Mud Matters
Exhibition , Workshop November 03 — December 02, 2023
local Parque das Águas (Casa de Alice), Porto
curador Irena Übler, Mónica Braga dos Santos
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Mud Matters investigates the materials and waste from ceramic production, their reuse and transformation into the materialisation of recycled ceramic pastes. Various recipes are presented, using as raw material wastewater treatment plant sludge from the water cleaning processes in ceramic production, both from industry and workshops, thus demonstrating the possibility of working with waste and creating new ways of utilising water.
PROGRAMME
Exhibition Opening
3.11.2023 17h00/ 20h00
Parque das Águas (Casa de Alice), Porto
Water Bodies Workshop
04.11.2023 14h30/ 17h30
Parque das Águas (Alice's House), Porto
Registration is limited to 8 participants
Sharing of experiences and results from this research project on the reuse of sludge after it has been filtered and separated from the water. Exploration of ceramic waste from various contexts, from industrial to small workshops, and of various paste recipes according to some ceramic techniques in the creation of bodies of water. Participants will be given a manual with the work processes.
Ceramic waste filtration systems workshop
18.11.2023 14h30/ 17h30
Parque das Águas (Alice's House), Porto
Registration is limited to 8 participants
Sharing knowledge and experiences about DIY systems for reusing ceramic waste, so that everyone can be responsible for their own waste and reuse it, as well as looking after the water. Joint construction of a waste and water filtration system. Participants will be given a manual with the work processes.
Exhibition finissage
02.12.2023 16h00/ 18h00
Parque das Águas (Alice's House), Porto
Delivery of the bodies of water developed by the workshop participants.
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Parque das Águas (Casa Alice)
Rua Barão de Nova Sintra, 4300-367, Porto
Monday to sunday
10:00 — 18:00
Irena Übler is a product and furniture designer based in Porto since 2011. She investigates the city and its cultural context, exploring new territories and ways of developing sustainable solutions. She has explored various types of waste, including plastics with the award-winning Precious Plastic Portugal project. Her most recent project, PRIMA, aims to explore and develop processes for transforming plastic, cork, ceramic and paper waste into new uses.
Mónica Braga dos Santos is a product designer, educator and researcher specialising in ceramics and furniture. Since setting up her studio in 2015, she has been developing projects in both industrial and manual contexts. With the aim of valorising design as a critical, analytical and aesthetic tool, she explores material and productive solutions that promote positive social and environmental changes.