A FESTA ACABOU

A Festa Acabou is a documentary and artistic project  flowing an exhibition, located in the relationship with the inhabitants of Quinta da Vitória neighborhood, self-made by its inhabitants, located in the suburbs of Lisbon near the Airport.

It started to be built in the sixties by families coming from the north of Portugal. Following the decolonization process and during the construction of the 1998 World Fair, the neighborhood received a great number of both Indian and African families.  At one time the population reached 5000 people. However, in 1993 a Rehousing Special Plan (RSP) started to be implemented and as a result of this process, the neighborhood was demolished in 2014.

The exhibition, entitled A Festa Acabou, was set up in an empty space, left by the demolished houses [...] This area was covered with blue tarpaulins(canvas), used by the inhabitants [...] The design and assembly of this exhibition resulted from the collaboration of the inhabitants. They participated in the construction, made us aware of the materials and construction methodologies of the houses in the neighborhood, used by us for the design and construction of this exhibition.