PAUTA

(if you are here, here you will well stay)

From 23th to 26th August 15 phrases extracted from Jose Saramago's novel "The Stone Raft" were written in white chalk at Benfica neighbourhood streets.
For Saramago, the ancestral act of drawing a line on the ground can have the Pirineus cracking as a consequence.
The white lines on black asphalt of this urban action aimed to create exception areas in the city, as if the extended reading time could balance this ephemeral, delicate and defying words.

This project was suported by
Fundaçao Jose Saramago
Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo-USP
Papelaria Universitária
Meio_Fio

>> performance outfit matching the poster, last minutes before taking the plane to Forlateza

POSTER                                                                                      Besides the  inscriptions, 60 posters were distributed around the neigbourhood in order to indicate to the public where the interventions were taking place.

Thes posters were photographed during the action, creating a catalogue of Benfica's walls colors and textures.

MAP

During the research process Benfica's neighbourhood main spots were identified: squares and parks, historical buildings, comercial centers, librarys.

The district was divided in 4 sectors, according to the structural streets and concentration of points of interest. Each part correspond to one of the 4 actions days.

#1

Universidade x Eduardo Girão

"e assim, escrito nunca estivera, mas nos grandes momentos precisamos sempre de grandes frases"

the limit of the selected área, on the sidewalk of an unespected clean urban river

#2

Eduardo Girão, by the river

"não e a água que é pouca,
é o lume que é muito"

fully acomplished by the funniest kids ever

#3

Padre Francisco Pinto x João Gentil

"tocou lhe na boca cansada
o dedo cinzento da manhã"

double sided, at the historical corner of Chagiunha's Bar, the best live music for satuday lunch

#4

Treze de Maio

"os dicionários só dizem o que pode servir a todos"

the end of the first day enlighted by fluorescent street bulbs and car lights