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braga - portugal, 1973 |
| About the Artist | |
He has been developing research on visual arts, language and media: drawing, photography, objects, video, text or performance... Options presented deliberately with perception about the space where the intervention will happen… and consecutive reconsiderations with regards to the interactions on the systems that is working on. Metaphoric proposals about signs of distraction that global post-political situation bring over to the systems where the artist moves. Gives importance to the divisible witch transport for his practice and that is revealed through symbolic fragments of signification. By the dynamics between those fragments, he conceives the whole… |
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brought u here to talk, but...
2004 |
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| this work was proposed for an art gallery.
the action reveals itself as a result of an invitation to the artistic community to debate subjects on contemporary art. however the project resulted as a social event and finished when the participants became "altered" with a high degree of alcohol and tired of dancing (on top of the announcement enlarged in a gigantic size). |
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the dance carpet
2004 |
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failed communication
2003-2004 |
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| from the work in progress: gatherings (london, for 6 months). |
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from the series city model - she shines beautifully
2005-2006 |
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| this works from the series: city models, aimed to play with the relation between some mainstream simbolic aspects of the city [the lights as metaphor] capturated on photography by night, and exhibited out-side of an black room project, and by other way, the idea of building only some fragments of those cities [miniature models] where that mainstream simbolic aspects [lights] are malfunctioning, and can provoke some small fires that destroy all that urban ambient. these installations are exhibited in-side of an black room. |
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urban c[o]urses
2004-2005 |
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from the series city model: city after her numb state
2005-2006 |
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| this works from the series: city models, aimed to play with the relation between some mainstream simbolic aspects of the city [the lights as metaphor] capturated on photography by night, and exhibited out-side of an black room project, and by other way, the idea of building only some fragments of those cities [miniature models] where that mainstream simbolic aspects [lights] are malfunctioning, and can provoke some small fires that destroy all that urban ambient. these installations are exhibited in-side of an black room. |
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from the series city model - imperialist spoil
2005-2006 |
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| this works from the series: city models, aimed to play with the relation between some mainstream simbolic aspects of the city [the lights as metaphor] capturated on photography by night, and exhibited out-side of an black room project, and by other way, the idea of building only some fragments of those cities [miniature models] where that mainstream simbolic aspects [lights] are malfunctioning, and can provoke some small fires that destroy all that urban ambient. these installations are exhibited in-side of an black room. |
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estorias de um cao inteligente: my dog is more explained than what many people of the art world can think
2005-2007 |
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| my dog "ruff" appears in the video projection [on the left side]. he assumes an intelligent thinker's character and he is going telling stories... as in the other projection [right side], images of artworks appear randomly, what I did here was, to question and interrogate the construction of the narrative and playing around with that...i am also interested [by this way] in the relation between this exercise and a simple metaphor of those who have the power of evaluation in contemporary art field. the loss of references is in this work a key concept. |
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the fictionary players at berlin
2007 |
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| presented at rosalux gallery - berlin [an off-space for contemporary artistic practices] |
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| Education and biography | |
