Built around a speculative reading of Aby Warburg’s A Lecture on Serpent Ritual, the Biennial seems to summon the serpent’s age-old symbolism and, at the same time, to revive magical-explanatory narratives that have traversed distant eras and civilizations, offering – however provisionally – a sense...
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The exhibition Na Fragilidade do que Persiste, which brings together works by Eduardo Freitas, Jéssica Burrinha and Mariana Maia Rocha, seems to be one of those unexpected encounters that start a torrential chain of contiguities. The three young artists, hitherto unknown to each other, find...
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With its simple attention to detail, YEPSEN(S) reclaims a fleeing, accidental time: that of the LED bulbs' impermanence, in TIALTNGO; that of the corroding of matter in the interlude of time. It is exactly in this gap - forgotten in the frenzied pace of life...
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03.01.2025. Only three days had passed since the beginning of the year, a time filled with endless expectations and pledges of a fresh start that was far too slow in arriving. It has now been 5 days since Adília Lopes died. And ten years since...
03.01.2025. Only three days ha...
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I've been thinking about maps, about cinema as a cartographic tool. From the Latin charta + graphien, cartography refers to the process of drawing up maps, graphic expressions that condense the world into a visual representation....
I've been thinking about maps,...
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(Português) A tradição romana ordena que, para efeitos de sorte, os convidados entrem no salão com o pé direito. Por descargo de consciência, ou superstição desmedida, este foi um hábito que assimilei. Dia 11 de outubro, ao entrar na exposição que marcou a pré-inauguração do...
(Português) A tradição roma...
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Seven Rooms and a Garden is the home of American artist and filmmaker Rashid Johnson. The door to this intimate setting is open and - without any expectations on our part - the host tells us: Make yourself at home. Take your shoes off. Open...
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Pure Visual Joy emerged from an encounter between Jorge Martins, a reference in Portuguese painting, and architect and designer Martino Berghinz. The exhibition, on show at the Sanctuary Galleria, brings together the authorial universes of these two renowned artists, suggesting a dialogue between their works....
Pure Visual Joy emerged from a...
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The exhibition ANARCHIVAL FRAMES at DuplaCena 77 is the second instalment of VIDEOLOGIAS, a four-part series aimed at addressing the extensive film archive of the DuplaCena structure, (re)membering works and authors shown in past productions....
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It only takes a brief car journey to escape the cosmopolitan mayhem and enter a rural world. About 50 kilometres are needed to go from Lisbon to Maceira and Alfeiria, located in the municipality of Torres Vedras. Between these villages - so close and yet...
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