It is fair to say that the best may have been saved for last. The programme to commemorate the centenary of Portimão's elevation to city status, promoted by Lavrar o Mar, is coming to an end, but until January, there will be a Museum of Time, a culinary experience, music workshops and a show that makes us think about "the schizophrenia of tourism".
As was already known, the artistic programme designed to celebrate the centenary of Portimão's elevation to city status (1924-2024) was born from a reflection on the identity of this city based on its relationship with art.
It all started back then, at the beginning of the year., and now, as I said, to the Sul Informação, Giacomo Scalisi, from Lavrar o Mar, is entering “the final stretch”.
Until the end, there is still much to see. Starting with “RUMOR”, a show of sound, movement and words, conceived and designed by Madalena Victorino.
«Ultimately, it is a show that arises from the need to think about tourism and its relationship with Portimão, addressing the positive and negative consequences of this schizophrenia: a city full in the summer and less full in the winter», explained Giacomo Scalisi.
The initiative will include the participation of people from the local community, namely from Rancho Folclórico da Figueira, since the objective is also to talk about the dichotomy between countryside and city.
It will take place on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of November, starting at Cais Gil Eanes, in the Riverside Area. The show lasts 2h30 and tickets can be purchased here
Another highlight will be… the burial ceremonies that will take place on three occasions (23 and 24 November, 30 November and 1 December and 7 and 8 December).
And what will they be? Giacomo Scalisi explained that this project, created by José Antonio Portillo, aims to create a Museum of Time. “22 people were invited to choose an important object, linked to their experience with the city,” he said.
Each participant also chose the location where the object would be buried, 50 centimeters deep. From these two elements, a map of the city was created that the public could explore, taking in memories.
“We will have an explanation of each object and also a QR Code so that people can see it. This Time Museum will remain forever in Portimão”, said Giacomo Scalisi.
These initiatives will be joined by a real marathon with Johann Le Guillerm, from Cirque Ici, from France. This artist will be the protagonist of three different shows, promoted by Lavrar o Mar.
The first will be a culinary experience, in which participants “are invited to savor, licking plates, licking fingers.” Johann Le Guillerm and Alexandre Gauthier, a chef with two Michelin stars, are partners in this show: the kitchen belongs to the chef, the objects, shapes and scenography to the artist.
The initiative will take place from November 28th to December 1st, at Portimão Arena, at 11:30 am and 19:30 pm, with tickets costing 12 euros and available for purchase athere
On the 29th, at 21:00 pm, Le Guillerm will give a lecture on what it means to recreate the world from the minimum point. “Le pas Grand Chose” will take place at 21:00 pm, in the Auditorium of the Portimão Museum.
Finally, on the Municipal Holiday, on December 11th, the Frenchman ends his “stay” in Portimão with “La Transumante”, a traveling installation with 450 three-meter wooden beams, ten handlers and a construction foreman. It will be in Praça 1º de Maio.
Added to all this is the exhibition “The City Speaks” which presents an anthology of portraits taken by João Mariano, João Tuna and Filipe da Palma, displayed in the windows of the Portimão Museum, starting next Saturday, November 16th.
The exhibition, which can be seen until January 26, brings together an anthology of portraits taken in the local community in recent months by the three photographers.
João Mariano, João Tuna and Filipe da Palma accepted the challenge and, in the studio or on the street, they went in search of 55 people who make up the essence of Portimão — from professionals in commerce and services, teachers, artists, fishermen, shipbuilders and former canning workers, to residents of the outskirts, whose faces reveal the human pulse behind the city's daily life and who can be seen in 69 windows of the Museum.
Although there are still many initiatives to be done, Giacomo Scalisi guarantees that it is already possible to make a “positive assessment” of the programme that the Lavrar o Mar Cooperative is bringing to Portimão.
“People joined in, they always asked for more and more. I think we left the seed”, he concluded.
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