In December 2017, I undertook a three-month residency in Macau. During this time, I explored the city through a process of wandering and observation, allowing myself to be guided by its streets, atmospheres and encounters rather than by predetermined destinations.

Curious about the imaginary of the former Portuguese colony — once known as the “Pearl of the East” — I encountered a territory shaped by contrasts and juxtapositions: old and new, nature and urbanity, permanence and ephemerality, tradition and contemporaneity, West and East.

Developed through the practice of the dérive, the project emerges from an ongoing exploration of Macau as a psychogeographical landscape, where cultural, spatial and temporal layers overlap and coexist. The resulting photographs trace a personal reading of the city, revealing the tensions, ambiguities and unexpected relationships embedded within its urban fabric.