O Monumento da Praça das Águas Livres
Collaboration with Nuno Rodrigues de Sousa
In 1985 a monument to the April revolution was put up in Amadora, Lisbon’s largest satellite city. It was built by workers from SOREFAME, an important factory located nearby, with support from the Communist Party which held that city’s council at the time.
In 1999 the monument was dismantled and the square refurbished. This ongoing project is an attempt to find out why that happened; it is a search for the monument which might still be stored in a council warehouse somewhere, and a reflection on the possible meanings of monumental art, authorship and suburban public space.