Take Part: Marathon 24.Jul.2021
São Miguel, Azores
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME is a project by ilhas studio. The aim is to organise a Visual Marathon that will take place during the Walk&Talk Arts Festival, on July 24th in the island of São Miguel, Azores. The Marathon is divided in four courses (42,4 km, 22,4 km, 7 km and 3 km), passing through different trails in São Miguel. Anyone can participate - either by running or walking.
The idea behind this Visual Marathon is that one person alone can’t fight all injustice, but each one of us can give voice to at least one cause. The body of each participant will be a visual support, carrying a graphic piece designed by ilhas studio, based on the watchwords and causes submitted by the participants during the registration act.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME is a project that defends intersectionality as a way of looking at the world, where art, sport and citizenship meet to generate spaces for encounter and dialogue.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE RACE
The Marathon's route connects one of the most iconic places of São Miguel Island - the volcanic complex of Sete Cidades - to Complexo Desportivo da Relva.
This race is characterized by the eccentricity of running on the ridges of a volcano, through dirt roads, with some unevenness, but of easy technical level, and ends, through roads, in Complexo Desportivo da Relva.
Negative drop 1605 m
Positive climbing 937 m
Departure time 9h00
Departure Location - Parque Lagoa do Canário - Sete Cidades
Arrival Location - Complexo Desportivo da Relva
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Negative drop 957 m
Positive drop 289 m
Start time 11h00
Departure Location - Parque Lagoa do Canário - Sete Cidades
Arrival Location - Complexo Desportivo da Relva
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Negative drop 220m
Positive climbing 34m
Start time 12h00
Departure Location- Miradouro da Vigia das Baleias das Feteiras
Arrival Location - Complexo Desportivo da Relva
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Negative drop 0
Positive drop 80 m
Departure time 14h00
Departure Location - Antigo Matadouro de Ponta Delgada
Arrival Location - Complexo Desportivo da Relva
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PEOPLE WHO
RUN / RAN
Until 24 July we will share mini-documentaries that showcase key personalities in the fight for human rights and duties.
If Terry Fox was fundamental in raising awareness to the need to increase funds for cancer research, Marsha P. Johnson was fundamental in the fight for transgender rights, and Elizabeth Mpofu was crucial in making the world aware of the harmful effects of monocultures and the need to defend small producers and local trade.
The people selected belong to a wide variety of fields, from athletes, activists, scientists, farmers, etc. We call this series: 'People who ran in their time'.
PAINT THE
LANDSCAPE
In collaboration with several associations of São Miguel island: Solidaried'arte Açores, Cresaçor - Cooperativa Regional de Economia Solidária, AMAR - Açores Pela Diversidade, APF - Associação de Planeamento Familiar, Pride Açores, APAV - Apoio à Vítima, AIPA - Associação dos Imigrantes nos Açores, Amigos dos Açores, Kairós - Cooperativa Incubação Iniciativas Economia Solidária, Novas Rotas, A Alternativa - Associação Contra as Dependências, Arrisca, Novo Dia - Associação para a Inclusão Social, As Cores dos Açores and Aurora Social, we will paint the landscape. In the days before the Marathon, the route will be marked with watchwords painted in stencil, so that the streets remember: 'A COUNTRY WITHOUT CULTURE IS A COUNTRY WITHOUT VOICE', 'RACISM IS NOT OPINION', 'PROTECT THE LANDSCAPE', 'MY BODY MY CHOICE', and many more.
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