Margarida Correia

New World Parkville started in 2009 as a public art project commissioned by Real Art Ways, an alternative multidisciplinary arts organization based in Hartford, Connecticut. To develop this project, I worked with Parkville’s Portuguese emigrant community. There, I met radio presenter Manuel Gaspar, João Alves (son of Fado singer Maria Alves), church volunteer Adelaide Vida and Hartford’s folklore group, among other community members. I listened to their stories, researching and documenting their personal archives: vintage photographs, scrapbooks and music collections from the ‘30s to the ‘80s.
New World Parkville was originally presented on banners in Park Street, with a music installation playing at local stores. A billboard with a photograph of Praia da Nazaré – a traditional and iconic beach on the west cost of Portugal – was placed at the entrance of the neighborhood. This beach was repeatedly mentioned by the community as being the strongest photographic memory they have from Portugal.
http://www.realartways.org/publicart.htm

Praia da Nazaré, 2009

Hora da Saudade

Manuel Gaspar, 2009, c-print, 51x 63 cm/ 20"x 25"

Palácio das Necessidades (Necessities Palace), 2009, c-print, 50x 36 cm/ 16"x 20"

Hora da Saudade (Hour of Nostalgia), 2009, c-print, 45 fotografias (photographs), 36 x 36 cm/ 14"x14"

Maria Alves, Luso Americana

Maria Alves, 2009, c-print, 15 fotografias de dimensões variaveis (photographs of variable dimensions)

Luso Americana, 2009, c-print, 45 fotografias (photographs) 36 x 36 cm/ 14"x 14"

Adelaide Vida e a Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (The Church of Our lady of Fátima)

Dedication lunch of Our Lady of Fatima church, Hartford, 1958

Adelaide Vida, 2009, c-print, 50x 70 cm/ 25"x 20"

10 c-prints, 2009, 50 x 37 cm/ 16"x 20"

Rancho Folclórico do Clube Português de Hartford, CT

Primeiro grupo folclórico de Hartford (First folklore dance troupe of Hartford), 2009, c-print, 27 x 30 cm

Jeffrey Portal, Mónica Seguro, Caroline Ferreira, Jonathan Seguro, 2009 c-print, 50 x 70 cm/ 20"x 25"

Camila Nobre e Manuel Ribeiro, 2009, c-print, 70 x 50 cm/ 25"x 20"

Melissa Ramos e Matthew Seguro, 2009, c-print, 70 x 50 cm/ 25"x 20"

João Santos, 2009, c-print, 70 x 50 cm/ 25"x 20"

Installation shots in Park Street, Hartford

Billboard of ” Praia da Nazaré” and “Luso Americana” installation in Park Street, 2009

"Hora da Saudade" and "Luso Americana" Installation in Park Street, 2009

Fundação EDP, Lisboa

Fundação EDP, Lisboa

Hora da Saudade

Fundação EDP, Lisboa

Adelaide Vida