Cultural Design (2022-2023)

SPECTRUM (2023)

Client: ASTA – Teatro e Outras Artes

This poster was created for a multimedia art performance by Rui Pires (ASTA). SPECTRUM is a reflection about humans, future, and technology, exploring existentialist authors and media archaeology.

The poster tries to convey the idea of transhumanism and memory, using elements of the performance (like video cassette tapes) and a deconstructed, disintegrated, and pixelated representation of the human body in the performance. I created two versions of the poster, representing two sides of this idea of the future.

27º CICLO DE TEATRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA BEIRA INTERIOR

Client: ASTA and TeatrUBI

Designing the graphic image for the 28º Ciclo de Teatro Universitário de Portugal da Beira Interior, Portugal’s oldest University Theater Festival.

For this edition, we opted for a more typographic approach, steering away from the manual style of the previous version. The design features bold red typography against a background reminiscent of a metal plaque.

ESTÚDIO 13 (2023)

Client: Estúdio 13

Renewal of the graphic image for Estúdio 13, a production company and a school of performing arts located in São Miguel, Azores (Portugal).

The client wanted a new graphic image that still retained some familiarity. The priority was to create a graphic identity easily adaptable to multiple media (physical and digital), ensuring its autonomy in day-to-day operations, based on the central idea of the project: “Estúdio 13, inside doors and outside.”

A total of 148 individual elements were created to ensure multiple graphic combinations, composed of stamps and textures inspired by the concept of doors, entrances, and exits. Each color was selected to represent a typology of event.

A DESCIDA PARA AS CINZAS (2023)

Client: Musgo Produção Cultural

Poster created for the play “A Descida para as Cinzas”, directed by Jaime Rocha and produced by Musgo Produção Cultural.

Focused on themes of solitude and memory, the concept delves into the gradual accumulation of ashes, symbolizing an almost burial of the main character and her memories. The inclusion of the armchair, a prominent feature in the scenography, was intentional and aligned with the client’s request.

PROVAVELMENTE SARAMAGO (2022)

Client: Cia Vinícius Piedade and Musgo Produção Cultural

Poster for the play “Provavelmente Saramago” by Vinícius Piedade and Paulo Campos dos Reis. This play was created to celebrate Portuguese writer José Saramago’s centenary.

The concept we decided to pursue revolved around Saramago’s original notes in his manuscripts, so all the typography was supposed to blend between Saramago’s actual notes and the new text with information about the play, as if they belonged in the same world.

26º CICLO DE TEATRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA BEIRA INTERIOR (2022)

Client: ASTA and TeatrUBI

Designed the graphics for the 26º Ciclo de Teatro Universitário de Portugal da Beira Interior, Portugal’s oldest University Theater Festival.

This was my first collaboration for the festival, where we opted for a bold image with handwritten elements. Using mostly paint and strong textures, we created a contrast between the dark background and the colorful figure, exploring the concept of the theatre’s black box and the performer’s body.