TENHO FOME (I’M HUNGRY)
Some say it is barely surviving; others say it is the most qualified. Some describe it as passive, others as interventionist. Some say it exists; others claim it does not. Inês d’Orey explores the ambiguous reasoning of youth, suspended between urgency and contentment, within the setting of a traditional grocery store in downtown Porto.
Intervention in Troca-se por Arte, 2011
Bolhão Grocery Store, Porto, Portugal
Bolhão Grocery Store, Porto, Portugal
Troca-se por Arte was a non-profit project created to bring contemporary art into the everyday life of the city, in collaboration with traditional local shopkeepers. For three days, selected artists were invited to step outside the conventional art circuit and present their work in the windows and spaces of local businesses, transforming them into temporary open galleries.
The project sought to support emerging and promising artists while creating new forms of interaction between art, commerce and the city. By bringing art into familiar, everyday spaces, Troca-se por Arte aimed to animate local commerce and encourage the public to engage with art, architecture and the idea of a vibrant, living city.