The project was realized with financial support of Ministery of Culture in Slovak Republic. The partners of the project are CAO, Centro de Artes e Oficios de Tras di Munti and Moinho da Juventude, associação cultural. The project was possible thanks to generous help of prof. Virgínia Frois, Godlieve Meersschaert and Pedro Conceição. The author would like to thank to all the participants - women of Trás di Munti and children and teenagers.
Discovering two sides of Schengen EU border, The Archipelago project is a result of research on communities in Capeverde islands and Cova da Moura, a neighbourhood of predominantly capeverdian immigrants in Lisbon. Built on a hill in Amadora, periphery town of Lisbon suburban area, a net of colourful two floor houses that spreads irregularly reminds of a crowdy island in the middle of a city. It is not even a symbolism to say that Cova da Moura, as well as other immigrants neighbourhoods around the world is one more of Capeverdian islands. Although the younger generation have created its own, specific culture based on hip hop and rap, the community in Lisbon remains in a lively cultural and economic contact with their families in Capeverdes. The Archipelago project is an attempt to portrait this connection through photos, traditional crafts, murals, videos and sculptures, often with participation of both communities - the young generation, but also craftswomen and craftsmen - as for example 9 women ceramists from Trás di Munti, a village of Santiago island.
The project was realized with financial support of Ministery of Culture in Slovak Republic. The partners of the project are CAO, Centro de Artes e Oficios de Tras di Munti and Moinho da Juventude, associação cultural. The project was possible thanks to generous help of prof. Virgínia Frois, Godlieve Meersschaert and Pedro Conceição. The author would like to thank to all the participants - women of Trás di Munti and children and teenagers.
The project was realized with financial support of Ministery of Culture in Slovak Republic. The partners of the project are CAO, Centro de Artes e Oficios de Tras di Munti and Moinho da Juventude, associação cultural. The project was possible thanks to generous help of prof. Virgínia Frois, Godlieve Meersschaert and Pedro Conceição. The author would like to thank to all the participants - women of Trás di Munti and children and teenagers.