In 2018 Manel Alao joins Public Reality and invites Sérgio to exhibit his light sculpture “Hope” and co-design several other light installations for the Mescla festival in Viseu.

Hope

When we see a boat, we can wonder why is it here ?

where did it come from, where is it going ?

We can fantasize and imagine answers

We can flip through our imagination

giving an imaginary
valuation to the plausibility

of each of our imagined answers,

rate them on a scale

Letting
our minds wander is of great value

⁣At the same time we may not forget

for a lot of people
a boat, just means hope

the hope of staying alive and reaching the otherside

where life will be
safer.