Re-Raccoon

Re-Raccoon 🦝
From Belém to Chelas, Lisboa 2015 - 2025

The Big Raccoon was one of my first Big Trash Animal pieces created in Lisbon and was probably the work that brought me the most visibility at that time.

It was created for my solo show at the Arte Periférica Gallery in the CCB museum in 2015.

These were different times, and now, in 2025, the building where it was installed is set to be demolished, and something new will rise in its place.

For this reason, we decided to adapt the piece and reinstall it in a very different neighbourhood, where the festival @cordechelass has been bringing colour to its streets - often forgotten by the city council of Lisboa.

Public art can be ephemeral, yes - but how ephemeral do we allow it to be?