PANDEMIC - I Don’t Know Karate, but I Know Ka-Razor! by Filipe Marques, curated by Isabeli Santiago & Juan Luis Toboso, is the consequence of a proposal made to the artist by the Municipal Gallery of Porto[2] in 2019, about viral themes in his artistic...
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With brilliant, mediocre, insensitive, or protesting ideas, artists insist on daily studio work, choosing to ignore the crisis that is brewing or contributing to its critique (depending on the point of view). From a historical standpoint, art reflects issues of contemporary social and political life....
With brilliant, mediocre, inse...
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“Previsão de Deriva [Drift Forecast] emerges in the scientific method that the navy used to predict where a castaway is. Everything that falls into the water has a different wake. Based on the various conditions and type of vessel, a software can predict the location...
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On the first floor of Galeria Municipal do Porto, the exhibition by Spanish artist, curator and researcher Pedro G. Romero questions and analyses nomadic ways of life, particularly gipsy, flamenco, and libertarian exile peoples.In an extensive research effort on the concept of the new Babylonians,...
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The eye is the organ that dictates, that commands and synthesizes. The eye monopolizes and the information captured by it precedes all the other senses. In a visual age, where the image carries an ontology that is intertwined with that of modern civilization, the eye,...
The eye is the organ that dict...
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Related to Umbigo online’s November cover, we present 500 - Ensaio Fotográfico by Hugo Ganhão, who was at Centro Multimeios de Espinho between July and September 2021. The photographs show us the city of Espinho, where Ganhão grew up. But his scrutinizing eye reveals to...
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A Third Reason and Clavier à Lumières are the recent shows at Rialto6. These two solo exhibitions by Alexandre Estrela and Igor Jesus bring together a group of audiovisual installations that transform the exhibition room into a sensory experience, stimulating the limits of the spectator's...
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With the closure of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Modern Art Centre (CAM), due to the building’s ongoing renovation and extension works, an offsite programme has now been presented. CAM in Motion is based on the idea of a work of art in movement throughout the...
With the closure of the Calous...
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Teatro Aveirense is essential in the national artistic context. As proved by its programme, the theatre intends to address the top current themes, such as gender issues, democratization processes and public space. Teatro Aveirense hosts several artistic projects, residencies, and shows that go beyond theatre,...
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The works in blackA moment of pause. Or perhaps the beginning of a journey: solitary, silent and spiritual, towards distant times. An experience of abandonment and bewilderment. An invitation to pilgrimage. The emergence of discomfort and doubt. The renunciation of entertainment. An unhealed scar. The...
The works in blackA moment...
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