| STUDIES: graduation in fine arts - sculpture at fbaup, porto - portugal [1999]; post-graduation [master of arts in art education, 2003] research:" the knowledge on site-specificity & public art at visual arts higher educatin", surrey-roehampton university, london - uk; phd program studies [2004] and phd diplom - advanced studies, at fbap, university of vigo -spain [2005] with the project: "flexibility and transmutation of the art as an contemporary project insubordinated to the sense mecanism"; he is currently working on his phd thesis under the title: "the contemporary artistic practice between the entropy and the self-regulation". SINCE 1999 DEVELOPS SEVERAL PROJECTS BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND ORGANIZATION OR ART DIRECTION: founder – member with functions of curator, programmer and productor on the “artemosferas” programatic project and “espaço artes múltiplas”, oporto [2001 – 2003] [www.miguelseabra.com/home1 ]; organizer and coordinator of the dhiva project (2002-2003) [hybrid intellectual development of vale do ave]; founder and director of “i.m.a.n.” [intermedia, multimedia, action and nothing, 2005, 2006, 2007] international project of contemporary art I experimental art [www.iman-arte.blogspot.com]; founder and member of the direction - “mapa das artes”/map of the arts - cultural association; BESIDES THIS, DEVELOPS SOME COLLECTIVE OTHER PROJECTS: member-founder of the electronic music, visual arts and performance collective "publicperformedia" [with jorge fernando dos santos and francisco laranjeira, 2006-2008] [www. myspace.com/publicperformedia]; member-founder of the visual arts and performance collective "the fictionary players" [with miguel seabra and jorge fernando dos santos, 2002-2008] [www.fictionaryplayers.blogspot.com]; collaborates as musician at pal [pedro almeida] project "g.v. - variable guitars" [2007] [www.larapal.org/guitarrasvariaveis]. SINCE 2002, TEACHES AT HIGHER EDUCATION AS ASSISTANT AND DEVELOPING COORDINATIVE POSITIONS: [2005-2006] - painting and sculpture degree at i.s.e.i.t. – i.p. [viseu university campus]; [2007-2008] - post-graduation: administration of cultural projects [gaia academic campus] – piaget - higher education institute, teaching contemporary art, performance, installation and technologies, art studio classes, arts semiotics, among others. collaborates [2007-2008] with the art department of e.s.e. - polytechnic institute of viana do castelo, degree in art and cultural administration, seminars and conferences on practices of performance and communication, image and sound. invited by some public higher education institutions as cientific/cultural consultor on related degrees about contemporary art. EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS - PROJECTOS INDEPENDENTES OU INTERVENÇÕES PONTUAIS INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS - INDEPENDENT PROJECTS OR CASUAL INTERVENTIONS: 2007 - [public dispositive] brot auf der straße: bread on the road, an exercise of entropy or self imagination – [beetween berlin mitte - rosenthaler platz and the schönefeld airport] berlin, germany 2006 - [draw -display] from filipe sampaio collection, visual art work of alexandre a.r. costa, dr. filipe sampaio's private gallery, portugal. 2004 - [exhibition] “gatherings” or the epigram of the contemporary game? alvarez salaum gallery, oporto, portugal 2002 - [exhibition] with the corrosion, dhiva nº1, tzp, famalicão, portugal 2001 - [rotative images slideshow device] “only the character of the big ears doesn't walk in space activity”- artemosferas, oporto, portugal. 2001 - [interactive devices] in your own backyard, artemosferas, oporto, portugal. 2000 - [exhibition]"art", global author, famalicão, portugal. 1999 - [exhibition] finalist - visual arts, museu do surrealimo, famalicão, portugal. EXPOSIÇÕES COLECTIVAS GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2007 - bunnys - sports [installation by fictionary players] at rosalux, berlin, germany 2006 - mail O2 , calouste gulbenkian foundation, paris, france 2006 - i.m.a.n., casa das artes, famalicão, portugal 2005 - sonda.viseu, with alice geirinhas e ção pestana, i.p.j. gallery, viseu, portugal. 2005 - mini - cars project - art en el coche, kaldarte, caldas de reis and itinerary for cultural spaces in spain. curated by juanjo fuentes. 2005 - i.m.a.n., casa das artes, famalicão, portugal. 2004 - 5 artistas 5 atitudes, cinanima, espinho, portugal. 2003 - III prémio de escultura city desk, cascais cultural center, d.luis I foundation, cascais, portugal. 2003 - praticle project [presenting o.p.a.c.a.] university of surrey- roehampton-london, uk. 2003 - kaldarte - international event on contemporary public art, caldas de reis-pontevedra, spain. 2003 - video arte at salão olímpico project - miguel bombarda street, oporto, portugal. 2002 - zie h., 1st International video art and experimental music trends in houses, frankfurt, germany. 2002 - black out, [fictionary players collective], artemosferas, oporto, portugal. 2002 - brg`02 - 2nd international festival of electronic music and multimedia art, braga, portugal. 2002 - flashcontacto [fictionary players collective], artemosferas, oporto, portugal. 2001 - 3rd edition of pontos de contacto, [fictionary players collective], oporto, portugal. 2001 - the winning artists gallery, surrealism museum, v. n. famalicão portugal. 