For this project, artist Chikki Chikki set designer Miguel Cardinho the challenge of working together to build a game that replicated the atmosphere of a fairground game. They built the collective piece A banquinha da Ana e do Miguel, 2024. The structure allows you to play the game they both created, Puffi Game, enabling those who take part to win one of the puffis, objects created by Chikki.
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Ana Pessoa was born in Salvaterra de Magos, Ribatejo, in 1998. The artist develops her artistic project under the alter ego of “Chikki Chikki”. In her work we see a new approach to textile art in which current themes are approached with humour, using a visually appealing and pop aesthetic. The work is inspired by themes and movements from internet subcultures familiar to Generation Z, combined with the artist’s imagery.
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Miguel Cardinho (Leiria, 1996) completed his Master in Product Design at ESAD-CR in 2022. His interests center on the practice of collecting and reusing objects or materials discarded by society and how they can be reintroduced into everyday life using DIY techniques and with a strong relationship to traditional and contemporary crafts, as well as applying his knowledge in Upcycling Workshops.
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DJ Privilégio is an established DJ on the streets of the suburbs. He showed an aptitude for the art of DJing at an early age when he invaded his primary school armed with his discman and his father’s JBL speakers at Carnival 2002. A t