ARTEFACTOS

MARGARIDA PEREIRA

FROM THE LATIN ARTE FACTU, “MADE WITH ART”, ARTEFACTS ARE OBJECTS THAT PROVIDE US INFORMATION ABOUT THE TIME AND CULTURE TO WHICH THEY BELONGED. THEY ARE REMNANTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY, WHAT IS LEFT FROM WHAT HAS DISAPPEARED.

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UNTIL TODAY, OBJECTS FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS WERE MADE OUT OF MATERIALS FOR WHICH EXPERIENCE WAS GAINED, BECOMING FAMILIAR, RECOGNIZABLE – ALLOWING US TO STUDY THE WAY OF LIFE AND VALUES OF EACH SOCIETY.

HOW WILL THE OBJECTS FOUND BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS BE? HOW WILL THEY BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE FOLLOWING SOCIETIES? AND WHAT WILL THE MUSEUMS OF THE FUTURE EXHIBIT IN ORDER TO TELL THIS CHAPTER OF HISTORY?

IN A COLLECTION OF 11 SCULPTURAL VASES, ARTEFACTOS IS INSPIRED BY ARCHETYPES OF DIFFERENT OBJECTS OF THE DOMESTIC DAILY LIFE.

IT IS THE SECOND COLLECTION IN TABLEAU FROM MARGARIDA PEREIRA. MADE OUT OF HANDSEWN SPONGES. THEY ARE ALL WATERPROOF.