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Respect. (from the lat. respectu) n. 1. respect; 2. consideration; high regard; 3. deference; compliance; veneration; 4. honour; worship; 5. relation; refererence...
We believe that everyone should be respected for their work, for their attitudes, opinions and options.
Rigor. (from the lat. rigore) n. 1. harshness; strength; 2.fig., severity; punctuality; accuracy.
There is no "more or less levelled", "more or less upright”, "more or less clean" or "more or less safe", but rather “levelled”, "upright”, "clean” and “safe". The rigour is reflected in our procedures, in time and in the rules to follow. In the light of moral and principles, being severe means being rigorous.
Passion. (from the lat. passione) n. 1. intense and usually violent feeling (affection, joy, hate, etc.) which hinders the exercise of impartial logic; 2. derived from a feeling; 3. great predilection; 4. partiality; 5. great grief; immense suffering...
Under the sign of passion – a text of the Portuguese poet Regina Guimarães – is our icon. Passion is to reveal great enthusiasm for something, favourable encouragement or opposite to something.
It is the sensibility transmitted by an architect or engineer through work.
Passion is the dedication to a project. Passion is a state of warm soul.
Loyalty. (from the lat. legalitate) n. the quality of being loyal; fidelity; sincerity.
Respect for the principles and rules that guide the honour and probity. Faithfulness to commitments and agreements undertaken, staunch character.
To remain loyal to the business partners because we depend on them and they depend on us.
Being trustworthy for being loyal.
Solidarity. (from the lat. solidare) n. 1. the quality of being solidary; 2. reciprocal responsibility among the members of a group, namely social, professional, etc.; 3. sense of sharing another’s suffering.
Being solidary is being a friend, offering our hand with genuine generosity and bringing joy and human warmth to those who, somehow, are marginalized. Being solidary is being more human. A solidary company is recognized as a fair and non-selfish company. A solidary company is a preferred choice in business. It is a more competitive company. Volunteering is a vehicle to solidarity. It is modern, fair, cultured, friend, it is a noble gesture of moral elevation.
Courage. (from the lat. coraticum) n. 1. bravery facing danger; intrepidity; to have audacity; 2. moral force before a suffering or setback; 3. [fig.] to input energy when performing a difficult task; perseverance...
Courage is essential in our life. Courage to face less pleasant situations when complex issues come up, not expecting random resolutions.
It is a value that we must highlight as opposed to the fearful, cowardly and laziness.
The courage to react to criticism not with an attitude of demotivation or sadness, but rather to search for the means and the action to overcome its own reason. This kind of courage, which is also an intellectual courage, is highly recommended.
Ambition. (from the lat. ambitione) n. 1. vehement desire of wealth, honours or glories; 2. expectation about the future; aspiration; 3. lust; greed…
Vehement desire to achieve a particular goal. Ambition not to resign ourselves. Ambition to take the best potential from ourselves. Ambition to deserve ourselves. Ambition to be athletes in our top-level competitive jobs. Ambition to beat our brands. Ambition to get the best deals with the maximum value, due to the high levels of proficiency and efficiency.
Esthetics. ESTHETICS (from the Greek aisthetiké, "sensitive") n.f. 1. Philosophy branch of philosophy that studies the beauty and nature of artistic phenomena; 2. author's own style, time, etc.; 3. harmony of shapes and colors, beauty; 4. set of techniques and treatments that aim to beautify the body.
We decided to build the company's economic foundations under a cultured, cosmopolitan and cool image. Because it is a charming state of being. Good taste because we are sustainable and we respect the planet. Good taste because we are sensitive. Good taste just because.
Responsibility. (from the lat respondere) n. the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; a form of trustworthiness.
We must be certain that, before a choice, we chose what is best for both of us and not just the best for each one. Each employee is responsible for his negotiated activity and co-responsible if the co-worker does not fulfil his own task, thus preventing the common goal. A team is a set of individuals - is a whole. In the business game, as in social or family contexts, everyone must comply with their own relative position and we shall not permit that one of ours fails to be in our team.
CISION
Why “Borders?”
Well,
Pedro Calapez is an essential artist in our contemporary history, part of a generation of artists who, in the 1980s, marked a transition in Portuguese art.
Pedro Calapez has been a key artist in our contemporary history, and is part of a generation of artists who, in the 1980s, marked a transition point in Portuguese art, of a certain type of post April 25th revolution art, an art of protest affirming what the artistic practices aligned with other European trends were.
After the revolution of 25 April, we moved from protest to the affirmation of artistic practices aligned with other European trends, and the work of Pedro Calapez has always touched on many points. It has a dimension that is very influenced by a certain architectural - I like to call it that - and has been very marked, and this has also been a tendency since his first works of the 1980s, thrugh a very specific way that the artist has in his painting and within the framework of these very specific characteristics.
The artist touches on the various possibilities of painting by establishing this idea of a border or crossing it, and this was an idea that captured the artist and us alike.
I believe that painting is also a way of organizing the spaces around us, and I believe the work of Pedro Calapez has a lot to do with this question and this dimension, having a distinctive feature because our project is not an eminently commercial project, it is a cultural project.
Some are more minimalist works, others are more complex, of different sizes, and there is this aspect - his texts are highly poetic, in other words, I think there is also this border of what the space for poetry and the word is in a work of art, even when that word is not present.
But that is very interesting, because artists are usually inspired, do the work and then it is delivered to the viewer to interpret. Asking the artist to write something about their own work, how did he react?
When we approached him we told him we didn’t want a commercial exhibition, but a Pedro Calapez exhibition, he then chose these two decades of work, works that only originate from his studio.
So he himself stepped up to this, which made my job more difficult, because since he wrote such beautiful texts, my curatorial work sought to be more biographical and contextualizing in nature, because he did indeed write [that] and I think that that will add a lot to the exhibition and also give it a very pedagogic perspective.