Futuro

Against all recommendations, 2020 is a year we must not and cannot forget. We learn more from our failures than our triumphs, and even so, or for that very reason, 2020 has showed us by omission that we are a collective entity, that we are all connected to one another, that art and aesthetic enjoyment are a crucial part of our identity. We only become conscious of air when it is absent, and the future is the place that we are, or else we become nothing. As for us, our desire to build a wonderful, exciting future with you remains unabated. Futuro, a creation by R2, marks the start of our programming for the new time that 2021 must be.  

Futurois a typographic project that began as a reply to an invitation from Typojanchy 2015 — The 4^thInternational Typography Biennale and was later developed and expanded. The Portuguese word “Futuro” [Future] directly references the issues of climate change and the exhaustion of our planet’s resources, due to human actions. This typographic installation allows a variety of readings, from full legibility to complete illegibility, in accordance with the viewer’s position in space.    

Founded in 1995, R2 is a studio that specialises in graphic / publishing identity and environmental design, focusing particularly on theatre, contemporary art and architecture. Created by Lizá Defossez Ramalho (Troyes, France) and Artur Rebelo (Porto, Portugal), this Porto studio has received international recognition for its graphic projects for exhibitions and installation works. It produces visual identities, poster designs, signage, web designs and itineraries for several cultural institutions, museums and commercial clients. 

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