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Art & Culture

Interview with Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, an associate artist of Teatro Municipal do Porto for the season 2021/2022

Jonathan Uliel Saldanha is one of the most stimulating artists in national contemporaneity. The means he uses include audio-visual or performance, with technical excellence. The themes of his conceptual imaginary are current and sometimes frighteningly relevant. The alterity between human-machine, nature-technology, body-algorithm, space-resonance are part of...

Jonathan Uliel Saldanha is on...

July 8, 2021

Art & Culture

Three must-see exhibitions in Alvalade

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...

July 8, 2021

Art & Culture

Interview with Nuno Crespo, director of the School of Arts at the Catholic University of Portugal

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...

July 7, 2021

Art & Culture

The eye is not satisfied with seeing: Jennifer Packer at Serpentine Gallery

«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...

July 6, 2021

Art & Culture

Angel of Anarchy: Eileen Agar at Whitechapel Gallery

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...

July 6, 2021

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Abrupt: Dust Devices & Berru at Passos Manuel

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...

July 2, 2021

Art & Culture

Art(e)facts Biennial arrives to Beira Interior — with a group show opening this Friday

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...

The Art(e)facts Biennial promo...

July 2, 2021

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É só uma ferida: Pedro Barateiro at Fundação Carmona e Costa

(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...

July 1, 2021

Art & Culture

Oculto e Sapatos: fica-se; chinelos: sai-se, at Projeto Travessa da Ermida

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...

The exhibition Oculto by Nuno ...

June 30, 2021

Art & Culture

Next to the Next Century and Contrato Promessa: António Olaio at Kubikgallery and Vasco Futscher at Kubikulo

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...

June 29, 2021

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