Forum of the Future: TRANSMISSION, by CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
Auditório de Serralves
08 NOV 2018
Chaired by Ricardo Nicolau, senior curator and deputy to the Director of the Serralves Museum.
In antiquity, the new possibility of using written texts to transmit a memory for the future, profoundly transformed the notion of time and history. Since then we have been continually informed by the narratives of our ancestors. But what narratives are these, that determine our historical memories? What do they leave out and what is their truth?
Christian Boltanski, a French artist who works in the fields of photography, painting, sculpture and installation, has developed a unique oeuvre over the last five decades, which addresses universal issues such as loss, memory, childhood and death. His works often serve as memoirs for key historical moments of major civilisational impact. In his relationship with the idea of monument, Boltanski's work assumes a timeless character, linking together and blurring epochs as distant as antiquity and contemporaneity, in a constant challenge to the very idea of being up-to-date. In this talk, moderated by Ricardo Nicolau, senior curator and deputy to the director of Serralves Museum, the celebrated artist will talk about his extensive oeuvre, and its relationship with the transmission of works, historical memory and knowledge.
Session organized by Museu de Serralves. This seminar is integrated within the Forum of the Future project, commissioned by the Department of Culture of Porto Municipal Council.
Max. no. of participants: 250 personsInformation: Simultaneous interpretation
In antiquity, the new possibility of using written texts to transmit a memory for the future, profoundly transformed the notion of time and history. Since then we have been continually informed by the narratives of our ancestors. But what narratives are these, that determine our historical memories? What do they leave out and what is their truth?
Christian Boltanski, a French artist who works in the fields of photography, painting, sculpture and installation, has developed a unique oeuvre over the last five decades, which addresses universal issues such as loss, memory, childhood and death. His works often serve as memoirs for key historical moments of major civilisational impact. In his relationship with the idea of monument, Boltanski's work assumes a timeless character, linking together and blurring epochs as distant as antiquity and contemporaneity, in a constant challenge to the very idea of being up-to-date. In this talk, moderated by Ricardo Nicolau, senior curator and deputy to the director of Serralves Museum, the celebrated artist will talk about his extensive oeuvre, and its relationship with the transmission of works, historical memory and knowledge.
Session organized by Museu de Serralves. This seminar is integrated within the Forum of the Future project, commissioned by the Department of Culture of Porto Municipal Council.
Max. no. of participants: 250 personsInformation: Simultaneous interpretation
