INÊS VALLE
Exhibition view Plataforma Revólver
Pauliana Valente Pimentel Exhibition view Plataforma Revólver
Performance EKSTASEIS NÁUTICAS (Anthem to Europe) by António Lago and Susana Chiocca at Art stabs power: que se vayan todos! at Bermondsey Project, London, curated by Inês Valle. Credit Jeff Hubbard, 2014
Exhibition view Plataforma Revólver
ART STABS POWER
que se vayan todos!
PLATAFORMA REVOLVER | Portugal
15.05.2014 28.06.2014
Supported by Caloutre Gulbenkian Foundation
BERMONDSEY PROJECT | United Kingdom
17.07.2014 03.08.2014
Supported by CRISIS
Participants:Angela Tiatia (NZ), António Lago & Susana Chiocca (PT), Beatriz Albuquerque (PT), Fernando J. Ribeiro (PT), Filipe Marques (PT), Hugo de Almeida Pinho (PT), Inês Teles (PT), Joana Gomes (PT), José de Almeida Pereira (PT), Manuel Santos Maia (MOZ), Jorge André Catarino (PT), Paul Eachus (UK), Pauliana Valente Pimentel (PT) and Paulo Mendes (PT)
“POLITICAL ART HAS DOUBTS, NOT CERTAINTIES; IT HAS INTENSIONS, NOT PROGRAMS; IT SHARES WITH THOSE WHO FIND IT RATHER THAN IMPOSING ON THEM...” - TANIA BRUGUERA
In the recent times, specifically in the aftermath of the worldwide financial crisis, we have been starting to observe in the Portuguese population a shift in societal behaviours, becoming united facing the several policies of austerity imposed by international organizations. The population have been driven to the abyss’s verge, precariously surviving without any envision of a prosperous future, manifesting their frustration against the government’s decisions, which is mostly corrupt and blatantly meanders through a system of lobbies.
“ART STABS POWER - Que se vayan todos!” is an exhibition focusing on the several policies of austerity imposed to Portugal, its impacts in Society and in the Arts. Art has always remained a critical and conscious platform reflecting upon the local social and political issues that consequentially mirror global politics and international interests. Thus it explores the current interrelationships between art, activism and politics through several art projects. These projects use performance, installation, video, painting and objects as mediums of manifestation and/or reflection on the current austerity policies that have brutally impacted the lives of the Europeans and Portuguese people as well as the future of their country.
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