0357 – Winter solstice at Perdigões enclosure

Today, for

several reasons, was a special day for Perdigões.

One of them

was the celebration of winter solstice (also tomorrow). So, we were there this

morning, with 2^o of temperature, watching the sunrise just in front

of Gate 2 (same happened in the Summer solstice in front of Gate 1 – not so

cold though), confirming the gate orientations to the solstices.

First, we

put a long stick to mark the entrance. And as you can see, in picture one the

arrow signals the post just in front of the Sun, and in picture two a “phantom sun”

is just hitting the post.

 

A text that I

wrote for an exibition about Perdigões (don’t feel like translating it):

“A visão do mundo está em tudo. Nas práticas, nos objectos,

nas arquitecturas.

O Sol pauta as estações do ano, os ciclos agrícolas e da

vida animal. Pauta o tempo cíclico do eterno retorno, expresso pela

circularidade. Gera a luz e a escuridão, metáforas de vida e morte.

 

E a arquitectura, expressando-o, arredonda-se e orienta-se.

A paisagem constrói-se de forma a sugeri-lo. Os objectos representam-no.”

Source portuguese enclosures