2001 - itinerant collective – bonjóia foundation, oporto city hall, oporto, portugal. 2001 - projecto objectos lúdicos, campanhã foundation - oporto, portugal. 2000 / 02 - euro-world project, high patronage of the european central bank [frankfurt], several european capitals. 2000 / 01 - "itinerâncias por san ildefonso", la granja-madrid, spain. 2000 / 01 - 3rd international arts biennial, marinha grande, portugal. 2000 - prémio de aquisição da universidade do porto - 17 finalistas, árvore gallery, oporto, portugal. 1999 - 3 + 3 da f.b.a.u.p. at matriz, v. n. famalicão, portugal. 1997 - revisiting marcel duchamp, coimbra university, coimbra, portugal. 1996 - draw, f.b.a.u.p., porto, portugal. PERFORMANCE E PROJECTOS ÁUDIO-VISUAIS PERFORMANCE & SOUND AND VISUAL PROJECTS: 2007 - “guitarras variaveis 07.07.22” by and with pal - an experimental non-fixed improvised guitar project) casa da animacao, oporto, portugal, [www.larapal.org/guitarrasvariaveis] 2007 - "puper" [by public performedia]at zero gallery, berlin, germany 2007 - bunnys - sports [by the fictionary players] at rosalux gallery, berlin, germany 2007 - we are quiet at home 15th performance art conference [e.p.i. zentrum] 2006 - collapse in the mount [public performedia collective] operação transbordo/projecto teleférico. laboratório das artes, guimarães, portugal. 2005 – [multimedia and performance art in an real time experiment] with jorge f. santos and technical support by paulo c. team, sopro - transdisciplinar event, ipj, viseu 2006 - happyland [fictionary players collective]iman06: maus habitos, oporto, portugal. 2006 - quem come tudo não come o nada, iman 06, funchal, madeira island, portugal. 2006 - como o nada, iman06: casa das artes, vila nova de famalicão, portugal. 2005 - urban c[o]urses: one hour, casa das artes de vila nova de famalicão, portugal. 2004 - killing rule. cinanima, espinho, portugal. 2003 - art investigation [1st contact]. kaldarte - public art event, caldas de reis-pontevedra, spain. 2003 - art investigation [work in progress]. froebel college garden - london, uk. 2003 - art investigation [work in progress]. sub-way - london, uk. 2003 - art investigation [work in progress]. the theatre museu walk - london, uk. 2002 - ementa [fictionary players collective]pontos de Contacto, miguel seabra studio, oporto, portugal. 2000 - "just looking & smiling, dressing the bourdoux coat" performance developed during the production of the creamaster cicle movie by matthew barney. guggenheim museum, new york, u.s.a. 1999 - a cerimónia do elefante dourado [with jorge f. santos] x international art bienal, vila nova de cerveira, portugal. 1999 - voyeur dans l`espace, [with jorge f. santos], fine arts museum, oporto, portugal. 1998 - revisiting gerard ritcher - the invention of memory (with jorge f. santos), f.b.a.u.p., oporto, portugal. 1998 - revisiting john cage - there is no space for emotions in a work of art?, [with jorge f. santos] f.b.a.u.p., oporto, portugal. CONFERÊNCIAS E WORKSHOPS CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: 2008 - [lecturer] o universo das artes performativas - o papel das vanguardas no século xx, departamento de comunicação e expressões artísticas da escola superior de educação do ipvc - 4º ciclo internacional de conferências. 2007 - [lecturer] da arte. da cidade. do efémero/from art. from the city. from the ephemeral, with pedro cabral santo, arte lisboa07, international contemporary art fair, lisbon. 2007 - [lecturer] sculpture practices/práticas de escultura, fbaup/faculty of fine arts of oporto. 2006 - [lecturer] cultural administration vs cultural animation academic campus of gaia. portugal 2006 -[lecture and practical work] under contemporary art territories, school of santana, madeira island. 2006 - [lecturer] reflections about art in pedagogic and social context, iman contemporary art fest, iec - university of minho, braga. 2006 - [workshop-device for open lecture] around culture, casa das artes, vila nova de famalicão 2005 - [member of table and lecturer] painting and sculpture i.s.e.i.t. university campus - viseu 2005 – [moderator and lecturer]homage / reflections on ção pestana`s work , casa das artes, vila nova de famalicão 2003 – [member of table] the power of image, e.s.e. - i.p.v.c., viana do castelo. 2002 - [lecturer] interdisciplinary concepts at contemporary art practice, arca - university arts school, c oimbra. 2002 - [lecturer] "artistic partnerships, structures and multidisciplinarity" [ciclo deconferências relações d`arte] aula magna - f.b.a.u.p.- faculty of fine arts, university of oporto, oporto. 