© Jorge das Neves

© Jorge das Neves

Mané Pacheco

Soft skilled, 2022
Camping tent, fake fur, metal hardware
Courtesy of the artist

An oversized spider is camouflaged inside a small room in this 17th century building. Does it belong to this time or to another? Soft skilled is a term used to designate behavioural skills in human relations and hard to evaluate subjective competences pertaining to emotional intelligence. What could be this creature’s impact on our lives, on this space, on the works shown here? How do the beings around us influence our imagination; how do they alter our culture and the way we live?