Abstract
The poster focuses a creative process and its image, namely of migrant citizens and descendants in the context of community-based art and design projects. This dynamic archive, that includes photography and video, is part of an ongoing practice involving newly arrived and second-generation migrants to the metropolis of Lisbon (Portugal) and Cedar Rapids (USA). Based on the participant’s cultural heritage, the practice in question aims to enhance the creative process as a vehicle for dialogue, to build artistic objects, and as a means to develop social and cultural sustainability. The research mainly explores the used methodology and methods within the co-creative work developed with the participants, particularly on the archive notion as an archaeological and anthropological metaphorical praxis. This approach is a way to interact with the citizens in question, as well as to give visibility to their different cultures, specifically through a living archive. In this context, these aspects are used as tools to promote a reflection about the cultural and social impact of migrants and descendants, and their interrelation with the new places. In order to deepen the notion of action as a metaphorical process, parallel to the image archive, some theories are taken into account, such as those of Michel Foucault, Markus Miessen, Michel Giraud, Tim Ingold and Ezio Manzini.
Presenters
Paula Reaes PintoAssistant Professor and Researcher, Art and Design, CHAIA | School of Arts | University of Évora, Évora, Portugal Antonio Gorgel Pinto
Assistant Professor and Researcher, Design and Multimedia, IADE, Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication, European University, Lisboa, Portugal
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Community-based art and design, Co-creativity, Migration, Archive
