In the conception of Panmela Castro's Affective Drift, the fortuity is the subject of a search for belonging. Life is guided by meetings by chance, in a process of feeling liberated to float. Moments of encountering that are aleatory and others that were already written. In this series, the artist surrenders to this movement in territories where she is led by the network of affection she develops by letting herself go.

During some weeks of the year 2024, the artist set up a studio on a small balcony in Lisbon, adorned with plants and Portuguese tiles where she received friends, newly acquainted people, and strangers to be portrayed in her drift process.

Anastácia is Portuguese of Cape Verdean descent, works in a hospital, and is about the same age as Panmela. The two met at an exhibition, where Anastácia, with her big eyes and constant smile, stood out from the crowd in the museum. As fate would have it, the two were there, united by friends, talking and getting to know each other.