Project Synopsis

Zona Industrial is an anthropomorphic audiovisual installation. It showcases Portuguese textile and manufacturing industries and surrounding cultural acts, culminating in a one-night event during Paris Fashion Week SS2020 in September 2019. Six digital windows transport the visitor to another space, a 1:1 look inside fashion production facilities, their workers and machines, as if one was standing right next to them. And in between, scenes from landscapes near our hometown of Porto. A bridge between layers of existence, of technology and nature, civilization and geography, a meta-game of juxtaposition that dilutes and, at the same time, highlights the peculiarities and paradoxes of current digital life.