What was clear in his journey through "other pleasures"?
Helena Sousa: In my case it was an interior and exterior voyage. It was a journey through the Pleasures. We started the walk and this was the reason to explore other pleasures. Are paths that give continuity to my artistic expression that are on paper, mainly through drawing. In terms of exterior, I expressed little pleasures of the everyday life.
Isabel Christmas: It was a feline trip. (Laughs) I like animals very much, cats more. At the time I picked up the notebook, I sat down and began to notice what was around me, I saw my cats sleeping and I thought perfect. Draw and paint a lot, but it is very rare in my work to draw cats, so I decided to take a feline trip. Collages were more doable in this support that is very thin and did other techniques. It was fun, a playful work. It took me awhile to do it, but every time I picked up the book it excited me more. I also began to write about cats, I did a little research. I thought, I'm not just using cats in anyway, there must be more content and found out very funny things about these animals.
Renato Barros: My trip was part of an intimate look at people. There is the attractiveness of the drawing, the painting. Then there are those faces that I could not paint at all. In this agenda I did the registration of anonymous people, who passed by me and who were registered.
Martin Mendes: I raised the question in this diary of the old Madera, maybe a few decades ago, when people had plots in their homes with older plants. So I decided to show this relationship, this taking care of the home gardens. I just got to explore these more traditional flowers, metaphors and symbolism associated with them. The "heart" of this plot in the gallery was the motto and I made an initial comparison, whether there is an enjoyment of nature and natural elements in works of art. From this binomial I established a comparison with some of this exhibition space that addressed this same issue. I make a reference to the work of some Italian artists who were seeking these local references and in the surrounding areas, through drawings and cultures that were exposed here. Also approached Lourdes Castro that besides having a body of work that identify some phases of her life, has a series of works dedicated to the herbarium, and there we see how an artist through careful examination of nature, can shape through their shadows this regional theme. In that same day, was happening the feast of Our Lady of the Snows, where we saw the vessels to be batched with these heart-shaped plants and carpets of flowers. There is always a strong connection with the plants that only a careful eye can discern how important it is for the regional experience. Therefore, I end up doing this exploration, which is a bit theoretical, documented through a photographic work which began as an artistic residence where other houses were identified with the same traditional architecture like this gallery. And still other plants, others "hearts", species of begonias and made these associations.
Alexandra Carvalho: The Voyage of my notebook is thru my figures. Furthermore I chose the ones I usually do and that have very particular characteristics. I speak of animals, they all have one peculiarity the eyes are traveling form one figure to the other also reflected in animals. At the end it reflects their pleasure and the pleasure we take them with them and also what they give us in return.
