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Word, Thought and Contemporary Art – Artists Dictionary
Gonçalo M. Tavares
SCHEDULE

February 2nd to 16th, 2024

Friday
18:00–22:00

DURATION

12 hours | 3 sessions

LOCAL

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

What can we think and write based on the work of some contemporary artists? Based on the book “Dicionário de Artistas” by Gonçalo M. Tavares, Relógio d'Água edition, and references to “Atlas of the Body and Imagination” – recommended for this twelve-hour course – the aim is to spark a joint reflection about image, movement and words.

The aim of the course is to bring book readers closer to contemporary art, through a succinct presentation of the work of some of the most relevant contemporary artists and their relationship with the word. Students will be invited to actively participate, in different ways, and, in this sense, each one is asked to bring a cell phone or computer to carry out group research actions.

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Main topics
  • Image and thought;
  • Language and thought;
  • Movement and thought;
  • Contemporary art practices (from works by Francis Alys, Darren Almond, Carl Andre, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Broodthaers, Joan Brossa, Daniele Buetti, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Christo, Martin Creed, John Currin, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Sylvie Fleury, Lucian Freud, Gilbert & George, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Thomas Grunfeld, Andreas Gursky, Gary Hill, Carsten Holler, Ilya Kabakov , Tadeusz Kantor, On Kawara, Milan Knizak, Jeff Koons, Oleg Kulik, Sol LeWitt, Sarah Lucas, Piero Manzoni, De Maria, Paul McCarthy, Henrik Olesen, Gabriel Orozco, Nam June Paik, Charles Ray, Pipilotti Rist, Gregor Schneider, Julia Scher, Richard Serra, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, David Shrigley, Santiago Sierra, Andreas Slominski, Sam Taylor-Wood, Bill Viola, Gillian Wearing, Franz West and Rachel Whiteread).
FEES

425, 00€

Payment conditions
Payment can be made in full upon registration.

Special conditions
10% discount for Autónoma community
30% discount for early birds (until January 23rd)
40% discount for under-23

ACCESS CONDITIONS

No access conditions.

REGISTRATIONS

Number of vacancies: 25

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

Gonçalo M. Tavares

Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in 1970. Since 2001 he has published books in different literary genres and is being translated in more than 50 countries. His books have received several awards in Portugal and abroad. With “Aprender a rezar na Era da Técnica” he received the Prix du Meuilleur Livre Étranger 2010 (France), an award previously awarded to Robert Musil, Orhan Pamuk, John Updike, Philip Roth, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Elias Canetti, among others . Some other international awards: Portugal Telecom Prize 2007 and 2011 (Brazil), Prize Internazionale Trieste 2008 (Italy), Prize Belgrade 2009 (Serbia), Grand Prix Littéraire du Web – Culture 2010 (France), Prix Littéraire Européen 2011 (France). He was also a finalist on different occasions for the Prix Médicis and Prix Femina. “A Journey to India” received, among others, the Grand Prize for Novel and Novel APE 2011. His books gave rise, in different countries, to plays, dances, radio plays, short films and visual arts objects, dance, art videos, opera, performances, architectural projects, academic theses, etc.