ALMINHA

AN ODE TO LOST SOULS

'Alminha: An Ode to Lost Souls' is an augmented reality installation that reimagines the small shrines found on and along the roadsides of Portugal. These spaces, simultaneously public and intimate, are dedicated to souls in purgatory, lost in transit or suspended between worlds. They are sacred, everyday altars that serve as devotional spaces where the living offer prayers, light candles and leave flowers, characterised as liminal places between life, death and the landscape. An altar and a tomb for no one in particular, but for everyone. A light lit by the living to guide all those who are navigating in the dark.