Message in a Bottle is constructed as a time capsule, gathering an assortment of questions about the present times and reflecting on what an artist’s message to the world would sound like. Destroying the boundaries between the fictional and the real, as well as between a physical space and an imaginary place.

The feeling of belonging is often related to a state of mind rather than to a geographical area; dreaming about a faraway place can be traced through the mythology of the island back to ancient times, when the desire to travel and to connect was shaped mainly by storytelling and fictional writing. Even nowadays, the projections on unknown territories are mixing facts and fiction, while the unsettling political fights for power manipulate one’s perception. In this context, the feeling of being simultaneously connected and disconnected, visible and invisible, loud and silent influences our capacity to act and react.

The invited artists articulate their own vision on this fictitious relationship to a future, unknown receiver of their messages, aiming to transgress the physical and temporal boundaries of a specific exhibition. The traces of their gestures, attitudes, ideas and visual creations are hosted by Angra do Heroísmo's Museum. The layers of interpretation follow the clues of the exhibited art works exhibited, either from a fictional documentary photographic project about East and West relations, for an imaginary dialog with mythological characters, and historical representations of a paradise-like place, where anything is possible and time becomes elastic.