
This ~27-metre Scratching the Surface intervention covers the whitewashed façade of Monte da Fonte Santa, in the Alentejo countryside, visible from the Estrada Nacional 255. Carved in November 2016, it pairs the faces of local inhabitants with the carnation, symbol of Portugal's 25 April Revolution, anchoring that moment of the country's democratic history in the region. The mural belongs to a wider set of site-specific works commissioned across the estate — alongside pieces by Bordalo II and Add Fuel — that turned the property into a destination for contemporary public art. The architecture of a working monte becomes both support and subject, showing how Vhils' subtractive method engages rural Portugal's cultural and historical landscapes, not only the density of cities.