Do Balcony, Appleton and Fundação Leal Rios have anything in common other than being in the Alvalade neighbourhood, known for its community dedicated to contemporary culture and art? At first sight, the highlight seems to be only the recently opened exhibitions this month: at Balcony,...
Do Balcony, Appleton and Funda...
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With more than twenty years, the School of Arts at the Catholic University of Portugal, in Porto, has a decisive role in contemporary art. Joining teaching and research to contemporary artistic practices, the School of Arts is increasingly a space of artistic production, a laboratory of...
With more than twenty years, t...
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«I feel a resistance to the use of the word “bodies” to describe the figures in my work. There’s an important difference between having a body and being a body. Bodies can be almost anything and are often subject to mindless objectification or a loss...
«I feel a resistance to the u...
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Eileen Agar (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1899 – London, United Kingdom, 1991) was one of the key figures of surrealism, a movement where she was reluctantly inserted. The Whitechapel Gallery brings us Angel of Anarchy, a retrospective exhibition of her work and life, which brings together examples...
Eileen Agar (Buenos Aires, Arg...
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Abrupt, an audiovisual performance which is the result of a collaboration between Cláudio Oliveira (sound artist), Berru (art collective) and Mera (record label), was presented at Passos Manuel last May, selling out both sessions.The project brings together different media, starting with a sound presentation and rapidly developing into a light performance that...
Abrupt, an audiovisual perform...
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The Art(e)facts Biennial promotes the encounter between artists, designers, architects and craftsmen with residences in six villages in the Portuguese region of Beira Interior. This meeting nurtures a reflection and valorisation of the interior territory and the reinterpretation of traditional knowledge and techniques.In the area...
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(Português) Na era do simulacro, as variacões da representação incidem particularmente sobre a progressiva perda de autoridade do real face ao signo. Os seus terrenos de eleição confluem entre si, assumindo facetas que abrangem o entretenimento, a vigilância, o poder, a tecnociência, entre outros. O...
(Português) Na era do simulac...
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The exhibition Oculto by Nuno Sousa Vieira, at Travessa da Ermida, plays with the spectator’s gaze. The works, with a discreet interference, could be interpreted as visual observations on the space where they are found. But only if we accept that it is possible to...
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We start at the supposed end of the exhibition pathway of Next to the Next Century, by António Olaio, at Kubikgallery. More precisely a partly open door, in the homonymous video by the author, with music by Vítor Rua. This door, which is never fully...
We start at the supposed end o...
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The Opening Response titles a special series of interviews with artists, curators, writers, composers, mediators, and space-makers around the world. Dialoguing within and around the thematics which have rapidly emerged as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, we offer within this frame a differentiated, honest, and...
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