‘Caretos’

“卡雷托斯”

Monocle on Design

艺术

2024-08-22

6 分钟
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The current exhibition at the Made In Situ studio in Lisbon features a series of handcrafted, ornamental stools. We hear from the gallery founder and designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • This is Monocle on Design Extra.

  • It's a short show to accompany our weekly program where we discuss everything from architecture and craft to furniture and fashion.

  • I'm Ailie Evans.

  • In northern Portugal, the Caretos festivities are an amalgamation of mysticism and ancient ritual, with participants often wearing hand carved masks and made by local artisans.

  • The craft involved in this folk tradition is a focus of a current exhibition in Lisbon at Made in Situ.

  • Here the exhibition Carretos features seven handcrafted ornamental stools fashioned from black alder.

  • To find out more, I caught up with the designer and Made in Situ founder, Noel du Chaffour.

  • Laurence.

  • It's the first time that I don't design anything.

  • I've been to a village and asking some artisans to do something with a very basic idea.

  • They are all doing some masks for Caritos ceremonies, which are actually ceremonies during the winter time in the north of Portugal.

  • More or less around the Carnival ceremonies.

  • It's about putting all the troubles out, being crazy a bit.

  • They are faces of devils, they are walking in the fire, running after each other.

  • All the village become totally crazy.

  • I was really impressed about the mask that I was seeing in the museum.

  • In small villages, I began to collect some.

  • We went first to a village where the festivities are very rooted.

  • And then we went to Lazarim where they are doing the mask in wood.

  • It's a very small village where they are doing also the ceremonies of the characters.