“The description of forms, or the principle of understanding what exists, through the focus on forms, may be insufficient to know anything, but it may allow making speak that which is silent (…)”Maria Filomena Molder, in O Pensamento da Forma: Consentimento e Louvor do Caminho...
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Between "the cuckoo and the faint star", we plunge into the words of José Loureiro. The cuckoo represents the human being who does everything to achieve his ends. In this way he punishes, mistreats the other on his longed-for path. On the other side, the...
Between "the cuckoo and the fa...
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Usina de Arte (inaugurated in 2015) is an exceptional initiative of the Pessoa de Queiroz family in Água Preta, Zona da Mata Sul, Pernambuco, a place that is currently marked by great cultural controversy.Usina emerges as a provocation to give another meaning to the past...
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Starting with the first lockdown in March, specifically from the fifth day, Daniel Blaufuks reproduces the same format as the weather report videos David Lynch has since added to his Instagram. In these short clips, Lynch reads weather forecasts, commenting poetically on the boring thermal variation of Los Angeles,...
Starting with the first lockdo...
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Twice a month, UMBIGO invites one person to share their 5 cultural suggestions. What can we do at home? From a book to a podcast, album or film: here are recommendations from artists, curators, gallery owners, cultural activists, friends.We will share the recipe for what...
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Ash is an ethereal substance, it conveys intangibility, and undeniably is the material that evidences the passage of both corporeal and elemental time. David Claerbout has worked tirelessly for many years to capture the possibilities of temporal delay and expedition, such that his artistic practice...
Ash is an ethereal substance, ...
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The partnership between Abreu Advogados and Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa is gathering the artists Fábio Colaco and Urbano for a new exhibition....
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In the exhibition Facing Bare Life, at MNAC, Emília Tavares shows works by three artists, developed during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. João Pina, Luciana Fina and Vasco Barata, through their different expressions, open complex questions about the current global tensions, caused by...
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In this interview, Giulia Damiani shares her reflections on her deep research embodiment in relation to Italian art group Le Nemesiache. She sources her practice as a writer, curator, and dramaturge. She is completing her PhD in the Art department at Goldsmiths University, London. Her...
In this interview, Giulia Dami...
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