Dog Collar Walk
2020-21
Developed during the artist’s residency in Prague in the winter semester of 2019/20, Dog Collar Walk consists of a performative action that has its origin in a poorly and mistranslated reading of a phrase from the play The Garden Party, by Czech writer Václav Havel. The action involves the walking of a dog on the street. But in Dog Collar Walk there is no dog, or there is as a phantom identity. What ends up being seen by the spectator is the performer holding an empty red collar and leash walking the streets of Prague, like a reserve where desired images can be projected. The action comes in direct relation to the daily narratives and events of the city and the observations and research made by the performer as a stranger and foreigner in a new environment.








Dog Collar Walk - Protocol drawings, 2020
Mixed media on various papers, photographs and prints
Variable dimensions





Dog Collar Walk - Photographic documentation and frames of the video of the performative act
District 7, Prague, Czech Republic, January 22, 2020
Duration: 1 hour and 51 minutes
Props: Adulterated red dog collar and leach

Dog Collar Walk I, 2020
Acrylic, oil, gesso, pigment, sand, white pumice, enamel and indian ink on raw stitched cloth canvas
150 x 100 cm

The Collar and the Leach, 2020
Acrylic and pigment on carboard
59,4 x 42 cm

Sombra II, 2020
Indian ink and oil on paper
38 x 31,2 cm
Solo Exhibition Passagens por terras de ninguém, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, PT

Dog Collar Walk - Installation view, 2020



Dog Collar Walk - Video installation, 2020
Wooden box with monitor
Variable Dimensions
Solo Exhibition Expedições Urbanas, Lugar do Desenho, Gondomar, PT




Dog Collar Walk - Installation view, 2021



Dog Collar Walk - Instalação de vídeo, 2021
Wooden box and monitor
Variable dimensions

Dog Collar Walk II, 2020
Acrylic, gesso and charcoal on paper
100 x 70 cm







