Lagares do Alvará
Pedro Gil Farias , Hugo Pilate , What A Mess | 2024 | Portugal , The Netherlands , Sweden
About the installation
Visit the historic yet forgotten Mouraria district in the near future. Thriving, self-sufficient, and no longer subject to tourism or municipal interference. In the game environment of Fortnite, artists Pedro Gil Farias and Hugo Pilate recreated the real Mouraria district in Lisbon using scans and conversations with local residents. Lagares do Alvará thus tells a critical story about urban renewal and the pursuit of a ‘smooth city’, where all rough edges have disappeared and the city is made as attractive as possible for investors.



