Curating – One of the forms of work, a practice outside the law
Eduarda Neves
SCHEDULE

May 17 to June 7, 2024

Friday
17:00–20:00

DURATION

12 hours | 4 sessions

LOCAL

School of Arts – Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Campo de Ourique)

Over the past few decades, the exhibition curator has occupied an increasingly influential place in the art world. In reality, this is the culmination of a process of transformation of the profession whose beginnings date back to the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s, and which is associated with a phenomenon and movement admittedly “against” or “anti”-museum.

In Portugal, the years 1980-1990 stand out as the beginning of this prominence, which has come to occupy an increasingly relevant space in the national artistic, cultural and even media panorama. Many of the curatorial practices we see today have their roots, more or less admittedly, in the work developed by curators who directed cultural institutions, who come from academia or who have followed singularly independent paths. Some, however, seem to have in common forms of resistance to institutional structures through the exploration of new strategies for presenting and distributing contemporary art.

On the other hand, the influence of some of these professionals is equally visible in the way contemporary curators build their paths and seek to create striking images through their body of work. In addition to the functions of exhibition, conservation and dissemination of contemporary art, today's curator accumulates many others that give him legitimizing and even financial powers, however, it is in exhibition practice as a means of expression, reflection on the world and intervention that he focuses on. this set of sessions that brings together cured people with a consolidated professional path in dialogue with emerging professionals.

In this set of four sessions, it is proposed to address the relationships between the multiplicity of exhibition projects, strategies and critical programs that place curating as one of the forms of work and configure it as a practice outside the law.

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Main topics
  • Curation as a war machine;
  • Passions and insidies: curation as erotica and violence, with the participation of David Revés;
  • Curation and (in)dependent spaces, with the participation of Vera Carmo;
  • Curation and geopolitics, with the participation of Paula Nascimento.
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Author's bibliography

NEVES, E. 2023. Minor Bestiary. Lisbon: Drunk Boat.
NEVES, E. 2021. 35 Degrees Celsius. Essays on Contemporary Art. Lisbon: Palimpsest.
NEVES, E. 2019. Neither – This – Nor – That. Lisbon: Palimpsest.
NEVES, E. 2016. The Self-Portrait: photography and subjectivation. Lisbon: Palimpsest.

FEES

260, 00€

Payment conditions
Payment can be made in full upon registration.

Special conditions
10% discount for Autónoma community
30% discount for early birds (until May 2nd)
40% discount for under-23

ACCESS CONDITIONS

No access conditions.

REGISTRATIONS

Number of vacancies: 18

The course will only take place with a minimum number of registered students.

Eduarda Neves

Professor of contemporary art theory and criticism, an area in which she has published several articles and books. Independent curator having already presented multiple exhibition projects in national and international institutions and spaces. Its research and curatorial activity articulates the domains of art, philosophy and politics. Regular contributor to “Contemporânea” magazine. In 2021, she was the guest editor of #7 of this publication, dedicated to photography in the field of visual arts. His most recent books are: “O Auto-retrato. Photography and Subjectivation” (Lisbon: Palimpsesto | CEAA, 2016) [selected for the Pen Club award in the Essay category, 2017], “Nem-Isto-Nem-Aquilo” (2020) and “35 degrees Celsius. Essays on contemporary art” (2021) by the same publisher [selected for the Pen Club prize in the Essay category, 2022]. In 2022, he published the book “Bestiário Menor. Time and Labyrinth in contemporary art” (Lisbon: Barco Bêbado), which will be published in 2023 by &&& Books (The New Centre, Berlin). With a degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Aesthetics, she is an Assistant Professor at ESAP. Responsible for the CEAA Art and Critical Studies research group since 2013. Member of the Contemporary Art Acquisition Commissions for the Portuguese State Collection (2019-20) and for the Porto Municipal Collection (2021). Member of the Advisory Board of The New Center Research & Practice. She is currently director of ESAP – Escola Superior Artística do Porto.