FPM #7 | mapping form - works from the PLMJ Foundation collection
Synopsis
The exhibition explores different pathways of thought and visual experience, traversing poetic, aesthetic and political imaginaries. It draws on the sculpture, painting and drawing sections of the PLMJ Foundation’s collection.
The concept of mapping, reflected in the exhibition's title, is typically linked to the graphical representation of territory. Here, however, the concept extends beyond geography to encompass the psychological and visual landscapes that are shaped by the forms which structure our individual and collective experiences. These landscapes emerge in a contemporary environment that is flooded with a constant stream of images and endless reproductions of formats and content.
The exhibition draws inspiration from A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (MillePlateaux) by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. In this work, mapping is understood as an open-ended and unpredictable process that continually evolves in a manner similar to artistic creation itself. As they write:“The map is open and can be connected in all of its dimensions. It is detachable, reversible and open to constant modification. It can be torn apart, reversed, adapted to different kinds of constructions, prepared by an individual, a group or a social formation. It can be drawn on a wall, conceived as a work of art, constructed as a political action or as a meditation.”
Following the authors' critical framework, the act of mapping is understood as rhizomatic rather than hierarchical. It is characterised by multiple points of entry and continual reinterpretation, rather than by replication or tracing.
The exhibition therefore takes on a performative dimension, embracing the plurality of meanings generated through its construction and presentation.
Enquiries
Opening reception: 12 November, 18h30 to 20h00.
For visits from 13 November onwards, please contact: fundacaoplmj@plmj.pt
Authors represented in the exhibition
Carlos Bunga, Carlos Correia, Catarina Marques Domingues, Cecília Costa, Diana Policarpo, Fernando Marques de Oliveira, Filipa César, Francisco Trêpa, Isabel Madureira Andrade, Ídasse, João Ferro Martins, João Motta Guedes, João Pedro Vale + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, José Drummond, Maria Durão, Margarida Lagarto, Miguel António Domingues, Mingyu Wu, Nuno Sousa Vieira, Pedro Calapez, Pedro Chorão, Pedro Tudela, Rita Ferreira, Rita Gaspar Vieira, Rui Chafes, Teresa Henriques.
Curator
João Silvério
Works featured in the exhibition
Axiomático I; Questões Celestiais V; I’M SORRY DAVE I’M AFRAID I CAN’T DO THAT; Sem título (série "A Pele da Água"); Abraço no Jardim das Hespérides; Promessas #8; Promessas #7; Promessas #6; Bodies We Care For III; Bodies We Care For II; Untitled, Model #33; Sem título (Devir); Sem título (da série Força Fraca); Je m’amuse (mémoires); Romance Reedit; Máscara Suena; Trovador; Sem título; Sem título; Sem título - Os passos em volta (Azulejos); Capot cercle; Narval (da série Quanta Rariora Tanta Meliora); Flores Macho e Fêmea; Uma Rosa é Uma Rosa; Fragmento; Little Bird Cut (porte médio); Eco #2 (Originalmente intitulada Dois Tempos #2); Variações num quadrado #23; Sem título; Coluna Húmida, Amuleto, Boca seca, Boca seca, Buracos ou Percevejos, Amuleto; Coleção de Nada #4; Turbin Hall; Serralves