Este projeto foca-se em preservar a memória e identidade dos bacalhoeiros de Ílhavo, Aveiro. Naqueles tempos a vida era complicada e o futuro dos homens resumia-se a dois destinos mortíferos; falecer na guerra ou falecer no mar. A pesca do bacalhau era perigosa e os limites humanos e mecânicos eram frequentemente levados ao extremo. No entanto, o nosso grupo limitou-se às memórias felizes, os bons momentos que os companheiros de tripulação passaram juntos que, apesar de breves, formaram laços familiares.
This is a project focused on memory and identity, namely preserving the ones of codfish fishermen from Ílhavo, Aveiro (Portugal). Life then was one of struggle and the future of men had been reduced to two deaths; by war, or by sea. Codfish fishing was dangerous and both human and machine limits being pushed to the extreme were the norm. However, our group focused on happy memories, the fleeting good times that crew mates spent together and formed tight knit family bonds.
Exhibition Display
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Exhibition
O projeto foi trabalhado durante o primeiro semestre do nosso segundo ano de licenciatura, nos últimos meses de 2016. O nosso grupo ilustrou estas memórias com o intuito destas serem serigrafadas no conjunto de mesa “365+” da IKEA. Estas ilustrações apresentam temas de trabalho em equipa contra a solidão. Este projeto faz parte de “Ílhavo - Memórias e Identidade”, um projeto realizado pela turma inteira. Foi exibido no fim do ano, 15 de dezembro, e depois exibido outra vez no museu marítimo de Ílhavo, em 1 de abril de 2017.
It was developed during the first semester of our second year of (what is equivalent to in the English language) bachelors, in the last months of 2016. Our group illustrated these memories to later be serigraphed unto the IKEA tableware “365+”. The themes of these illustrations are teamwork against loneliness. It’s also part of a class wide project and exhibit, “Ílhavo - Memórias e Identidade” at the end of the year, December 15th, and later on exhibited again in April 1st 2017, at the Ílhavo Maritime Museum.
Illustrations
* A catalogue detailing the class wide project and exhibition “Ílhavo - Memórias e Identidade” can be found here.
* An article about the exhibition posted by Aveiro University can be read (in Portuguese) here.
* Thank you to Captain Valdemar Aveiro and Horácio Velha, who allowed us to interview them so that this project could be born. Thank you to Álvaro Garrido, Ílhavo Maritime Museum staff, as well.
* This was a group project, in collaboration with with Beatriz Marto, Filipa Pereira, Greta Jurcyte, Maria Vieira and Soraia Tavares.
* Thank you to teachers Eduardo Noronha, João Nunes, Nuno Dias.
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