Curating Obstacles
2021 / color / digital / sound / 4:3 / 10’36’’
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Cinematography/Motion Graphics/Editing
Synopsis: Audiovisual documentation of a performance by Maria Santa and Eva Mendes, supervised by João Onofre.
Project description
Two young curators travel to the Arrábida Mountains to set up an exhibition that will take place throughout the day as a live event, exploring a critical proposal about the lack of spaces and support for artistic and curatorial practice in the Portuguese scene. The choice of location is due to its symbolic and historical significance. It also reflects the challenges intended to be explored regarding the provision of artistic labor - every step of the process, from traveling to the site, transporting, and installing the works, will be difficult. The concept also stems from a need to treat time and space as artistic material. Invited artists will create Land Art installations, subject to environmental and physical circumstances and their unexpected changes throughout the day, exploring their potential as both artwork and exhibition of works conditioned by uncontrollable factors. After the construction and inauguration event, the exhibition will close, leaving its artistic traces to nature and their fate as artworks defined by the specific time and space of the mountains and the day in question.
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