Working with the perception

The aim of ‘A Vila da Maña’ is to change the model of town or city, we believe that another may be possible. This is achieved through the leading participation of local girls, boys and teenagers who, working with the fundamental concepts through tactical urbanism actions, become active citizens capable of transforming their spaces.

In this case it works with perception, that of the body itself and the environment that surrounds them. Understanding how they perceive their town, we try to provoke in girls, boys and teenagers a new vision of everyday spaces, seeking to break with the familiar and so that they can see the same places with different eyes.

“The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known (or conceived). The art technique of “strange” objects, of making the forms difficult, of increasing the difficulty and magnitude of perception is not aesthetic as an end in itself and must be prolonged. Art is a way of experiencing the artistic quality or essence of an object; the object is not the important thing.”

Viktor Shklovski