histories of other times - Joanna Latka & Maria Toskovic & Daniela Crespi



















The legends and stories contribute to the cultural formation of the people, as they build a certain way of life, in their moral or the way they act through the habits, customs and language of the picturesque region.
Legend is a whimsical tale transmitted by oral tradition through time.
From the fantastic and / or fictional, the real facts and legends combine with historical facts that are simply unrealistic product of the imagination of human adventure.


The picturesque language, typical of a region, used in the reporting of the facts results in a form of expression and beliefs preserved, form the cultural identity of people and a nation.


Since the foreign artist living in Portugal, Joanna Latka chose this theme to highlight the importance of the roots of a people that in different contexts and so entered the life of each one.