Goa’s traditional porch - the balcão - welcomes and brings together friends and neighbors at the entrance of its homes. This year’s Serendipity festival invites the people of Panjim and visitors to come together through its Traveling balcãos which will move around the city before parking themselves for the festival at the entrance of Art Park.
Traveling Balcaos is an itinerant public art installation to create conversations in the public spaces of the city on community, identity and belonging in the context of a rapidly changing Goa. The installation also connects the spirit of the Feast market at the promenade to the Serendipity festival, while showcasing people’s voices from across the city. An integral part of the architecture and history of Goa, the balcão is a domestic, intimate space to sit and talk in, which the project opens up into a public space to create a local collective voice. See if you can spot them on their journey across the Main Market, Kadamba Bus Stand and the Promenade just before the festival!
