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Desassossego
Mario Belem2012-05-01
WOOL | Covilhã Urban Art Festival
Lisbon | Covilhã , Portugal
WOOL | Covilhã Urban Art Festival _ WOOL ON TOUR _ 1st edition | MÁRIO BELÉM + MAKAROV
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- Title: Desassossego
- Creator: MÁRIO BELÉM + MAKAROV
- Creator Nationality: Portuguese
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Portugal
- Date: 2012-05-01
- Location Created: Rua Rodrigues de Faria, LXFactory, Lisboa, District - Lisboa; Country - Portugal
- location:lon: -9.177711
- location:lat: 38.704000
- Technique: aerosol + plastic paint + marker
- Physical Dimensions: w20,00 x h3,00 x d0 m (complete)
- Map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213433614628918665172.0004c6b4f652c100ea4be&msa=0&dg=feature
- Details: WOOL – Covilhã Urban Art Festival, that merged in 2011 in Covilhã, for various reasons beyond our control, didn’t get more support or funding for a second edition, so obviously we searched for other geographies, new projects and new formats. The first place that welcome us was LXFactory in Lisbon (as Rua Rodrigues Faria, 103 – www.lxfactory.com), undeniably the most creative and artistic center of the capital, which was installed in an old flourmill and later printer industry, a place filled with old and gray facades. The first edition of the activities baptized as WOOL ON TOUR occurred in may 2012 and the format designed was to challenge a group pf artists from different backgrounds and professional experiences, to work side by side for a week, sharing a whole variety of practices and techniques. This piece from the firts group is a collaboration between Mário Belém and Hugo Makarov, 40m long wall at LXFactory in Lisbon. The theme "Desassossego" is based on one of Fernando Pessoa's strongest poems. Inspired from an excerpt of the text, where a faceless crowd walks aimlessly in the woods, towards a cliff. The analogy with the political and economical situation that Portugal is living was too tempting us not to do anything inspired in it.
- Provenance: WOOL Fest
- Type: street art
- Rights: WOOL Fest
- External Link: www.facebook.com/woolfest
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