In “Observatório de tangentes”, Valter Ventura departs from the historical figure Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) and his 1882 invention, the Fusil photographique. By recovering an object from the past that itself represents a cultural intersection, Ventura proposes to examine the “photographic” within its multiple overlapping circumstances (technological, philosophical, aesthetic and communicational), pursuing in the origins of photography and its various devices the hidden genesis of the identity crisis that photography undergoes today.
SONAE Room
entry: General ConditionsObservatório de tangentes
Valter Ventura
2017-02-17
2017-05-07
On Exhibition
Night for Day, 2020
EMILY WARDILL
2024-04-19
2024-06-23
This is a work of enormous rigor and cinematographic quality, which expertly and dialectically explores Portugal's recent history, contributing to the urgent and incessant search for the meaning of democracy and freedom
Léthê's daughters
2024-04-04
2024-04-28
Curatorship: Lúcia Saldanha
Making visible the identity and memories of women who were and are part of history before and after April 25th, addressing the fragility and instability of rights conquered and yet to be conquered,