With an exhibition unveiled on January 12 at Centro de Cultura Contemporânea 13 of Cooperativa de Comunicação e Cultura, the Angolan artist Toy Boy, born in 1976 and raised between his neighbourhood/musseque and the whole city of Luanda, looks at the impact and scarring that...
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Although a large share of the pieces are in metal, light and delicate forms arise and spread out in the larger gallery of the Coletivo Amarelo space. The exhibition The Skin of the Earth, by artist Natália Loyola and curated by Sofia Steinworth, takes us...
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In Mindelo's artistic scene, the expression "mergulhar na obra de" ("immersing oneself in the work of") is common; in Manuel Figueira's case, we must be careful, especially considering the depth of the endeavour. One could detect the anticipation when hearing the melody of Sérgio Figueira's...
In Mindelo's artistic scene, t...
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The vibrant colours, the warm atmosphere, and the kind and friendly people inspire a sense of homeliness. There are acacia trees everywhere, enormous and mature, with countless birds hopping from branch to branch and pollinating bees. Mindelo is definitely a musical city, quiet and yet...
The vibrant colours, the warm ...
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Faisal Abdu'Allah presents himself at HANGAR - Centro de Investigação Artística with five jacquard tapestries, timidly illuminated by filtered blue light. In fact, the intense electric blue is a constant in the room, also because it fills the background of three of the compositions, contrasting...
Faisal Abdu'Allah presents him...
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A body among bodies. A contract-free social model. This is how the body of the spectator, that one-time visitor, finds its way into this metaphorically organic fabric: the exhibition. As put forth by Eduardo Lourenço, the author of the work that sparked this curatorial exercise,...
A body among bodies. A contrac...
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Regarding the História com Voz [History with Voice] project, which attached an audio text to the sculpture I am like you (2008) by Rui Chafes, without his consent, Umbigo stands alongside the artistic community that condemns the negligent act towards the work and the artist....
Regarding the História com Vo...
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There is perhaps no state of being so elusive as happiness. Still, it finds itself the subject of perpetual phenomenological prospection: art, philosophy, science, media and advertising, etc., have (and often in corroboration) all but depicted, discussed, distilled and, ultimately, distributed happiness in and for...
There is perhaps no state of b...
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I have no trace of the referent, so I am quoting from memory. When João Bénard da Costa anticipates a biopic about some Hollywood tycoon in the 1980s, he mentions that it will take place "when cinema is no longer more than an epic of...
I have no trace of the referen...
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In all forms of artistic expression, the opening up of screens and prioritising the virtual over what is generally referred to as reality or normalcy is a common denominator. Nevertheless, instead of dividing one plane from another, art cancels out the disjunction between the virtual...
In all forms of artistic expre...
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