Life has something macabre about it. We do not choose to be born. When we are born, without expressing any opinion on it, without being in charge, the only thing we do is cry out in pain at what has happened and what lies ahead....
Life has something macabre abo...
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When the poetics of technique and function are replaced by the pornographic and compulsive gratification of a commercial craving, what do we end up seeing? When the object turns into a hassle and loses its sparkle of novelty. When that porcelain, that glass, those plastic...
When the poetics of technique ...
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On Lea Managil's exhibition, Roses, currently on show at Zaratan - Arte Contemporânea, in Lisbon, until March 16....
On Lea Managil's exhibition, R...
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Discussing the Azores is akin to exploring a romanticised idea of nature: the lagoons, the lush green fields, the cows grazing over dazzling landscapes, the ocean, so close, so huge and profound, the geological legacy, the hot springs and luscious muds...
Discussing the Azores is akin ...
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Are fifty years of democracy sufficient to gauge the democratic, social, cultural and economic well-being of a people? In a time when right-wing extremism, veering towards fascist, nostalgic, hostile and violent, is storming Western politics, snatching a stranglehold on parliaments and constitutions that stand in...
Are fifty years of democracy s...
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What does Art and Art History reveal about Love? Now without capital letters, lest this question be considered somewhat pretentious: what does art and art history reveal about love? A love with no filters, without any moralising, intellectualising or blemished looks. Where can we find...
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Within me, how much of this space is there? Or, rather, how much of this body - dull, weak, monstrous - is there in this space? This body, a proportion, an encounter and a yardstick of a relationship with the outside and the other.The...
Within me, how much of this sp...
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Berlin is the city of History. The flows of memories and temporal sludge converge into palpable wounds from the past, into monuments, the rubble of the Wall, buildings and streets. The commodification or commercialisation of the past is striking, but so is the enormous institutional...
Berlin is the city of History....
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Haus der Kunst. Alte Pinakothek. Neue Pinakothek. Pinakothek der Moderne. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München. Museum Brandhorst. Museum Villa Stuck. Kunstverein München. Rosa Stern Space. Ruine München. Espace Louis Vuitton. NS-Dokumentationszentrum. Kunstraum München. Arquive Artist Publication. ZIRKA Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Raum und Kulturarbeit....
Haus der Kunst. Alte Pinakothe...
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SIMALA’s old plastics factory premises were Nuno Sousa Vieira’s shelter and studio for decades. The area was immense, with vast working grounds, never ignoring, retouching or erasing the passage of time and the shutdown of factory activities. Space, past and present, compounded by the built...
SIMALA’s old plastics factor...
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