BEMPOSTINHA 22 is an old grocery store transformed into a studio where ideas are created and made. We need help from the community. We need your HELP!
When you come to BEMPOSTINHA22 you immediately feel the aura of old Lisbon. In the archive of the city records, the space has been registered as a commercial house since the distant year of 1881.
The walls tell us the more than one hundred years of stories that happened here, from the grocery store of Mr. Agostinho and son, two generations selling olive oil, tea and fruit from the outskirts of Lisbon. Stories that still appear in the main arch of the space and on the walls whose original colors amaze and delight the people who pass by and enter here.
Bempostinha closed for ten years. It had not been to Rua da Bempostinha, in 2016, and this centenary space would already be remodeled for housing.
I fell in love with the charm of Bempostinha and reopened it as a cafe where concerts, exhibitions and many meetings took place.
In 2019, Bempostinha added another stratum of life to its long history and BEMPOSTINHA22 was born, a studio of creators and idea makers.
It has been the home of my Recreate by Forma brand where I produce pieces such as bags, wallets, pillows, carpets and jewelry made with advertising tarps and other recycled materials.
The Hardcore Fofo brand also decided to make BEMPOSTINHA22 their home and was the first to share the space with me. The most subversive embroidery in Portugal and its surroundings has been born here.
Recently, 2 more creators joined the family of space residents; Leather181 with original articles made of leather and FlyingTotem, the brand of the Turkish fairy that produces accessories inspired by nature and the cosmos.
We became a family and as a family we shared ideas and laughter, the good and bad times. And this is one of the bad times.
BEMPOSTINHA22 is our place of work and maintaining BEMPOSTINHA22 in these past months has been a challenge for which we have reached our limit.
We need help to cope with the next six months and the expenses of the space. These six months imply that we need 3,500 euros for rent, electricity, water and internet.
We want to stay here and keep BEMPOSTINHA22 alive. Like many others before us, we are happy here. We believe that 2021 will be a year of recovery, a year in which this life span that we have called the pandemic will end. We want to overcome this crisis and preserve this space where each fragment tells the story of a Lisbon that has been progressively converted to the plasticization of tourism.
Covid doesn't just kill people. This virus can also kill dreams.
We need your HELP!
Carla Lopes
Olá,
Olá,
Agradeço o teu apoio, serão enviados ainda hoje os vales de desconto atribuídos. às diferentes contribuições.
Obrigada
Carla Lopes
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Carla Lopes
Faltam 18 dias
Obrigada a todos o que já apoiaram o nosso projecto.
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