The History of Portugal in Ruins
The “Ruin’Arte” project is a way of calling attention to the degradation of the architectural heritage of this "country by the sea planted". They are pieces of history lost, they are lost souls from our past.
In this way it seeks to denounce and catalog some dramatic examples, which testify to the lack of attention that the architectural heritage has been targeted for several generations, through photographic records.
The Ruin'Arte Project, is a personal, non-profit initiative, and it assumes itself as a civic work of public utility, never having been awarded any subsidy and having only been supported by its own means, since its first moment in 7 November 2008. The project has already resulted in thirty-two exhibitions with parts of its photo collection.
Ruin’Arte explores the romantic side that each ruin carries. it’s a badly finished story, sloppy architecture, culturally unloved, misunderstood heritage, meaningless landscapes. They are industrial, urban, clerical, palace, rural, human ruins.
According to those responsible, they do not intend only to focus their attention on "classical" architecture. The story is not just about noble buildings: there are grazing houses, factories, mills, chalets, farms, military buildings, and other monuments that also deserve your attention.
With the work they explore, they do not want to hurt susceptibilities because they believe that the blame comes from several generations ... "It will not only be a case of politics, but also of lack of sensitivity, a behavior typical of our Nation and which we intend with this initiative help to reverse. "
To reinforce the emotional impact of the project, those responsible adopted a graphic line of color and black and white, isolating the buildings and working on the contrasts between them and the surrounding areas, aiming, in this way, to create more eloquent images.
It should be noted that the reports are always accompanied by an explanatory text on the history of each location. Exhaustive research is carried out that sometimes leads to filling gaps and uncovering myths and mysteries, contributing to the preservation of a collective memory, thus making this project a pioneer.
Given the instability of the photographed structures, the work naturally involves risks.
The collection has more than three and a half thousand images already processed and about fifteen thousand to be edited, having been documented about one and a half thousand ruined buildings. Covering various themes, geographic zones, styles and times, industrial, clerical, palatial, rural, urban archeology, etc ...
Source: espacodearquitectura.com
21 from January from 2020
Catarina MirandaAdministrative Assistent
The “Ruin’Arte” project presents photographic memories of degraded heritage
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