Bordalo II also goes to NOS Alive

There is a green world with abundant plants, among which lives an enormous owl. But if we are not careful, this landscape will disappear quickly. And it will give way to a world of waste. With plastic debris, tires, fishing nets, carcasses and other waste. Color but waste. This is the message that the artist Bordalo II wants to convey with his intervention on the comedy stage NOS Alive. "They challenged me to go on stage and gave me complete freedom and I decided to divide the scene into two, one with nature and the other. another more chaotic, "explains DN Bordalo II, the artist known for his waste. recycled materials in his works.

If he had to give a name to this intervention, the author would call it "DESNature". The explanation is simple: in the center of the stage you can see the letters "DES" then a screen where several words will appear, accentuating the idea of ​​"Destruction" that we make to our planet.

Bordalo II was a week and a half to work on the Paseo Marítimo de Algés to create this work that will accompany the performances of Cebola Mol, Rui Sinel of Cordes, Guilherme Duarte, Simone Day, Ana Garcia Martins, Diogo Batáguas and Other comedy artists only three days (from July 12 to 14, that is, from Thursday to Saturday). But the artist – who had previously made the sculpture of a guitar, Guitrash for the Super Rock Super Rock Festival – is accustomed to the ephemerality of his works: "So everything the material will be reused in future creations.

For Álvaro Covões, Entrepreneur of Everything Is New and director of the NOS Alive Festival, the invitation to Bordalo II to "transform a scene into a work of art" makes perfect sense since this festival is a possible ecological footprint . "For example, 90% of the energy we use is grid, which is the greenest energy, far more than generators," he says, also referring to partnerships with the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Ponto Verde Company. the plan to fight against food waste as examples of the festival's commitment to social and environmental issues.

Sod and Synthetic Burgers

NOS Alive is becoming greener too because this year the whole enclosure next to the steps and to the restoration area is covered with synthetic turf. In all, there are 40 thousand square meters of artificial turf, which aim to give even more comfort to the 55 000 spectators who will fill the Passeig Marítimo de Algés enclosure every day. "We are the largest synthetic grass in the country," says Álvaro Covões

A little over 48 hours after the doors open, the space is still a real shipyard, with trucks entering and go out and a lot of people work. But Covões, with the experience of 11 editions already completed, is calm: "The activity is so intense and intense that it's hard to be nervous."

The Everything Is New team sits there for three weeks in the compound and works full-time. "We treat everything from power supply to waste collection, cleaning, sewage, food, structures, security …" says this person. "Every year we try to make changes to improve the comfort of the public, but we are not making big changes because there are people coming in every year and it's fine that they already orient and already know the place of things. "

Food novelties: this year, Sagres beer is drunk at NOS Alive and, among the veggie burgers and other health delights, McDonald's is back in music festivals. For the third year in a row, NOS Alive tickets sold well before the festival started The best poster of all time?

And as usual there will be a lot of strangers: 16,000 tickets were sold out of Portugal.

The most popular day was Saturday, with Pearl Jam at the top of the bill. In December, there were no tickets to see the Seattle group. This is the third time that Eddie Vedder's group has come to Alive (the last one in 2010) and it will be here, next to the Tagus, which will end their European tour.

But this is not the only strong name of the poster this year. Soon Thursday, there will be Arctic monkeys, nine-inch nails, a snow patrol, Khalid, Friendly Fires and Brian Ferry. On Fridays, the Stone Age queens and the National lead a day where you can still hear Two Door Cinema, Future Islands, Eels and Portugal. The man Saturday, in addition to Pearl Jam, there are Jack White, Ferdinand Franz, Perfume Genius, MGMT and Alice in Chains.

At EDP Fado Clube, where there are only 400 people, there are floods to see, for example, Jorge Palma, Marta Pereira da Costa or António Zambujo. On Friday, the bandstand will only be occupied by women – Surma, Beatriz Pessoa, Minta and speckled trout, Bernardo and a secret show which will be a surprise. With the curation of Branko, Clubbing will have The Gift, Black Ear, Paus, Xinobi …

It is advisable to consult the complete poster HERE and to plan well the trip to the festival.

Álvaro Covões has no doubt: "Our The concept is this: all the scenes are main scenes, of course we will not put the Pearl Jam in the bandstand because it There is no dimension to them, but people do not come just to see the Pearl Jam, feel it was well worth it. "