Louvor da Vivacidade’* tile mural by Add Fuel in Lisbon, dictates the closure of the already designated Azulejo (Traditional Portuguese Tile) Route, a path that has in the last decades branded this important Lisbon axis.
LOUVOR DA VIVACIDADE by Add Fuel | Tile mural in Estrela, Lisbon - Portugal by Director: Ana PiresMistaker Maker
Add Fuel (Portugal)
Title: "Louvor da Vivacidade". (‘Louvor da Vivacidade’ in english means something like ‘Praise to Liveliness’ or ‘Praise to a Living City’)
Louvor da VivacidadeMistaker Maker
As characterised in his body of work, Add Fuel reinterpreted the street's existing azulejos, specifically the historical panels one can find in the staircases. From these panels, the artist selected key patterns and compositions, which set the base for the creation of a massive 200 sqm panel, as an homage to the previous pieces.
Louvor da VivacidadeMistaker Maker
The mural ‘Louvor da Vivacidade’ intends to recover the Azulejo's artistic expression, which reflects its historical, architectural, memory and tradition, by bringing it to the present. This way, the use of azulejo — undeniably one of Portugal's identity elements — is used, but with a contemporary aesthetic and approach: the artist's unique trait.
Louvor da VivacidadeMistaker Maker
This project was also possible due to the partnership created with Revigés, a 100% Portuguese ceramic company with 40 years of activity.
Site Specific Art Intervention
Client
Estrela Parish | Lisboa
Services
concept, development, partner management and production
Location
Lisboa, Portugal
Artist
Add Fuel (Portugal)
Artworks created
1
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