Composite printing - Memory

UV printed aluminium composite board.

In the edition items for Mercado do Bolhão, the concept of Projeto Ruído is based on two of its main features: the emblematic architecture of the building, and its people. Based on this motto, the artists have created two compositions with several photographs, typography, and abstract elements from their personal archive — a mixture that has already been a feature of other works by these authors. Printed on an aluminium composite sheet, which gives some rigidity to the edition items, the public can choose between 'Memory' or 'Tradition,' two works intended to convey the feelings of those who live the city of Porto and its local market.

BIOGRAPHY

Ruído is a creative project by the Portuguese artists Draw (Frederico Soares Campos, 1988), and Contra (Rodrigo Guinea Gonçalves, 1984), both with paths strongly linked to graffiti and urban art. Ruído materializes an artistic collaboration that interconnects the monochrome, figurative, deeply human universe of Draw, with the colourful, abstract, geometric, textural approach of Contra. The result is a unique, identifiable work, that gives life to compositions with a strong impact on the space where they are inserted, creating manyfold connections with the viewer. Focusing on the specificities of human condition, both physical, emotional and existential, the duo develops a questioning about the impact of the relationship between human beings and space, and about human interference in space. As the name implies, "Ruído," meaning Noise in Portuguese, reveals a type of art that unfolds in layers, apparently confused, but profoundly organized and symbolic. An ever-imposing work, generating an indispensable, unavoidably contemporary confrontation, which appeals to emotions and instigates much-needed reflection.