Three designers born in Loulé return to their origins with a new vision, promoting the encounter with artisans and join the universe of tradition and innovation in order to create products that will have Loulé soul.
Continuing the path that the municipality of Loulé has been doing in order to grasp its heritage, arts and crafts, the residence rises as an opportunity to promote the dialogue between traditional knowledge and a more conceptual and contemporary thinking. The inland and its traditions are going to be the laboratory to create, think and share what will happen in this project close to the local community.
The residence opens in the 10th September with the conference “About the future of craft traditions”. It will gather researchers, designers and institutions, to discuss strategies on how to combine craft traditions in the line of cultural and economic significance for contemporary society. It will have as guests Fernando Poeiras (Investigator and teacher of ESAD), Dália Paulo (Commissioner of the Programme to Support Arts in the Algarve) and Álbbio Nascimento (Designer).
Between the 12th and 16th of September, open daily to everyone, there will be in the late afternoon, walking classes and gatherings on different aspects of local heritage, “Medieval Loulé”, “Modern Loulé”, “Crafts in historical shops”, “Food from the earth” and “Transforming the earth”. These meetings are going to be streamlined by researchers, knowledgeable and passionate by local heritage that will bring insight and inspiration to the residence.
On the 22nd september, Project TASA will present 12 new products that join traditional crafts from the Algarve and design, made in the councils of Alcoutim, Silves and Loulé. In this presentation there will also be a conversation with institutions, artisans and designers involved.
On Saturday, the 24th September, in the privileged public circuit of the Cerca of the Convento, there is going to be a weaving circle, gathering artisans from the council of Loulé and all those eager to learn and try the different ways of managing the palm, an icon of the traditional crafts in this territory.
Also on Saturday, late afternoon, there is going to be a preliminary presentation of the experiments created in the first two weeks of the residence. The nine products born from the residence will be further developed and will be displayed in December. The purpose is that these products endear and increase the handcraft production in the council, bringing it to another level, where there is more probability of its continuation. The residence will involve nine artisans of areas such as metal, palm, basketry, leather, wood, wool, pottery, a production of traditional pastry and three designers born in Loulé, which have developed their carriers all around the country and the world. Promoted by the Municipality of Loulé, with the trusteeship of Henrique Ralheta, it also has the support in the organization by Proactivetur/Projecto TASA.
Find the programme in the website www.loulecriativo.pt and register in the activities.