“Galicia. Processes and Forms aims to answer the questions “Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?”, major questions of philosophy that in Galician terms are remembered as the title and refrain of one of the best-known songs by the group Siniestro Total, published in 1984 on the album Menos mal que nos queda Portugal.
The exhibition is structured in three parts. The first shows how Galicia has managed to build a distinctive character through design.
The second presents experimental proposals that take centre stage in democratic openness and a series of works in which design is legitimised and assumes visual authority to impose itself as a professional discipline, renewing Galicia's image and designing innovative products. And the third and final section concludes with a speculative design exercise on Galicia's resources as a territory and its Atlantic condition, which leads us to understand the present as a place where pasts and futures meet.”
- David Barro, 2023.
Location: Galeria Municipal de Matosinhos
Event: Porto Design Biennale 2023
Promoter: CM Porto + CM Matosinhos
Curator: David Barro
Producer: esad–idea
Project assitant: Catarina Vieira
Graphic Design: Cristina Moralejo
Photography: Bruno Mesquita ( esad—idea )
https://www.portodesignbiennale.pt/pt/edicoes/2023