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MONTRAS VIVAS

The creative vision of Antonia Rosa

In Lisbon’s Prata Riverside Village, art broke through glass. For a brief moment, P’LA ARTE Creative Room’s storefront became a space between fantasy and ritual — a suspended moment in the city’s flow. Montras Vivas was a live performance, a transformation: open, intimate, impossible to ignore. Six figures born of imagination — superheroes of a re-enacted childhood. Antónia Rosa, with 13 makeup artists, hairstylist Helena Vaz Pereira and her team from Griffehairstyle, nail artist Sandra Luz from Dez Studio, and the creative team from Valentim Quaresma, transformed the shopfront into a live stage. Makeup became performance, the body a canvas, as creation unfolded live — from first stroke to final detail for those who paused to look.

Art and beauty direction
Antonia Rosa

With Kryolan from Kitchen Makeup Boutique
MAC • NARS and Rowe Beauty

Film
Isabella Glock

Photos
Nuno Beja

Hair
Helena Vaz Pereira • Madalena Costa and Finch
From Griffehairstyle with Wella

Nail artist
Sandra Luz from Dez Studio

Makeup artists
Antonia Rosa • Catalina Jaramillo • Diksha • Diogo Sixx • Elodie Fiuza • Fernanda Ramirez
Frederico Simao • Isabel Pereira • Lara Horta • Marcelo Duarte • Mika
Patricia Correia • Pedro Trocades • Sandra Alves

Models
Aicha Embaló Balde and Sebastian Hubert from Karacter Models
Ines Marthinho and Gany Camar á from Face Models
Paulo Pop from Papaya Models
Gustavo Sousa

Special thanks to

Valentim Quaresma • Lázaro Bonixe and P´LA ARTE Creative Room

It was during a visit to P’LA ARTE Creative Room that Antonia Rosa imagined turning its wide glass storefront into a living display. Drawing on childhood references — her own and those of collaborators like Helena Vaz Pereira and Valentim Quaresma — she brought Montras Vivas to life: six characters created in real time, fully visible to anyone passing by.
For one day, Antonia led her team as makeup, character design, and visual construction unfolded in full view. Onlookers were free to stop, watch, and follow each step, while @zootmagazine streamed the entire performance live.
The project was documented by filmmaker Isabella Glock, who captured the process on film, and photographer Nuno Beja, who focused on moments of pause, detail, and transformation. Between moving and still images, they built an intimate and continuous visual record of a creation made in a single day.
The six characters came to life through six models from different agencies, each embodying a distinct figure inspired by the world of superheroes — physically translating the visual language imagined by Antonia.
Accessories played a central role in shaping each character’s presence. Pieces by Valentim Quaresma added coherence and visual impact, joined by works from emerging jeweller Lázaro Bonixe, known for bold forms and fine detail.
Everything took place at the P’LA ARTE Creative Room, in Prata Riverside Village, Braço de Prata, close to Marvila — a space that not only hosted but shaped the project, connecting body, city, and creation.

GUSTAVO — The Woodland Spirit

A romantic vision brought to life by Elodie Fiuza, I asked her to transform Gustavo into a luminous, sensitive being — joyful and light, like a woodland fairy caught in movement. A creature of feeling and freedom, imagined in soft strokes and playful detail — delicate, radiant, and quietly powerful.

Antonia Rosa

Makeup Elodie Fiuza and Lara Horta
Skirt Dino Alves

AISHA — The Radiant Guardian

I always thought Aisha, my muse, was an incredible being of beauty and lightness. I made her an armor perhaps inspired by the Guardians of the Galaxy. I used biodegradable glitter for the effect.
Antonia Rosa

Makeup Antonia Rosa and Fernanda Ramirez
Skirt & Jewellery Valentim Quaresma

SEBASTIAN — The Electric Cowboy

Inspired by cowboy culture, I asked Marcelo to tattoo Sebastian extensively, transforming him into a surreal, electric rider — a modern hero charged with grit, edge, and mysterious energy.
Antonia Rosa

Makeup Marcelo Duarte and Patricia Correia
Skirt Valentim Quaresma
Special appearance snake Betty

INES — The Cinematic Superheroine

Tarantino inspiration shaped this look. I asked Sandra Alves to channel a heroine caught between Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element and Pulp Fiction — fierce, bold, and unforgettable.
Antonia Rosa

Makeup Sandra Alves and Pedro Trocades
Necklace Valentim Quaresma
Special thanks to Joao Bathalha and GHD

PAULO POP — The Psychedelic Visionary

Inspired by the vibrant 60s and the Color Boom, I asked Catalina and Diogo to create a graphic color puzzle that captures that era’s energy. Helena exaggerated Paulo’s hairstyle to amplify the look without losing the authentic 60s style—a bold, electric hero of vivid expression.
ANTONIA ROSA

Makeup Catalina Jaramillo • Diogo Sixx and Mika
Acrilic cuffs Teresa Milheiro

GANI — The Electric Being

Inspired by Marvel’s Electro, the electric man who controls lightning, Frederico shared the idea of an electric being. Together, we transformed Gany into his childhood hero—charged with energy and power, alive with electric force.
Antonia Rosa

Makeup Frederico Simao • Diksha and Isabel Pereira
Body sculpture TATÁ Art Jewelry
Headpiece Valentim Quaresma