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PEÇAS DESGARRADAS (STRAY PIECES)

Ruins of buildings we demolished to renovate the city, awaiting their potential for reuse. A video montage of visual records showing the movements of “stray pieces”—tracing back from the present (the entrance to the Municipal Slaughterhouse) to 1900 (the Convent of São Bento de Avé Maria)


IMAGE CREDITS
CHAPTERS 
  1. Stones and Railings from the Slaughterhouse, Porto*
  2. Storefront Window at Bolhão Market, Porto* 
  3. Railing from Quinta da Paz, Porto* 
  4. Tile,, Rua da Arménia 46-48, Porto* 
*Collection of Banco de Materiais, Porto City Council

Photos “Tela”: Ana Vitória / NADA NOVO
>Tela (Screen) INVENTARY PT
A video compilation of visual records of the movements of “stray pieces”—tracing back from the present (the entrance to the Municipal Slaughterhouse) to 1900 (the Convent of São Bento de Avé Maria). 
 
(pipes and pipe fittings, painted, with three round galvanized steel inlets; screws, nuts, and washers; carabiners; turnbuckles; coated steel cable; cable clamps; corrugated pipe scraps; vinyl flooring; galvanized steel plates with screws; wooden shims; and extruded polystyrene scraps)



Sound object: João Martins / NADA NOVO

>Campânula Vibração/ Suspensão (Dome Reflector Vibration / Suspension)INVENTORY PT
Sound object

(dome / reflector from an industrial light fixture in anodized aluminium, protective glass with metal rim, steel spring clips and rubber ring, loudspeaker, nylon cable ties, speaker cable, vibration/suspension mix, extruded polystyrene offcut)
>Rotor - À Espera (Rotor – Waiting) INVENTORY PT Element selected during visits made in the course of the research, and instrument for a potential sound installation.
(centrifugal fan rotor coupled to a drive pulley, sheathed steel cable, steel cable clamps, corrugated tubing offcuts and extruded polystyrene offcut)
>Monte de Peças Desgarradas (Heap of Stray Pieces) INVENTORY PT
Construction components selected during visits made in the course of the research, and remnants of the installation's assembly process.

(galvanized tubes, blue perforated metal angle bracket, corrugated tubing offcuts, vinyl flooring, extruded polystyrene boards, extruded polystyrene offcuts, carpet tiles, chrome-plated metal wire cable tray, screws, nuts and washers)
>Corpo Técnico De Luminária, Com Lâmpada - À Espera (Technical Luminaire Body, With Bulb – Waiting) INVENTORY PT
Element left over from the assembly process of the sound installation's instruments.


Photos “Tela, Campânula Vibração/ Suspensão, Rotor - À Espera, Monte de Peças Desgarradas, Corpo Técnico De Luminária, Com Lâmpada - À Espera”: Ana Vitória / NADA NOVO