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Que Força é Essa showcases a collection of handmade posters and signs belonging to the José Pacheco Pereira’s Ephemera Archive. Gathered throughout the last seven years, these posters are unique. They featured in pacific actions of protest and democratic engagement in Portugal. Their inclusion on the broader reflection on design proposed by Porto Design Biennale stems not only from the material quality shown but also from the conditions of production and use that fill them with meaning. They convey the political dimension of the post-millennium tensions, the restlessness, questions and intensities that define it. From the large-scale anti-austerity demonstrations of 2012 and 2013, which gave rise to powerful images of political mobilisation, to the present day, this exhibition links graphic artefacts displayed in protest and resistance demonstrations with visual and audio-visual documents that bear witness to their performative dimension.
Graphic Design
João Faria
Exhibition Project
João Cruz
20.09—08.12.2019 | opening 15:00
Casa da Arquitectura – Central Pavilion, Matosinhos
[free entry]
ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLEIAS [parallel programme]
— 22.09, 15:00
Book Launching Que Força é Essa | Ephemera + Tinta da China
With Helena Sofia Silva, curator
and Pacheco Pereira, Ephemera
Feira do Livro, Porto
— 24.09, 15:00
Workshop Posters to the Climate Strike
With Helena Sofia Silva, curator
and Joana Guardão cavalheiro, activist
Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos
— 18.10, 17:00
Guided tour
With Helena Sofia Silva, curator
and Pacheco Pereira, Ephemera
Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos
— 22.11.2019, 18:00
Tour + talk
Helena Sofia Silva (curator)
José Pacheco Pereira (Ephemera)
Philipe Vergne (Serralves)
Stefan Dickers (Bishopsgate Institute)
Ece Canli (Decolonising Design Group)
Casa da Arquitectura – Pavilhão Central, Matosinhos
[free entry]