The creative process 

“ATLAS” is a project that is the result of ongoing theoretical and practical research that began four years ago. From collecting colonial and racist objects to experimenting with the creation of new visual objects that propose new narratives, the project has grown and metamorphosed. Our work focuses above all on how the image, the icon, the symbols around us help us to construct our reality and how this reality is distorted by the abuse of power and manipulation of these images and of history, on the part of rulers and large private companies. That’s why we’ve selected 5 symbols: the caravel, the cross, sugar, the flag and the atlas. These symbols represent much more than meets the eye and it is through them that we propose a series of critical video essays that focus on the construction of Portuguese identity around the myth of the “discoveries”. Using real footage, cut-outs and animation we have constructed a new atlas of the history of transatlantic trafficking.