“Time Takes a Cigarette” is a video-installation exhibition by Aya Koretzky, curated by Raquel Schefer, which offers a reflection on the Punk movement and the cultural and social transformations that have emerged in the city of Porto since 25 April until today.
The Punk movement emerged in the 1970s as a form of political expression for young people who didn't accept society's standards and the lack of prospects at a time of economic crisis. The project focuses on the musical and social unrest that gave rise to the birth of punk and underground culture in the city of Porto and how this was reflected in gender, social and cultural issues.
Using memory as an intangible heritage, the aim was to create bridges between the past and the present, drawing parallels between the motivations of young people in the 1970s and 1980s (now in their 50s and 60s) and those of young people today.

The exhibition consists of an immersive video installation in which each video explores an imaginary that portrays young people of the present in the form of ‘tableaux vivants’ with voice-over narratives of individuals who were protagonists of the Punk movement in the city of Porto in the 70s. Starting from the place portrayed in the image, the narrators describe what that place was and what they were doing, thus telling personal and collective stories of youth related to Porto's musical universes.
This exhibition is based on her most recent film ‘Time Takes a Cigarette’ as part of the Working Class Heroes initiative promoted by Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival and the Porto Film Commission, which was shown at the Closing Session of the Porto/Post/Doc Festival and had its international premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.