SETE MOSTEIROS, SEIS DIAS E 938 KM














Installation view at Desterro - Graduate Sculpture Show 13’14’ , Hospital do Desterro, Lisboa. 2015
Sete Mosteiros, Seis dias e 938 km. 2014-2015
Cement and bricks, 200x250x80 cm
Handmade Wooden Box, 30,5x22,5x50 cm
Eight glass containers with the Water collected from the monasteries
Eight engravings on glass, each 20x20cm
Digital Print on paper; glued to the wall, 120x252 cm
DV Pal; 4.3; Color; Sound; Loop. Duration 00:01:26

Seven Monasteries, Six Days and 938 km was a project presented during a group exhibition at the Hospital do Desterro in Lisbon, as part of my graduation show with the Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon. Built in 1591, Hospital do Desterro was originally a convent belonging to the Cistercian Order. This religious order arrived in Portugal in 1144, when twelve monks and an abbot from the Congregation of St. Bernard in France established the first Cistercian monastery, São João de Tarouca, in northern Portugal.

On April 15th I began my journey with destination to the source of Cistercians in Portugal. Departing from Hospital do Desterro, I crossed through seven monasteries, following a genealogical line that led me to São João de Tarouca in the Viseu district. At each monastery, I installed a dehumidifier to collect moisture from the site. Through condensation, the air turned into water. Brought to Lisbon, it would be stored in glass containers. These containers were then housed in a wooden box.