7 halos

2023


Time and site-specific light installation/intervention on a ruins of a shed
Focusing on the essence of source (sunlight) rather than the expectation of aesthetics.

The myth about Phoenix goes, that they carry 7 halos on top of their head. According to the geographical features of Northern Portugal,
which is known for its cork trees. The cork oak (quercus suber), is native to the Alentejo and is one of the most common tree species in Portugal.
Forest fires occupy Nortern Portugal yearly, in which the cork trees are the only ones rising back up from the ashes,
by their unique material of outer layer, cork, being a insulating material.

Geographically being on-site near Coimbra, reacting to the action by referring to the Greek mythologies of Phoenix,
the bird who is ‘immortal’. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor.