
Statistics and graphs
Below you will find the results of the online questionnaire that we conducted. In total about 500 people participated in a time span of little over a month. We shared the preliminary results of this survey before every workshop we

Statistics and graphs
Below you will find the results of the online questionnaire that we conducted. In total about 500 people participated in a time span of little over a month. We shared the preliminary results of this survey before every workshop we

The workshop that never happened…
We are always talking about six workshops, but actually… there were supposed to be seven. Here’s the thing: the workshops took place around tables that were designed by the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. He created a total of seven tables

The workshop that never happened…
We are always talking about six workshops, but actually… there were supposed to be seven. Here’s the thing: the workshops took place around tables that were designed by the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. He created a total of seven tables

WORKSHOP VI > Precarious labourers
For our last workshop we were joined by yet another group of interesting men and women: all teachers that fall into the precarious labour category. To sum this category up: no security, high income taxes, no rights. More than any

WORKSHOP VI > Precarious labourers
For our last workshop we were joined by yet another group of interesting men and women: all teachers that fall into the precarious labour category. To sum this category up: no security, high income taxes, no rights. More than any

WORKSHOP V > Lawyers
We were absolutely thrilled when we found out that we were given the opportunity to do the workshop with a group of lawyers. During the previous sessions and with some of the responses to our online questionnaire we had run

WORKSHOP V > Lawyers
We were absolutely thrilled when we found out that we were given the opportunity to do the workshop with a group of lawyers. During the previous sessions and with some of the responses to our online questionnaire we had run

WORKSHOP IV > Children
The fourth workshop was with children from a local elementary school. After an introduction about the effects of the non-regulated, neoliberal, market of scarcity dictated by high capitalism the children got busy. Really busy… Most of their drawings dealt with

WORKSHOP IV > Children
The fourth workshop was with children from a local elementary school. After an introduction about the effects of the non-regulated, neoliberal, market of scarcity dictated by high capitalism the children got busy. Really busy… Most of their drawings dealt with

WORKSHOP III > Immigrants
The third workshop was a quite intimate one with four immigrants from the Ukraine and a little baby. We encountered a few linguistic difficulties and obviously a fair dose of scepticism. We more or less know about Ukraine’s history with

WORKSHOP III > Immigrants
The third workshop was a quite intimate one with four immigrants from the Ukraine and a little baby. We encountered a few linguistic difficulties and obviously a fair dose of scepticism. We more or less know about Ukraine’s history with

WORKSHOP II > Students
The second workshop took place at the University of Minho; the participants were students from the department of the architecture. With this group that is being trained to treat the city as a whole body where every function depends on

WORKSHOP II > Students
The second workshop took place at the University of Minho; the participants were students from the department of the architecture. With this group that is being trained to treat the city as a whole body where every function depends on

WORKSHOP I > Migrants
The first workshop in a series of six was with a group of migrants that returned to Portugal after a long stay abroad. It took place at the library and was a bit rusty at the beginning, but soon enough

WORKSHOP I > Migrants
The first workshop in a series of six was with a group of migrants that returned to Portugal after a long stay abroad. It took place at the library and was a bit rusty at the beginning, but soon enough

What are the suggestions?
From the online questionnaire we took the most promising domestic strategies to combat the crisis and the suggestions that we thought hold a real chance to bring about some change or challenge the status quo. During the workshops we asked

What are the suggestions?
From the online questionnaire we took the most promising domestic strategies to combat the crisis and the suggestions that we thought hold a real chance to bring about some change or challenge the status quo. During the workshops we asked

Museu da Crise in Guimarães
In Guimarães, the Museu da Crise was part of the programming of the Educational Service of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, under the Love Difference project by Michelangelo Pistoletto, whose programme aims to create a purposeful dialogue and to

Museu da Crise in Guimarães
In Guimarães, the Museu da Crise was part of the programming of the Educational Service of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, under the Love Difference project by Michelangelo Pistoletto, whose programme aims to create a purposeful dialogue and to

Questionário / Questionnaire
ONLY AVAILABLE IN PORTUGUESE Neste momento, o objectivo do Museu da Crise é coleccionar o maior numero de sugestões de como ultrapassar os problemas financeiros. As soluções podem muitas vezes ser encontradas em alternativas paralelas ao sistema oficial. Quais são

Questionário / Questionnaire
ONLY AVAILABLE IN PORTUGUESE Neste momento, o objectivo do Museu da Crise é coleccionar o maior numero de sugestões de como ultrapassar os problemas financeiros. As soluções podem muitas vezes ser encontradas em alternativas paralelas ao sistema oficial. Quais são

Sobre o Museu / About
[PT below] Museu da Crise is an international, ongoing social art project initiated in 2011, inspired by the parallel between the abandoned Portuguese Pavilion by the renown architect Siza Vieira and Portugal’s now precarious state. Museu da Crise wants to

Sobre o Museu / About
[PT below] Museu da Crise is an international, ongoing social art project initiated in 2011, inspired by the parallel between the abandoned Portuguese Pavilion by the renown architect Siza Vieira and Portugal’s now precarious state. Museu da Crise wants to

Quem somos / About us
O Museu da Crise é um projecto artístico independente de qualquer organização governamental e iniciado por Daniela Paes Leão [PT] e Merel Willemsen [NL]. Mas na verdade o Museu da Crise somos todos nós que, afectados por esta crise económica,

Quem somos / About us
O Museu da Crise é um projecto artístico independente de qualquer organização governamental e iniciado por Daniela Paes Leão [PT] e Merel Willemsen [NL]. Mas na verdade o Museu da Crise somos todos nós que, afectados por esta crise económica,