Catalogue 1 // 30.01.2010

LOT 1

Sunglasses
Plastic, anti UV glasses
Gray and dark gray
Persol
Italy
1997
55€

  
"I never lose it, I never forget it, and I never break it… It has just one touch of scratching here and it has very funny story… It was ten years ago. I wanted to buy it but it was very expensive for me. It was about 85 Euros and I didn't have enough money to buy. But I was going there to see the sunglasses in the showcase couple of times… Ok I thought "how can I make money to buy this thing"...

LOT 2

Notebook
Paper, cartoon
Notebook including , short texts in portuguese by Mariana Bartolo
Teneues
Germany
2005
10x6x3

90€

"This is not a diary… I bought it when I decided to start “writing”. I was just opening it randomly and then I was writing in this page. So it’s not organized chronologically… it’s a mess…"...

Wallet
Cotton, Polyester
Brown
Atmosphere
Spain
2005
Dim. 5x6x2

20€

"This is my wallet. I received it as a gift 4 years ago, while I was in London, visiting my ex-boyfriend and his wife."...

Christmas lights
Plastic
8 small lamps covered by transparent plastic with blue and green flower drawings
China
2009
Dim. 1,5 m
 5 €

"I bought these lights recently to put in my new living room. They're Christmas lights but I use them has as ambient light because they stay still, they are not intermittent. It was a big surprise when I tried them, because it made a huge connection with a memory I have from my childhood."...

Soup Dish
Melamine
Drawings in the bottom
Spain
2008
 3 €

"You would not imagine but I had eating problems when I was a child... But my mother had a special way to make me eat soup. Because these plates, where soup is served are deeper, she was saying: "Eat it, eat it all then in the bottom you will find a present!"...

Birthday of Ali
Photographic paper
Series of photos from a birthday party in Iran
Iran
2008
10x12
 20 €

"Those photos had been taken some hours before I flied to Lisbon from Tehran, in my birthday party. This is Goli’s house, Goli is one of my best friends. As you can see I’m very drunk and taking pictures with all my friends."...

LOT 7

Salt
Plastic bottle with Marine Salt
Portugal
2007
15x3,5
 3 €

"There was a time that I was working in a design office as a cleaning lady. Once, they were still in a meeting while I was working, and they were questioning what could they do to improve their sales. They were exposing a lot of ideas without reaching a good solution. And suddenly I had an idea, but I didn't know if I should interrupt them."...

Perfume
Glass, plastic and essence
Cube shaped bottle
Gucci
Italy
2007
8x6x3,5
 10 €

"This is my last perfume. I have it since some days before coming to Lisbon."...

Bohçe
Cotton
Rainbow colors, handmade needle work
Indian
2001
10 cm

20 €

"In Iran you would have a lot of difficulties as a gay… Usually you cannot tell everybody, maybe just to the closest friends. I remember, since I was 18-19 years old the girls were falling in love with me."...

LOT 10

Aubergina
Plastic, dark liquid
Purple, ball shaped mechanism that answers the questions after being shaken
Manchester, UK
2007
12,5 cm

25 €

"This is aubergina. She's quite new. I bought it one year ago in Manchester because it makes me remember Toy Story, a film that I was watching all the time in my childhood. I always wanted to have this ball because she was answering the questions of the protagonists and it amazed me."...