London, Berlin, Lisbon, and a life split in two. Dave and Tony are two areas of interest, two childhoods, a combination of techniques and preferences that one day met and have since thrived as a unit. They preserve the child they once were from the...
London, Berlin, Lisbon, and a ...
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Sound. Perceiving vibrations spreading through the air and bodies vibrating to generate them....
Sound. Perceiving vibrations s...
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Several years later, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra (CAPC) is hosting the exhibition O Lugar do Espectador, at the Sereia hub, an encounter between the journey of Ana Pérez-Quiroga and Helena Valsecchi and the venue itself....
Several years later, Círculo ...
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Earth, matter, mother, womb. All one that is a seed. A beginning since the beginning. Across time, the land germinates - it originates, expands, and builds both place and landscape. Virgínia Fróis, Marta Castelo, and Maja Escher have thus conceived a work visible in the...
Earth, matter, mother, womb. A...
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Mafalda Ruão interviews Felix Vong, author of Umbigo’s cover of the month, a provocative voice that manifests itself through rebellious gestures combining punk-inspired illustrations and painting-statements, which reveal much more than what a superficial sight may lead us think. By looking closer, we will find...
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It was born as Appleton Square, added a Box, then a Garage, and today it continues to reinvent itself. Appleton is a venue that brings today’s art world into context through the seamless coming together of different artistic pursuits, including visual and performing arts with...
It was born as Appleton Square...
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Understanding the cultural life in Montemor-o-Novo is not easy. The city has a busy agenda, which makes cultural associations fight among themselves for a prominent place and Oficinas do Convento (OC) is one of those cases. Working on culture, fine arts and heritage, the programming...
Understanding the cultural lif...
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Two poles sustaining the discourse, two exhibition venues and a man connecting them. CAPC Sereia and CAPC Sede combine Gustavo Sumpta’s intimate and intention, a journey hallmarked by notions of tension, fragility, and memory, but whose analysis is a mechanism forever inept at linking the...
Two poles sustaining the disco...
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Mafalda Ruão interviews Lisette Van Hoogenhuyze, author of Umbigo’s cover of the month, exploring her ever changing trajectory, in between techniques, mediums and approaches. A never settled practice, rather a continuous learning process that hopes to embody the cultures and symbolisms of long time generations....
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Mafalda Ruao interviews Patricia Rubio, author of Umbigo’s January cover. She finds in plaster the appropriate vector to remember the past, analysing the wound that will reveal paths and phantoms. A history that, though easily forgotten, will be forever preserved in the carcass of the...
Mafalda Ruao interviews Patric...
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