Montra em Execução (Display in Progress)

Montra em Execução (Display in Progress) was a collective exhibition featuring the work of three students from the Master’s in Art and Design for the Public Space. The title, chosen by me, draws a parallel with a common Portuguese commercial practice: shopkeepers use this sign to bypass pricing regulations by declaring their storefront displays as "unfinished."

In the context of the exhibition, this concept served as a framework to showcase artistic processes and research methodologies rather than finalized pieces. By presenting work "under construction," we aimed to de-emphasize the final aesthetic result and instead highlight the technical and conceptual labor involved in the creative act.

The Performance: Samambaia Within this exhibition, I conducted the durational performance centered on my video work Samambaia (a 60-second loop). My objective was to test the accuracy of my own temporal perception against mechanical time: I committed to changing my physical position every 60 seconds, attempting to synchronize my movement with the video's cycle without the aid of a clock. Over a 10-minute period, the synchronization failed consistently, materializing the "elasticity of duration" and the inherent gap between biological time (kairos) and mechanical time (chronos).