Memento For Sale needs your memories!

It is curious how we keep our memories. It seems like an automatic mechanism that decides by itself to remember or to forget. By an impulse or a memento we´d go to the past , to that mental and physical state but maybe it is not always nice to remember.

How do we value our memories?

“MEMENTO* FOR SALE” is an artistic project that serves as a mediator to share your memories. It acquires a format of an auction** where you can sell your souvenir associated with your memories to at least to a minimum price agreed upon. It does not imply any obligation to sell, but if so the amount will be delivered, deducting the production costs.

The participation is open to everybody who is interested in. Any prior artistic experience is not needed

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* A memento is a keepsake or souvenir of remembrance.
**An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Ineconomic theory, an auction may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange. The word "auction" is derived from the Latin augēre, which means "to increase" or "augment".”

"Memento For Sale" in artistic residency in Forum Dança, Lisbon

Memento For Sale was initiated by Sezen Tonguz during PEPCC (Choreographic Creation, Dance Research and Training Programme) in Forum Dança, Lisbon in collaboration with Ali Moini and Mariana Bartolo which has been represented as a work-in-progress in Lisbon (Nov'09) and Almada (Jan'10).

It is a performance project that works with the representation of the memories, memory of the body, storytelling, voice and the interaction with audience.

The project was selected for the artists residency program exclusive for PEPCC students in Forum Dança. It is now going on between 7th of June-11th of July 2010 in collaboration with Mariana Bartolo coached by Claudia Dias.

Memento For Sale Auction Session, January 31, 2010

Excerpts of Memento for Sale that took place in Ponto do Encontro, Almada

“MEMENTO FOR SALE” NEEDS YOUR MEMORIES

DO YOU HAVE MANY STORIES AND MEMORIES TO TELL?

DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THEM?

“MEMENTO FOR SALE” NEEDS YOUR MEMORIES AND YOUR SOUVENIRS WITH SPECIAL STORIES.

“MEMENTO FOR SALE” is an artistic project that serves as a mediator to share your memories. It acquires a format of an auction where you can sell your souvenir associated with your memories to at least to a minimum price agreed upon. It does not imply any obligation to sell, but if so the amount will be delivered, deducting the production costs.

The participation is open to everybody who is interested in. Any prior artistic experience is not needed.

CONTACT US

TEM MUITAS HISTORIAS E MEMORIAS PARA CONTAR?
QUER PARTILHA-LAS?

“MEMENTO FOR SALE” PRECISA DAS SUAS MEMORIAS E DOS SEUS SOUVENIRS COM HISTORIAS ESPECIAIS.

“MEMENTO FOR SALE” é um projecto artistico que funciona como um mediador para partilhar as suas memorias. Adquire o formato de um leilao onde podera vender as recordaçoes associadas as suas memorias a um preço minimo acordado. Nao implica qualquer obrigaçao de vender, mas sendo o caso recebera o valor, deduzidas as despesas de produçao.

E aberto aos interessados de todas as idades. Nao é necessario qualquer tipo de experiência artística prévia.

Various auctions scenes

Everything can be sold, depending on the price...


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Aqui vende-se tudo, menos a alma!

As maos pelas quais passaram ja foram muitas, mas os objectos continuam unicos. Na Feira da Ladra todas as peças tem uma boa historia para contar.

The hands in which many have already been passed, but the objects remain unique. At Feira da Ladra (the famous flea market of Lisbon) every piece has a good story to tell.

For the complete articlein portuguese: http://www.escs.ipl.pt/pdfs/8colina/8col8.pdf

by Ines Castro& Patricia Abelha

Metropolis, 8a colina

March 2010

"Memory and forgetting" on Radiolab

Just click on it to listen different podcasts on various subjects from "Memory and Forgetting" to "After life" or " New normal", etc.

30 January 2010, 21h30, Ponto do Encontro, Almada, Portugal

MEMENTO* FOR SALE
Concept and direction: Sezen Tonguz
Co-creation and Interpretation: Mariana Bartolo, Ali Moini, Sezen Tonguz
Artistic Coaching: Claudia Dias
Photography: Vera Rodrigues, Mariana Bartolo

It is curious how we keep our memories. It seems like an automatic mechanism that decides by itself to remember or to forget. By an impulse or a memento we´d go to the past , to that mental and physical state but maybe it is not always nice to remember.
How do we value our memories?
Welcome to the auction** of mementos, memories!

* A memento is a keepsake or souvenir of remembrance.
**An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. In economic theory, an auction may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange. The word "auction" is derived from the Latin augēre, which means "to increase" or "augment".”

http://www.forumdanca.pt/danca/mostra_almada_jan2010.html

Some Rules of auction

At an auction, many of the rules are similar as any social event, but it is expected to have a minimum behavior and there are some considerations to keep in mind to participate in an auction:

1.Invitation is not necessary. The auction is a public event. It has the legal necessity to be open to any potential buyer - but it may require qualifying through prior registration or other criteria.

2. In the case of real interest, you should learn about the contents of the session, visit the exhibition in advance and take the information about the lots in advance.

3.Dress according to the environment, time and public event.

4. Punctuality is the basic rule of any social event. Those arriving late may lose the opportunities.

5.Sign up before the session if you want to do bid on any piece or wish to receive calls at home later.

6. Avoid alcohol, especially if you want to do some shopping! In many auctions drinks are offered, but sobriety is advisable to good business.

7. By placing a bid, make it clear to the auctioneer; try to be discreet to the public and visible to the auctioneer.

8. Just make bids to the appropriate value of the lot, even if the auctioneer leave open. Bidding low might mean ignorance or insult.

9. Raise the offer according to the rates that are mentioned.

10. Do not make a bid beyond your means. The bid in the auction is the value of a contract signed with the authority.

Source: Wikipedia

Residency in Forum Dança, Lisbon

"Memento for Sale" is one of the selected projects for residency in Forum Dança/Edificio.

The residency will take place between 7th June and 11th July 2010.

Auction, 20 November 2009, Forum Dança, Lisbon

20.11.2009
19.00
FORUM DANÇA, LISBON

An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. In economic theory, an auction may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.

The word "auction" is derived from the Latin augēre, which means "to increase" or "augment".

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leil%C3%A3o