In an unprecedented intervention, Xana explores the notion of extramural public spaces in Torrão. The unusual collection of colorful doors works throughout the streets like a signal system. This circuit along this urban axis is strewn with sonorous words-names, recognizable from our everyday lives. The echoes from Alentejo’s essence, inviting us to imagine and experience the challenges of FREEDOM.

The project is a result from an artistic residency that integrated geographic, sociological, and literary research. The work is sponsored by Formula P, a well-respected company in the printing field.

Xana was born in Lisbon in 1959 and graduated in Fine Arts from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa in 1984. He lives in Lagos, Algarve. He earned a PhD in Communication, Culture and Arts in 2019 from the University of Algarve with the project “Love, Freedom and Wisdom – Dialectic of a Visual Construction” (Amor, Liberdade e Sabedoria – Dialética de uma construção Visual). As a visual artist, he has exhibited scenography and visual interventions in public spaces since 1981. For the last 10 years, creating temporary public art installations/constructions has been a prominent feature in its career.