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| Expect the World - moi non plus |
Contemporary Art from Portugal |
"Expect
the World" is
an exhibition, video program, and conference of Portuguese artists
that takes place at Sparwasser HQ, Parkhaus Treptow, Z-bar, and
Künstlerhaus Bethanien (please see program dates and locations
above). The show presents a generation of young artists, who
grew up in Portugal during the 1980s. This was a period of destabilized
social utopia, just after the 1974 revolution, when internationalization
manifested itself through pop culture and television. Hence,
the title "Expect the world - moi non plus," implies
an ambivalent experience of societal change and also an existential
stance. A reaction of intense tension, aesthetically expressed,
is visible in the works of the artists. |
| The participating artists live and work in Lisbon, Berlin and New York: |
| Rui
Toscano, Rui Valério, Carlos Roque, "Tone Scienstists,"
Eva Mota, Nuno Cera, Catarina Simões, Ines Pais, Filipa Cesar, Alexandre Estrela and Ana Pinto. |
| homepage of the exhibition |
The work of the
Tone Scientists, who create, on video, the scenario
of a band built up as an energy outlet, presents the viewer with
unsettling feelings of loss and melancholy. In the video by Eva
Mota (EVA), the artist uses her body as material in a situation
with strong references to renaissance painting. "Expect
the World" contains not only exploratory or confrontational,
but also escapist elements. For example, Nuno Cera's long
photographic exposures of the night sky can be viewed as dreamy
images of eternity. Similarly, Alexandre Estrela's video
projection, "THE NAILS FEEDBACK," multiplies
the image of nails in the wall, until they appear as smoke. Ana
Pinto presents a video piece that slips visually from one
indoor or urban space to another, never allowing the viewer to
settle in any single environment. Filipa César's
video works, in which random groups of people meet and react
to on one another in the urban space, investigate and create
situational realities. As in the works of Pinto and César,
in the installation by Catarina Simões, one can
locate themes of loss in relation to authentic experience and
the search for meaning: a disco-ball fragments the projection
of an action film into thousands of small images that move across
the walls. Finally, the IP Foundation by Ines Pais presents
"Funzines," a version of lifestyle activities. |
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Curator: Ana Pinto Production: Solvej Ovesen and Estelle Blaschke |
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Sparwasser HQ: Torstraße 161, 10115 Berlin, Phone: 030 2180 3001 Press-preview: 15.03.02 at 12 noon Opening 15.03.02 at 7 pm, 16.03.14.04.2002, Wed - Fri: 4-7pm and Sat 2-6 pm |
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Parkhaus Treptow: Puschkinallee 5, 12435 Berlin, Phone: 030 533 7952 Opening 19.03.02 at 8 pm, 20.03.20.04.02, Wed - Sat: 3-7 pm Hi#3 Video Screening organised by Alexandre Estrela |
| Video programme und conference: |
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Z-bar Kino: Bergstraße 2, 10115 Berlin, Phone: 030 2838 9121 Video programme part 1, 16.03.02 at 9 pm |
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Künstlerhaus Bethanien: Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, Phone: 030 616 9030 discussion with Delfim Sardo, Alexandre Melo, Fernanda Maio, Francisco Vaz, Pedro Lapa, Nuno Faria and Ana Pinto Video programme part 2, 17.03.02 at 8 pm Video programme part 2 (re-run), 18.03.02 at 9 pm |
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Kontakt: Parkhaus Treptow, Phone: 030 533 7952 (Monica Krüger) Thank you to: Ute Tischler, Lise Nellemann, Christoph Tannert, IAC, Fundacao, Calouste Gulbenkian, FLAD, GRI, Geier-Tronic, Botschaft von Portugal, Instituto Camoes, und Rui Boavista Marques & ICEP-Portugal |