There is something about festivals that inspire and bring forward change. Perhaps is the fact that people come together in such numbers, leaving their masks at home, and wanting to enjoy themselves that allows them to feel in ways they don’t get a chance in their so-called normal lives. Perhaps is the created environment, filled …
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For the past month, I’ve drawn and shared a piece of my 💜 a day. I’ve been drawing once or more per day for the past year but almost never shared them with anyone. Twenty years ago a university teacher made me feel ashamed of my drawing style and even tho I kept working on …
Story Humanity wakes up from a shut down to find all its technology has collapsed. No more sucking the rivers or drilling the earth, no more Instagram or World Wide Web. No machines are working and all that is left is what has been previously produced, like the waste now floating in the oceans or …
Chapéus na Rua – Lisbon Busking Festival is a street art festival that takes place annually since 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. I have been collaborating with them since the very beginning and have since developed work in different areas such as building and decoration or marketing and communication. I recently developed a marketing/communication strategy alongside …
Corrente d’Arte is a non-profit cultural association that aims to create a relationship between the performing arts and the processes of urban and social regeneration. I’ve been collaborating with them in projects such as the Chapéus na Rua, Lisbon Busking Festival, among others. I also developed its logo and currently working on their website.
Waking Life is a festival set around a small lake in Crato, Portugal. For over 3 weeks I helped set up the Forest Stage with La Fumisterie. Work included a bit of welding, some light creations and a lot of fabric gluing! After meeting La Fumisterie and their amazing metal artwork in my hometown in …
In the last few years, Boomland has become a home to me… living & working there is like being part of a powerful collective energy connecting people through creativity, love & freedom. It is always such a blessing to grow around this place and beings… every day learning something new or meeting someone we haven’t …
Partículas Elementares and their puppet show “O Nabo Gigante” went on a journey to São Miguel, Açores, and I was invited to join them with 3 puppet-making workshops. The first sessions happened in Água de Pau school and the last at the Tomaz Borba Vieira Municipal Library. Events photos by Câmara Municipal de Lagoa – Açores.
Flyers designed for Mó Vegetarian Bistro, open in the old Aljezur mill, Portugal. All photos used on the flyers are from Isabel Gonçalves.
