Experience Design blood, Graphic Design heart

From the 1st of June I will be exhibiting on Art&Money collective exhibition, in Detroit Gallery at Roslagsgatan in Stockholm. The challenge came from the curator Caroline Johansson who has for long been interested in this topic. In Caroline’s words: “That I’ve chosen to focus on medias such as video and installation is of course no coincidence. The desire to in as a high extent as possible, almost naïve it may seem, remain outside the market, extends to the choice of art. Video and installation works have a much more complex relationship to the market than art forms like painting for example. These works place themselves outside the market when they are not aimed at financial gain, but only aims to increase the audience experience. Installation’s character is also such that it, more than two-dimensional works, leads to a form of solidarity and collective public esteem. When the two-dimensional work has a tendency to isolate the exhibition visitor installation rather do the opposite, precisely because of its three dimensionality.”
I thought it would be a great opportunity to explore further my idea about how the market system could affect the price off drinks according to one’s nationality. Migration discrimination or the simple facts of a capitalist system? If you want to know more just come by the exhibition! (Facebook event coming soon!)

I have been helping my friend Riccardo Guidi to make a video to SciFund. Can scientists rise money through crowdfunding? This is our first meeting. The final result will be coming soon!

The Portuguese club Amigos da Lusitania organized a Moustache Party. Here is my contribution to the cause: the party poster!

Fresh news! The title says it all… I just got a scholarship from the foundation “Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs stipendiestiftelse”!! I am very happy!

What Portuguese people are going through is much more that a harsh State Budget, is more than being in a tight spot. Things will never get better, mark my words. The tight measures presented this week by Passos Coelho Government are in fact transformative, not just “draconian” measures like they were presented in the international press, they are in fact going to change Portugal to a privatized country. Passos Coelho never hidden his intentions to privatize the education and the health care, now he is just using the “crisis” to push that agenda. This is a very clear example of what Naomi Klein described in her book “The Shock Doctrine”. Portuguese are in shock, they are scared, and they are in need. A very good and sad example of this shock is the increasing number of women prostituting themselves, reported this week by TSF radio. How much in shock does a woman have to be to be willing to prostitute herself? I would say very much. But it seems that no one cares about this facts. Portuguese are desperate and the government is taking advantage of this fact.
“In the aftermath, like the prisoner in the interrogation chamber, we too become child like. We are inclined to follow lieders who clame to protect us.” Describes Naomi Klein in the book “Shock Doctrine”. This is exactly what is happening in Portugal, the population is in shock, in a child like state and they will follow who ever seems to protect them even though the ones that swore to protect us are destroying our country and our care state.

They say games and play are great ice breakers. We tested that with EDG1 and Sumo suits!

EDG Sumo Fight from Experience Design Group on Vimeo.