ABOUT THE PROJECT*:
"Tree with life" is an art installation built with dry branches and circles of newsprint and depicting the current situation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.
The dry branch is all of us, who overnight became "naked", unable to control our lives and had to stop everything and stay at home isolated from each other. Each branch is one of us isolated in our homes and the complete branches are all belonging to the same community.
We, like the branch, live in times when we need encouragement to get back on our feet. It is the good and the bad news in the newspapers that write the history of this new time and with them are made the "fruits" of overcoming that serve to "dress" the tree and feed our soul in these difficult times.
If each of us is able to revitalise our tree, we should harvest its "fruits" and share them with our neighbours so that they too can get back on their feet and build the best version of themselves, full of hope in a future where everything will be all right.
*artist's text
"Tree with life" is an art installation built with dry branches and circles of newsprint and depicting the current situation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.
The dry branch is all of us, who overnight became "naked", unable to control our lives and had to stop everything and stay at home isolated from each other. Each branch is one of us isolated in our homes and the complete branches are all belonging to the same community.
We, like the branch, live in times when we need encouragement to get back on our feet. It is the good and the bad news in the newspapers that write the history of this new time and with them are made the "fruits" of overcoming that serve to "dress" the tree and feed our soul in these difficult times.
If each of us is able to revitalise our tree, we should harvest its "fruits" and share them with our neighbours so that they too can get back on their feet and build the best version of themselves, full of hope in a future where everything will be all right.
*artist's text
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Sílvia RodriguesBorn in Querença, Sílvia Rodrigues has a degree in Communication Design from UALG and is the director of the sigues.pt brand. In 2009 she won the Innovation Award, in 2011 the "Contemporary Craftsmanship" award and in 2014/15 she was distinguished by the US Embassy. In 2015 she won the ANB FEST award. In 2017 she joined the Loulé Design Lab. In 2019 she participated in the International Flamenco Fashion Week in Seville and was a finalist for the National Craftsmanship Award. In 2020 she presented her new collection at Seville Fashion Week.
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