"KINTAL - The Unidigrazz collective proposed an alternative 'Kintal,' where the main and symbolic point to be celebrated is the clothesline. 'In the backyard, we play, live, resist. We dress Digras in resistance, protect, and breathe. The clothesline serves to hang, display, and reflect. From the being that exists without being seen, dressed in love and soul.' Unidigrazz found it very important to have this connection in the MuCEM space, as it is the museum of Mediterranean cultures, and there is nothing more Mediterranean than the attitude of having a space where clothes are hung out to dry in the sun, which is so distinctive in these spaces. The relationship between space and clothing in places where these existential and cultural expressions occur is another aspect explored in this space because it is one of the main reasons we feel where we come from. Hence, the inherent connection between the 'Kintal' space and the hung laundry.

In the Público news article attached, along with some photographs with the authors' names in their respective folders, 'The Portuguese festival combined art, music, flags, and a clothesline at one of France's most important museums, MuCEM. A weekend of Portuguese urban culture overlooking the Mediterranean. At MuCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations), opened in 2013 and today one of the most visited museums in Europe, a seductive relaxation envelops the space without compromising its institutional weight. Inside the museum, an ambitious architectural project mixing memory and modernity, with three spaces spread over 44,000 square meters facing the Mediterranean, when moving from the more contemporary front to the 12th-century Fort São João, an enormous clothesline comes into view from the pedestrian bridge. Around it, a group of French visitors takes photos and comments on the shirts, duvets, and cloths displayed there. 'It's something from Portugal, but it could easily be from here in Marseille, because there are also many clotheslines here, even though they have different references,' exclaims Emma Dubois, pointing to shirts with the names of football players. We tell her it's a piece (Kintal) by the Unidigrazz artists' collective from Mem Martins, Sintra, and she reads the information provided with interest. The Iminente Festival was at MuCEM with a program of public art, installations, and music, taking over various outdoor spaces of the gigantic museum. The context is the Crossed Season Portugal-France 2022. Unidigrazz (Diogo Gazella Carvalho, OnunTrigueiros, Rappepa Bedju Tempu, and Sepher AWK), an artistic collective with connections to the singer-poet Tristany, had the same idea. 'This is a Mediterranean city, outward-looking, with street life, and the Lisbon area also has that,' reflects Sepher. 'The idea of the clothesline interested us because it, to some extent, translates the identity of people, what they wear, how they display themselves, their connection with space.' In the case of the piece Kintal, the process was both personal and collaborative: 'Each of us chose our shirts and pieces, we painted two cloths, and we arrived at this set.' The choice of location was not random. To the south, you can see the boats arriving from the Mediterranean. To the north, the urban agglomeration of the city. 'There is an idea of a backyard here. The open field, the grass, the city in the background, the sea, all of this surroundings interested us,' adds Diogo."

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