THE TIME OF THINGS
Community Sound and Multimedia Project
Parish of Calde (Viseu)
October – December 2025
A production by Binaural Nodar, in partnership with the Municipality of Viseu, through the Várzea de Calde Linen Museum, with the Calde Parish Council and integrated into the European Tramontana Network project, co-financed by the Creative Europe program.
Since last October, fieldwork has been underway for the third edition of the project “O Tempo das Coisas” (The Time of Things), which expresses the relationship between objects with sentimental value and the life of rural communities in the parish of Calde, both in relation to tradition and to the social changes of recent decades.
These objects tell micro-stories with high symbolic value: of connection to the land, of the memory of ancestors, and of each person’s life experiences. They are bridges between the past and the present, between what has been left behind and the personal and social narratives that remain in the memory of communities.
After completing the collection work in the various villages of the parish of Calde, this edition of O Tempo das Coisas will culminate in a multimedia exhibition, to be inaugurated in the first quarter of 2026.
Artistic and technical details
Original idea: Luís Costa
Collection team: Ana Margarida Ferreira and Nely Ferreira.
Exhibition design: Ana Margarida Ferreira, Luís Costa, and Nely Ferreira.
Binaural Nodar is a cultural entity supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts.
