ERNESTO DE SOUSA: ALMADA, UM NOME DE GUERRA / NÓS NÃO ESTAMOS ALGURES

The Serralves Villa will be the venue for a reinterpretation of two mixed media pieces by Ernesto de Sousa: Almada, Um Nome de Guerra [Almada, A Name of War] and Nós Não Estamos Algures [We Are Not Somewhere]. Developed during the 1960s and 70s, these projects stemmed from the interest of the then filmmaker and cinema critic for the work of Almada Negreiros, who Ernesto de Sousa saw as a key figure in Portuguese contemporaneity, and the study of which should contribute to a renewal or reinvention of the avant-gardes.

The two mixed media pieces aim at transforming the way in which cinema was conceived in the wake of other experiments carried out in the 1960s that became known as ‘expanded cinema’. The pieces constitute a rupture in relation to the normalized and codified context of cinema venues by transforming the cinematographic experience through performative insertions during the projection of films and slides.

Alongside the presentation of these mixed media pieces, a documental exhibition is featured that outlines the process of their making, namely the collaboration with artists from areas such as graphic design (Carlos Gentil-Homem) and experimental music (Jorge Peixinho). Posters, stickers, period photographs, music scores and letters will also be shown that were gleaned from the material that has been exemplarily preserved by Isabel Alves.

Curators: João Fernandes and Ricardo NicolauCollaboration: Ana Baliza, José Bártolo and Isabel AlvesProduction: Fundação de Serralves
PerformanceALMADA, UM NOME DE GUERRA / NÓS NÃO ESTAMOS ALGURESOn the Opening Night of the Exhibition, 6th July (Fri), 22h00Free Entrance Artistic direction: João Sousa CardosoMusic performance: Grupo de Música Contemporânea de LisboaMusic director: Jaime Reis