2002 - [lecturer] the artemosferas project [for the students of the master degree in curatorial studies of f.b.a.u.l. - faculty of fine arts, university of lisbon), espaço artes múltiplas, porto 2000 - [lecture and practical work] structures [from the request of “traço” – visual arts association), space for the surrealism museum", v. n. famalicão. ACTIVIDADE CURATORIAL CURATORIAL ACTIVITY: 2007: [founder and director] international fest - contemporary art / experimental art - i.m.a.n., the art of noise: incentives in order to design territories, casa das artes famalicão, maus hábitos oporto, rosalux berlin, zero gallery berlin. with participations [for instance] as bartolomé ferrando [es], calhau, yella, carla cruz, vitor lago silva, susana chioca or puper [pt], etc. 2006: [founder and director] the transdisciplinar event - i.m.a.n. 2006, 2nd Edition: contemporary arts/social functions- casa das artes famalicão + 10 extensions in portugal, brasil and spain [among them: universidade de minas gerais - brasil with fernando aguiar, teatro viriato viseu with pedro tudela and miguel carvalhais, galeria antónio henriques - arte contemporânea with participation of gabriela albergaria and julião sarmento, funchal cultural institutions, universidade do minho, the dinner-performances cycle with performances by paulo brandão, alexandre a.r. costa or research kitchen [for instance] etc. 2006: artes em atelier [responsible - intermedia art workshops, viseu university campus, portugal. 2005: [founder and director] i.m.a.n.05 event [intermedia, multimedia, action and anything/nothing] - casa das artes, v.n. famalicão + 2 cultural spaces in oporto: [salão olimpico e maus habitos] with participations [for instance]as japp blonk [nl], ção pestana, pedro almeida, miguel palma, pedro cabral santo [pt] junjo fuentes or the principe 54 collective of performance [es]… 2005: [co-organizer of sonda-viseu - experimental art fest]: museu grão vasco, instituto português da juventude, teatro viriato, etc. 2004/2005: collaborating on curatorial operation [responsible for the portuguese representation] with juanjo fuentes [curator of the public art event - kaldarte], caldas de reis, pontevedra, spain. 2002/2003: artist-organizer of dhiva - cycle of contemporary art at tzp. 2000/2003: founder-member and responsible for the visual and performance art program: multidisciplinar project: artemosferas - oporto. 2001/2003: PROGRAMADOR E COMISSÁRIO DE ARTES VISUAIS E PERFORMATIVAS DO PROJECTO MULTIDISCIPLINAR: ARTEMOSFERAS NO PORTO [MEMBRO FUNDADOR]. 2001/2003: PROGRAMMER AND CURATOR OF VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ART PROGRAM: MULTIDISCIPLINAR PROJECT: ARTEMOSFERAS - OPORTO [FOUNDER-MEMBER]. 2002 - [exhibition: condutas privadas] with maria lusitano santos, patricia valdez cardoso, pedro valdez cardoso and rafael alvarez. 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts, music, d.j., v.j. and performance by francisco laranjeira: xx - project by manuela t. campos] with adelina lopes, claudia ribau, irene gançalves, joana pimentel and manuela teixeira de campos 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: the parallel international event] with nuria... [spain…]. 2002 - artemosferadesign event, with furnor support [collaboration of architect and designer ermano apparo] 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts, music and performance: black out, project by the fictionary players] with fictionary players [alexandre a.r. costa, jorge fernando dos santos and miguel seabra], catarina felgueiras/nuno jeremias ramalho, carla filipe, arturo fuentes e juanjo fuentes. 2002 - ovarvideo fest [video recicled views] and performance, oporto . 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts: an video art show?]: margarida paiva, mariken kramer, hc gile e sabina jacobsson. 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: to play and the monkey business, project by eduardo matos] with cristina regadas, eduardo matos, manuel santos maia, susana chiocca, gustavo sumpta, israel pimenta, insert, si¬lvia castro, vitor almeida e pedro almeida Paiva 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: tropicalia III] claudia ulisses, didier fiuza faustino e antonio caramelo 2002 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: flashcontacto] with antonio leal/fausto assunção/joana mateus/josé a. pereira, bruno santos silva, cecilia albuquerque, fabrizio scoditti, the fictionary players: alexandre a.r. costa, miguel seabra e jorge f. santos, israel pimenta, manuel santos maia, manuela nuno de campos, renato ferrão/isabel ribeiro and sergio azevedo. 2001 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: 7 artistas ao 11º mês, project by pedro cabral santo] with alice geirinhas, joão fonte santa, miguel soares, paulo mendes, pedro amaral, pedro cabral santo e joão Simões. 2001 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: regras do jogo da glória. projecto by paulo Mendes] with daniel barroca, fernando ribeiro, joão tabarra, pedro barateiro e virgínia mota. 2001 - [parallel event to the exhibition: fictional buzzing: o cruzeiro] de paulo castro. 2001 - [exhibition of visual arts, performance and music: fictional buzzing - 1st] with miguel soares, remixing. fernando fadigas, antonio olaio e joão taborda. [exhibition of visual arts, performance and music: fictional buzzing - 2st] with vitor lago silva e pascal ferreira. 2001 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: inaugural artemosferas]: with joão louro, miguel palma, joão onofre and pedro tudela. concert by @c+lia. |
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