This essay offers reflections on 12 exhibitions currently on show in Munich, as well as the experience of returning to the German city at the invitation of Various Others. I write about writing and learning, about wonder, democracy, care, technology and ghosts, among other things....
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In the beginning was the word. At the dawn of the scene, even before the hero, stood the chorus. Much has been written about its many‑sided role in Greek tragedy: poised between an ‘ideal spectator’, charged merely with commenting on the unfolding story, and a...
In the beginning was the word....
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Umbigo travelled to the Spanish capital for ARCOmadrid, where it participated in the art magazines and publications section for the eighth consecutive year....
Umbigo travelled to the Spanis...
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It has been almost a decade since Camões Berlin opened its Cultural Centre - a venue for promoting Portuguese arts in the heart of the German capital. On this occasion, it was only fitting that the Institute's premises should host a retrospective exhibition, something self-referential,...
It has been almost a decade si...
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Between the more than 20 kilometres we walked every day through the centre of Munich - projected as an arts map by the Filter platform, a new feature of Various Others - and a pile of accumulated exhibition texts and business cards, getting to know...
Between the more than 20 kilom...
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It is difficult to resort to words in the realm of the unknown. In this space, which is not exactly void - or perhaps it is the opposite, i.e., excessive, euphoric and crowded - all it takes is a small stumble and one is back...
It is difficult to resort to w...
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Do Jardim, um Oceano (From the Garden, an Ocean) is the fruit of Panmela Castro's most recent artistic residency in Lisbon. Following an invitation from Francisco Fino Gallery, the Brazilian visual artist spent two months leading a series of gatherings in her studio, individually captured...
Do Jardim, um Oceano (From the...
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Yoshitomo Nara says he's afraid of changing. His current exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, however, shows us an artistic production that, over the course of forty years, has courageously and humbly unfolded across different scales, techniques, formats and tonalities....
Yoshitomo Nara says he's afrai...
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Luísa Salvador is a visual artist and researcher, studying for a PhD in Contemporary Art History at NOVA FSCH, with a project entitled Paisagens Cruzadas: caminho e rasto na arte contemporânea (Crossed Landscapes: path and trail in contemporary art)....
Luísa Salvador is a visual ar...
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There is a long red brick building stretching along Stadsgården, the quay on Stockholm's Baltic coast, dating back to 1906. Initially a customs house, Fotografiska was born in 2010 as a multi-purpose museum that, whilst ever loyal to its photographic roots, recognises the image as...
There is a long red brick buil...
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