A sculpture in honor of Matthias Sandeck, a young man from the Algarve who died in 2019 while participating in an underwater fishing competition in Denmark, was installed last Friday at the Prainha viewpoint, in Luz. authored by the artist Lacobrigense Rita Pereira.
Matthias Sandeck, who had dual nationality (Portuguese and German) and lived in the municipality of Lagos, since he was five months old, was part of the National Underwater Fishing Team, having died, at the age of 31, when he participated in the XXXII Euro-African Championship in Denmark.
«A serious accident occurred on the second day of competition, on September 8, 2019, would lead to the death of this young athlete, a premature match that deeply shook friends and family», recalls the Câmara de Lagos.
The limestone sculpture, made in his honor and donated to the municipality, represents, according to Rita Pereira, its creator, «the descent to the bottom of the sea, a dance between life and death».
The two elements at the top of the sculpture “represent the fins in a frozen and eternalized movement. Where existing and ceasing to exist meet, coexisting here and being part of the same universe».
The piece was installed at the “Prainha” viewpoint (next to the fishermen's ramp) in Praia and Vila da Luz, “also with the objective of improving the public space”, highlights the Câmara de LAgos.
“The installation was accompanied by relatives and by the group of close friends of Matthias Sandeck who insisted on witnessing the moment”, concludes the municipality.
About the author:
Rita Pereira, better known as “RoMP” (Rita my feet), is licensed in Equipment Design by FBAUL and Master in Product Design by ASAD.CR. Worked in partnership with Studio Astolfi, where he created stone objects for the Hermès Lisboa store window.
She designed furniture for the new brand MANTA, presented during Maison et Objet Paris, in 2017. In 2018, she participated as a sculptor in the 5th Symposium Internazional di Scultura di Vitulano (Italy), her first symposium where she produced the sculpture entitled “Apparition ”. In 2019, he made his first public sculpture, as part of the Lugares de Globalização project, exhibited in the village of Monchique under the title “Monumental Tree”. He is artist-in-residence at LAC – Creative Arts Laboratory, in Lagos.
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