inauguração 07.07.2023
exposição aberta ao público entre 07.07. e 10.09.2023 de Setembro

FÓRUM ARTE BRAGA
Segunda a sexta: 10h-18h
Sábados: 10h - 17h
Entrada gratuita.


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ACCA

ACCA is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artistic duo, composed by André Covas (designer, artist and musician) and Carmo Azeredo (artist, researcher and producer). Through the complementarity of their professional bases, together they explore, since 2017, the intersection between art, music, design, technology and critical thinking, producing visual essays and artistic reflections on themes such as digital democracy, cognitive biases, the post-truth era, the dichotomies of the anthropocene, and the conflict between the desire for freedom and the need for control, among others. Their artistic practice favors the use of sound, text, image, new media, sculptural production, site-specific projects and, especially, the installation format. They are currently based in Madrid, where they have an art and design studio, named ACCAstudio, while maintaining an active connection with the city of Porto, as members of the CampaNice collective and the Cultural Association Saco Azul / Maus Hábitos.

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CAROLINA GRILO SANTOS

Carolina Grilo Santos (Aveiro, 1993) is a visual artist based in Porto, Portugal. Deriving from her artistic practice, she co-founded Paralaxe project and Erro Universal cultural association; she is also a collaborator researcher at i2ADS and a member of the group and independent artist-run space Campanice. Graduated in Fine Arts - Multimedia (2016) and master in Contemporary Artistic Practices (2018) by Fine Arts Faculty - University of Porto.

In her artistic practice, she has been exploring scientific concepts and languages from a speculative point of view, crossing artistic research and practice, geopoetry, astrophysics, geography, para-scientific theories, and personal memories. Creating her unique world, where science, imagination, doubts, and memories build segmented realities and truths, Carolina Grilo Santos has been working mainly on site-specific projects where intruder objects appear to disrupt logic or temporary micro-universes are created and lagged from reality.

The highlighted exhibitions are “Como plantar um penedo” (CCVF, Guimarães PT), “Devenir Isla - Inéditos 2022” (Casa Encendida, Madrid ES) and "how to make a fossil in a single day" (Galeria Ocupa!, Porto PT).

+ info: carolinagrilosantos.com





CARLOS MENSIL

Carlos Mensil is a visual artist and co-founder of the independent collective Campanice. In his work he explores the aesthetic and structural potential of materials outside their usual context in a territory of conceptual questioning, putting into perspective the notion of contemporary art and its transversality to other areas of knowledge.
Solo exhibitions (selection): “Farol”, Artes - Mota Galiza (Porto), 2023; “Risco Contínuo”, NO·NO Gallery (Lisbon), 2022; “Desenho Cego”, Galeria Ocupa (Porto), 2022; “Rotor”, Galeria Presença (Porto), 2021; “And From The Dust It Shall Return”, Travessa da Ermida (Lisbon), 2019.

http://carlosmensil.com/




DIANA GEIROTO

Diana Geiroto (1991, Lisbon, PT). Visual artist currently based in Porto; co-founder of the artistic collective Paralaxe. Since 2013, she has been creating and presenting work - her individual practice and research regarding objectual, material, and translation problematization. From the most recent projects she highlights: residency+collective show “Como plantar um penedo” (2022, CC Vila Flor); residency at Astronomic Observatory (2022, V.N Gaia); residency at Geophysics Institute + collective shows (2021, V.N. Gaia+Porto); group shows “O Legado“ and “Double Ends” at Presença Gallery (2022 and 2021, Porto).

https://dianageiroto.com/





FRANCISCO VENÂNCIO

Francisco Venâncio (Lisbon, 1990). Lives and works in Porto, where he co-founded the artist run-space and collective Campanice. He completed an MFA and an BA at Esad.CR, and has been exhibiting his work regularly since 2011, in solo and group exhibitions.

franciscovenancio.com

 



FRANCISCO MOURA RELVAS

Francisco Moura Relvas (Coimbra, 1985) is a director and cinematography producer, with a degree in Sound and Image - Vídeo (2008) completed in Universidade Católica Portuguesa; he also completed a Masters in Sound and Image - Television and Writing (2010) in the same institution. The movies he directed and created - O Dr. Adrián e os 5 Senhores (2015) and Armazónia (2021) - he explores political and social issues with satirical views.




JORGE LOURENÇO

Jorge Lourenço (1990, Póvoa de Varzim) graduated in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, and attended Latvijas Makslas Academija in Riga. In 2019 concluded a Post-graduation in Cinematic Art at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He has collaborated in exhibition projects since 2012, to mention the residence Apneia (Maus Hábitos, Porto), 7º Grandioso Fim de Semana (Bregas,Lisbon), the group show Them or Us! (Galeria Municipal do Porto), Como Plantar um Penedo (CCVF, Guimarães) and a recent collaboration with the Galician collective Nova Escultura Galega Complexo Colosso (CIAJG, Guimarães and Casa do Povo, Santiago de Compostela).





PAULO MARIZ

Paulo Mariz (Porto, 1989) has a degree in graphic design from ESAD in Matosinhos. Parallel to his work as a designer, he has been working on his research and production as a visual artist, focusing his work between image and drawing. Member of the workspace and collective Campanice since 2020. In 2022 he presented “Help Yourself Into My Garden”, his first solo exhibition, at Térmita/Armazém do Fundo, Porto.

Paulo Mariz — projects…





PATRÍCIA GERALDES

Patricia Geraldes (Picote,1980) graduated in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and has been developing a body of work that starts from the language of drawing and unfolds into pieces of sculpture and installation. Having as the main focus of her artistic research the ancient relationship between the human being and the Nature, the artist uses natural materials that she finds in her walks through the woods, mountains and beaches to develop installations that invoke notions of sustainability and ancestry. In addition to her personal work, she has developed public art interventions projects and actions with communities, with the intention of opening new perspectives with the participants of her artistic actions and philosophical games.

https://patriciageraldes.com/




RÚBEN FERNANDES

Rúben Fernandes (Caldas da Rainha, 1995). Rúben Fernandes, 24/07/1995. Born in Caldas da Rainha. Currently living in Porto(since 2019). Fine-Artist. My practice aims to decipher (correctly and incorrectly) an empirical posture in the world. Through drawing, painting and installation. Establishes pictorical non-places and dialogues between these empirical collections and incoherent narratives.

https://www.instagram.com/airinresort/