Research, animation and collage magically and ritually bring into the present a colonial archive stuffed with catalogs, display cases and photos. By activating the forces of the phantasmagoric, the collection from the José de Guimarães International Art Centre is brought to life in an interesting process of film alchemy. (RS)
- IndieLisboa International Film Festival (2018)
- FIDMarseille Festival International de Cinéma Marseille (2018)
- Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (2018)
- 25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival (2018)
- New York Film Festival (2018)
Mariana Caló (1984) and Francisco Queimadela (1985) began sharing and collaborating during their studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Oporto and have been working as an artist duo since 2010. Their practice is developed with a privileged use of moving images, which combines installations and site-specific environments, in addition to drawing, painting, photography and sculpture. Grantees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s international artists residency in Gasworks and awardees of the BES Revelation prize in 2012. Finalists of the 10th edition of the Edp New Artists prize and winners of the Lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival International Prize in 2013.
They have present their work in several exhibitions, namely: The importance of being a (Moving) Image, National Gallery, Prague (2015); The Composition of Air, CIAJG, Guimarães (2014); Perpetual Interview, Edíficio Axa, Oporto (2013); Chart for the Coming Times, Rowing Projects, London (2012) / Villa Romana, Florence (2013).
Mariana Caló (1984) and Francisco Queimadela (1985) began sharing and collaborating during their studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Oporto and have been working as an artist duo since 2010. Their practice is developed with a privileged use of moving images, which combines installations and site-specific environments, in addition to drawing, painting, photography and sculpture. Grantees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s international artists residency in Gasworks and awardees of the BES Revelation prize in 2012. Finalists of the 10th edition of the Edp New Artists prize and winners of the Lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival International Prize in 2013.
They have present their work in several exhibitions, namely: The importance of being a (Moving) Image, National Gallery, Prague (2015); The Composition of Air, CIAJG, Guimarães (2014); Perpetual Interview, Edíficio Axa, Oporto (2013); Chart for the Coming Times, Rowing Projects, London (2012) / Villa Romana, Florence (2013).