals are meant to give comfort, they keep failing, thus extending the restless process of trying to rest.

Fátima Fonte

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
The Sleep Collector	Premiere	2022/Sep/17	33,7 – A Two-Day Festival of New Music by Lucilin	Kulturfabrik	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Païvi Kauffmann (flute), Guy Frisch (percussion), Ingrid Schoenlaub (violoncello)	Notes

Documents
	Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
	Scores	Fátima Fonte · The Sleep Collector  The Sleep Collector		the sleep collector Fátima Fonte	Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa	2023 2023