Teatro Anatómico
4 march 2023 — 28 january 2024
Curator: João Sousa Cardoso
TEATRO ANATÓMICO
Created by João Sousa Cardoso With the Treger Saint Silvestre collection Invited artists André Sousa + Fernão Cruz + Horácio Frutuoso
By invitation of the Centro de Arte Oliva, João Sousa Cardoso has created a unique perspective on the Treger Saint Silvestre collec-tion, one of Europe’s leading collections of art brut/outsider art, in a site-specific project in which the interplay of bodies, objects and presence generate a dialogue with the tradition of theatre.
The exhibition is inspired by the anatomical theatre of Padua, the world’s frst permanent room of its kind, visited and admired by Goethe on his trip to Italy. Installed in 1595, was a symbol of scientific progress in the study of anatomy and served as a model for anatomical theatres for Europe’s most important universities. Teatro Anatómico ANATOMICAL THEATRE aims to dissect and reflect a complex, winding and organic collection, that is normally far removed from the world of contemporary art. At the same time, it inspires a local sensorial experience that implies the participation of bodies and materiality associated to images, in the age of the virtual econo-my. And, in a political gesture, it encourages us to think about the cruelty capable of suspending the cycles of barbarism.
Artists: Agnès Baillon, Albert Moser, Alireza Maleki, Franck Lundangi, Hassan, Horst Ademeit, Jacques Deal, Jean-Jules Chasse-Pôt (Paul Rancillac), Jorge Varela, Josef Wittlich, Marc Giai-Miniet, Martin Erhard, Mettraux, Miroslav Tichý, Peter Caddy, René Bértholo, Sam Nhlengethwa, Tomasz Machciński, Valentine Fournier
SIDE PROGRAM
March 16 | 13:30 | PAUSE dedicated to René Bértholo by Susana Rodrigues
March 19 | 15:00 | Visit in LGP with Ângelo Costa
March 26 | 15:00 | Guided visit with Susana Rodrigues
March 30 | 13:30 | PAUSE dedicated to Tomasz Machciński by Miguel Almeida
June 3 | 3pm | Guided visit with João Sousa Cardoso and André Sousa
June 3 | 17h00 | Catherine David “Modern Art and Art Brut: anatomy of a misunderstanding”
June 8 | 14:00 | PAUSE dedicated to Horst Ademeit by Joana Ribeiro
July 2 | 15:00 | Guided visit with Miguel Almeida
September 24 | 15:00 | LGP workshop visit with Ângelo Costa
December 10 | 15:00 | Guided visit with Joana Ribeiro
João Sousa Cardoso holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Paris Descartes University (Sorbonne). He was a fellow of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2005-2009). He directed the stage play, A Ronda da Noite, by Agustina Bessa-Luis, performed at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2022) and has directed Sequências Narrativas Completas at the D. Maria II National Theatre (2019). He directed TEATRO EXPANDIDO! (2015) at the Municipal Theatre of Porto. He has directed several flms. He is a professor at the Universidade Lusófona. He regularly writes for the PÚBLICO newspaper and the art magazine Contemporânea.
Video tour of the exhibition © Paulo Cunha Martins
Exhibition views © Dinis Santos
