Labor insecurity is an evident reality for most artists in Portugal. Therefore, in recent years - or since the very beginning - there have been several parallel activities to which professional artists have to dedicate themselves to obtain full or supplementary income in order to survive.
Waitressing in restaurants or bars, driving taxis or tuk-tuks, call center operators, tutoring, prostitution, drug dealing, supermarket restocking, or cleaning services, are just some examples of activities that artists must perform in order to continue working as artists.
In this project, which we have entitled HIGIENIZART, we frame one of these activities - cleaning services - within the field of contemporary art. Thus, HIGIENIZART is presented as a cycle of performances that will consist in the cleaning of private homes, performed by artists. The spectators of these performances will be the residents of the homes that host us.
Two open-calls will be launched, one in the beginning of September and another in mid-November, through which all people who are interested in hosting one of the performances of the HIGIENIZART cycle will be able to apply.
It is also important to mention that this hygienization and art service will be provided at no cost to the people hosting these performances in their homes, since the HIGIENIZART project is fully funded by the Portuguese State through the Garantir Cultura Program, thus guaranteeing the fair remuneration of all the professionals that are part of our team.
Waitressing in restaurants or bars, driving taxis or tuk-tuks, call center operators, tutoring, prostitution, drug dealing, supermarket restocking, or cleaning services, are just some examples of activities that artists must perform in order to continue working as artists.
In this project, which we have entitled HIGIENIZART, we frame one of these activities - cleaning services - within the field of contemporary art. Thus, HIGIENIZART is presented as a cycle of performances that will consist in the cleaning of private homes, performed by artists. The spectators of these performances will be the residents of the homes that host us.
Two open-calls will be launched, one in the beginning of September and another in mid-November, through which all people who are interested in hosting one of the performances of the HIGIENIZART cycle will be able to apply.
It is also important to mention that this hygienization and art service will be provided at no cost to the people hosting these performances in their homes, since the HIGIENIZART project is fully funded by the Portuguese State through the Garantir Cultura Program, thus guaranteeing the fair remuneration of all the professionals that are part of our team.
CREDITS
CONCEPT & ARTISTIC DIRECTION Pedro Barreiro
CO-CREATION & PERFORMANCE a.Ves | Eduardo Batata | Gonçalo Alegria | Helena Baronet | João Estevens | Leonor Lopes | Mafalda Miranda Jacinto | Óscar Silva | Silvana Ivaldi
GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN Silvana Ivaldi
WEBSITE PROGRAMMING Pedro Data
COMMUNICATION & PRESS OFFICE Mafalda Miranda Jacinto
PICTURES Aline Macedo | Alípio Padilha | Hugo Adelino
PRODUCTION Maria Albergaria
PROJECT MANAGER Bruno Esteves
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT Sr. João – Associação
INSTITUCIONAL PARTNER República Portuguesa | Cultura