Caixa - considerações sobre o lugar
[Box - considerations about the place]
André Banha and Orlando Franco
Convento de Cristo, Tomar
Opening: Saturday, 17th October 2015, 17H
Until 31st December 2015
Convento de Cristo, in Tomar, between October the 17th and December the 31st, presents the
exhibition Caixa - considerações sobre o lugar [Box - considerations about the place]by André
Banha and Orlando Franco, curated by Catarina da Ponte. This work appears inserted in the
cycle of Contemporary Art exhibitions, co-produced by Project Travessa da Ermida, in Belém,
Lisbon, and by Convento Cristo, in Tomar aiming to bring the Contemporary Art to this
emblematic monument of the history of Portugal.
The exhibition Caixa- considerações sobre o lugar [Box - considerations about the place]
presents a group of works, some produced individually by each artist and others thought as a
two man work. In this sense, the presented proposals create formal and conceptual areas of
contamination, always with a present preoccupation about dialogue with the architecture, the
history and the mystique of the place (convento).
Considering the archetype of geometrical construction, the box presents the intention of
reserving a space for a specific purpose. The walls define a new spatiality, mark a border,
invent in the outside the possibility of the inside.
Throughout installation, sculpture, video and photography the artists find ways of sparking
questions around concepts like time, light, space and monumentality. All of them decisive in
the experience of the place (convento).
André Banha and Orlando Franco have started, in 2014, a collaboration which have been being
translated in two man works signed by both, namely in “Prémio Artemar Estoril 2014”, “CAD
3” – Estúdio Susana Anágua invites André Banha and Orlando Franco”, in Cascais Cidadela Art
District; the “Observatório da espera, da luz e do tempo I”, in the Trienal no Alentejo, with
intervention in the Lagoa de Sto. André, in 2015 and, also in 2015, “Observatório da espera, da
luz e do tempo II”, in the Trienal no Alentejo, in the Auditório Municipal António Chainho, in
Santiago do Cacém,.
About the artists
André Banha (Santarém, 1980), lives and works Coruche. Graduated in Fine Arts by ESAD in
Caldas da Rainha, he has participated, among others, in the following collective exhibitions:
ESAD CALDAS 2005 IPL, Caldas da Rainha, 2005; LuzBoa, II Bienal Internacional da Luz, Lisbon,
2006; Anteciparte, 3.ª Edição, Lisbon, 2006 — participation in which he has been granted
honors; Coimbra-Aix-en-Provence, Convento de S. Francisco, Coimbra, 2007; Fazer falar o
desenho, Museu de Arte Contemporânea – Forte São Tiago, Funchal, 2007 (catalogue).
Finisterra, no âmbito do evento Allgarve, Convento do Espírito Santo, Loulé, 2008; Jeune
Création Européenne, (itinerant exhibition from 2007 to 2009); Processo e Transfiguração,
Casa da Cerca - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada, 2010; Guimarães, Arte
Contemporânea 2011, Palácio Vila Flor e Laboratório das Artes, Guimarães, 2011 (catalogue);
Vicente, Projecto Ermida de Belém, Lisbon, 2011, Lumina, Festival da Luz, Sintra, 2011; Projeto
– Cosmic Underground, itinerant, 2012; 4th International Festival of Light-SkyWay, Torun,
Poland, 2012; O CORAÇÃO, centro do nosso universo, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra,
Coimbra, 2012 (catalogue). Of his individual exhibitions are enhanced: Abrigo-me, Violeta
Contemporary Art, Caldas da Rainha, 2006; De dentro…, no espaço 20m³, Galeria Carlos
Carvalho – Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2007; Segurei-te o pôr-do-sol, VPF Cream Art Gallery,
Lisbon, 2008; Desenho e Escultura, Academia de Artes dos Açores, 2008; A casa das duas
portas, Biblioteca da FCT/UNL, Campus de Caparica, 2010; desenho, escultura, VPF Cream Art
Gallery, 2010/11.
Orlando Franco (Santarém, 1977), lives and works in Lisbon. Graduated in Fine Arts by ESAD in
Caldas da Rainha, he was an Erasmus scolorship holder in Facultad de Bellas Artes in
Salamanca and has a Post Graduation in Teories of Art by Faculdade Belas Artes da
Universidade de Lisboa. He develops a plural activity in the field of visual arts, as artist,
independent curator, professor and cultural mediator. Collaborates with teaching and
museological institutions. In his work he explores the video means, installation, sculpture,
image (static and in movement) and drawing. He has been presenting his work regularly since
1999. He has participated, among others, in the following collective exhibitions: “O Peso e a
Ideia” – Plataforma Revólver, lisbon (2012) “Matriz Caldas – Museu do Hospital Termal, Caldas
da Rainha (2011) “SUCKING REALITY”|Fuso, anual de vídeo arte internacional de Lisboa – BES
Arte&Finança, Lisbon (2011) “…and then again…”Museu da Cidade – Pavilhão Preto, Lisbon
(2010); “Enganar a Fome” – Espaço Avenida 211, Lisbon; “Na Margem do Vísivel”, Sala Do
Veado- MHN, Lisbon (2008); “Debaixo do Tapete” – Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon (2007); “V
Prémio City Desk”, Centro Cultural de Cascais; “Bartolomeu 5″ Lisbon (2005); “Anteciparte”,
Lisbon (2004).
Press:
Fábia Fernandes| [email protected]| tel.: 213 637 700
“Caixa - considerações sobre o lugar”, André Banha and Orlando Franco
Opening 17th October 2015, Saturday, 17H
Where Convento de Cristo| Colina do Castelo 2300-000 Tomar|249 315 089
Opening Hours 9h00 às 18h30
Organization Direção Geral do Património Cultural| Convento de Cristo |Projeto
Travessa da Ermida
Support Companhia de Seguros Lusitânia | Câmara Municipal de Tomar |Instituto
Politécnico de Tomar | Verallia |Cafetaria do Castelo