During one week, I worked at my drawing table installed in the Werkraum Warteck building where Liste Art Fair takes place. Constantly moving around the fair, pen in hand, I took notes about people, some of the works shown there and the general mood- gradually changing from day one to the very last moment. I slowly turned …
Small lecture room, carpeted floor, small audience. The speaker uses a rostrum (which has an incorporated speaker), the lights are turned off to enable screen projection. The speaker reads her material and engages with the screen from time to time. I shall draw here about mentioned works, concepts, inventive words, and some random details. partner in …
Soundpainting- an international sign language for live composition. Hada Benedito, soundpainter, and her orchestra improvise on some of Méliès’ silent movies and animation of Andreas Karaoulanis. 3rd May: packed room at Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi Berlin. Big movie screen. Hada bears a red flower; 10th May: packed room at Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi Berlin. Big movie screen. Hada bears an ochre flower. I shall draw …
All day finissage. Curator guided tour. Catalogue launch. Access to the permanent private collection. People unceasingly coming and going. Some in their Sunday best, some casual. Part of Gallery Weekend 2015 in Berlin. I shall draw here about some of the works in the show, the space and the people, the guided tour, the catalogue launch, …
Lecture room, packed with people, flower arrangement close to microphone, mild afternoon mood; two armchairs, two upcoming speakers (one main speaker, one moderator); a backpack next to one armchair, a jacket hanging down from its backrest; camera rolling; small technical delay- audience grows familiar and louder. I shall draw here about details preceding the lecture, belonging …
I accompanied actress Ana Moreira on her quiet afternoon at “Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto”. I shall draw here about the continuous transitions from her home to the university’s cafeteria, to library, back to cafeteria, in the yard, to seminar room, again to cafeteria, again to seminar room and finally back home. …
Independent theatre project. Grand industrial hall, black carpet covering the entire floor; dark and cold. One director, one assistant, seven actors. Metal door constantly shaken by the wind- until one point. Rehearsal: actors reading from the scripts; drafts of movement (first day in the rehearsal when they move around). I shall draw here about the …
I accompanied filmmaker Salomé Lamas throughout her film projection and exhibition preparations at Serralves Foundation, one of the main contemporary art institutions in Portugal. I shall draw here about the intense work- on and off screen-required in having these movies shown. Partners: Salomé Lamas- filmmaker and researcher; Ricardo Nicolau- curator at Serralves Foundation; Paula Fernandes- curator …
Intimate, little audience. All ages. One main speaker; an occasional one. Projection screen. Large man sitting on a couch, close to the screen. A diminutive glass with liquor, placed on the ground. Subject: sound poetry. Partner: Rui Torres- poet/experimental (cyber)poet, associate professor at Fernando Pessoa University. Alternative link: http://po-ex.net/exposicoes/arquivo-vivo-e-anarquivo/alex-bodea-notas-visuais-acerca-de-texto-som-poesia-sonora-gato-vadio A trio, perfectly synchronized: The …
A group of 40-50 people, almost exclusively middle-aged/ supposedly teachers, at least some of them. One speaker; a nodding assistant; a laptop. The room looks like a fish tank- with one big glass wall. I shall briefly mention here some random details. At one moment the speaker’s voice cracks- giving a hint of how it …