Childhood Memories by Salete Leal
Title: Childhood Memories
Artists: Salete Leal
While I was thinking about how I would make the crochet square that Raquel had asked me for — and I knew it would be joined to many others made by different people in very different contexts — I found myself drifting back into my childhood.
But the idea came. I picked up the needle and the yarn, and across that vast distance of time and place, sitting on a small stool in the shade of the orange trees in my cousin Olívia’s backyard, a little crochet square that I wanted to make nicely began to take shape, ready to join the others.
My square kept growing, and although I was alone in my house, I felt that it was a little piece of me joining many others — and that, little by little, we would become a multitude of people who, without knowing each other, take part in a project that unites us as Humanity.
Each piece (square) of our installation is born from a shared moment of conversation and creation. Its colors, textures, and shapes reflect the memories, questions, and hopes that its author or collective brought to the installation.
Each of these pieces invites you into a story of belonging. A story that is now part of a collective work in constant growth.
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Raquel is an experienced people-centred, creativity manager and visual thinker, with a strong passion for communication, imagination and human-interactions. She has over 30 years experience in developing design related media content from graphic design, computer generated multi-media special effects, animator, editor, content media developer and a film director/producer. Has managed teams, projects and businesses, she is keen investing her time and skills in projects that allow a mix of creative talent, communications and the potential to inspire and impact in social innovation.
Ricardo is always ready for action and his motto in life is “Always look on the bright side of live”. He likes to socialize, to travel, to share experiences, to build emotions and to find solutions.
Paulo started working in audio visual production around 30 years ago. He has experience in the areas of advertising, cinema, fiction, entertainment, ENG. He started his activity as a boom operator and has been working as sound mixer since 2004.
Fascinated by cinema, theater and photography since she was a child, Helena chose the profession of Makeup artist, which she has been practicing for over 30 years.
Pedro is a young image professional, versatile and with good adaptability. Passionate about image, he gives himself to each project with total dedication and personal demands. Experienced both in the studio and exterior work, ENG, broadcast, fiction, sports, tv shows, video clips, documentaries and corporate, he not only has the knowledge and profile to work in different languages, but also to handle different types of digital cameras, environments and working conditions.
With years of experience as a camera operator and lighting cameraman, Pedro has worked on a diverse range of projects, from documentaries to promos and TV shows, music videos, corporate films and commercials.
Ricardo has extensive experience in the financial sector particularly in the area of investment management, where he held various roles over the last 20 years. Head of Investments since 2004 in Previsão SGFP, a Portugal Telecom Group company, is responsible for formulating and implementing policies and investment strategies for the pension funds of the group.
“Liliana is a Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in the social sector, during which she has had the privilege of being involved in a variety of intervention projects.
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