THE PROJECT
SEIVA AZUL (Blue Sap) is a project by Dina Pimenta and Martinho Mendes.
This joint project was devised by the two artists to celebrate the Funchal Flower Festival of 2010. Both started from a common theme: an approach to the natural heritage and the traditional manufactures of the island. Each work developed in a different direction and a different space, but one complements the other.
I. FROM THE MOUNTAIN
The work of art created by Dina Pimenta can be seen on Avenida Arriaga, in the small garden at the back of São Lourenço Palace. It consists of a sculpture representing an embroidered tablecloth, displaying the flowers of the mountain massaroco (Echium candicans), also designed by the artist. The work gains an added dimension with the live performance of two feminine figures, as symbols of the exuberance and beauty of these endemic plants, usually known as pride of Madeira.
II. FROM THE COAST
Martinho Mendes develops his work in the interior of infoarte gallery and his creation is related to the coast massaroco (Echium nervosum). With the help of different media - video, drawing and sculpture – the artist analyses and explores the making of a floral arrangement with stems of this wild plant, which is not usually cut for decoration, while introducing other references to the local cultural heritage.
THE AUTHORS
Dina Pimenta was born in Funchal and has a degree in Painting from “Instituto Superior de Artes Plásticas da Madeira”. She is a teacher of visual arts on a high scholl. In what the artistic area is concerned, Dina Pimenta has been exhibiting since 1980, participating in collective, co- authorship and individual projects. Along her career, she won several prizes and distinctions.
dinapimenta_@hotmail.com
Martinho Mendes was born in Madeira Island in 1981 and he is taking a Master’s Degree in Art Education in “Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa”. He has a degree in Arts from “Universidade da Madeira”. Nowadays Martinho Mendes is a visual arts teacher and belong to the technical and pedagogical coordination of the “Museu de Arte Sacra“ in Funchal. He has been participating in collective and individual regional, national and international exhibitions, since 1999.
www.martinho-mendes.blogspot.com
martinhomendes1981@gmail.com
CREDITS
Original Project
Dina Pimenta e Martinho Mendes
Organization and Support
Secretaria Regional do Turismo e Transportes
Text
Emanuel Gaspar e Martinho Mendes)
Video (Camera Operation and Image Editing)
Merícia Lucas
Frameworks and Covering
Gilda Serrão, João Pimenta, José de Sousa, Sílvio Cró
Graphic Design
Costumes
Dina Pimenta e Hugo Santos
Translation of Texts
Ana Lomelino
