It is a collective reflection on the adverse effects of the fires that ravaged the island in the form of exhibition, in Joao Caetano lane, nº 14 in Funchal. Artists, volunteers and members of the group “Madera in transition" created from burnt objects, art installations and small oasis of plants that are intended not only to stimulate critical thinking, but reconnecting us to the concept of sustainable living and the importance of Green, essential to our existence.
In what context arises reconnection?
Maurilia Cro: It was the convergence of several events that "Madera in transition" has developed. We had already set in July that one of our activities is the cycle of cinema, we saw "gleaner/ gleaner." It's a film that traces the life of people live from garbage, leftovers from the big cities and in the countryside and then we had the fires that ravaged the island. We thought we should go to the ground to clean an entire area and also I had a will to do an installation. Everything fell into place.
So how does it all conjugated?
MC: We started doing the cleaning of houses and the land, we came across the objects, we had a screening of the film scheduled for August 10th, so we started to bring them into this space, we invited the artists, friends and we are working on this project for over twenty-one days.
How emerge the instalations?
MC: From the remnants of the materials of the houses, of the land affected by the fires in Santa Cruz. We worked side by side with the purpose of finding beauty and nobility in these burned objects left after the fires, to promote a 'reconnectation' with nature. Them Trinidad Vieira used ashes to paint these fabric tarps and Andreia Nobrega used this junk to create her instalations. Simultaneously was done a photographic record of the whole process by me,Paulo Coelho and José by Ziberchema.
Not only we see objects around us.
MC: Exactly. We thought it would make some sense to bring the recovery that we are doing. Reconnect arises from the need to reconnect, reconnect nature to others. It is a process that culminated in this exhibition which was very good for everyone. We had difficult times because there were different opinions, you had to manage it all, but it ended up being very good.
