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From the 8th of September to the 24th of November, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana presented a comprehensive programme featuring installations, archives and performances by the participants of the edition.
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Sculptured in darkness
- TypeInstallation
- ParticipantHugo Canoilas
- VenueNatural Science Museum
Sculptured in darkness, 2020-2024 © Hugo Canoilas. Photo © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Cecília Coca
Adopting a “making with” methodology, the Portuguese artist Hugo Canoilas allows nature to become part of his work. The artist is interested in correlating, or diffusing, what he is creating with what is happening in nature, a process that that he considers close to osmosis. He is less motivated to impose his work on the world, and more inclined to seek forms of co-habitation and alternative – maybe revolutionary – narratives for coexistence. In the garden of the Natural Science Museum, Canoilas brings art, nature, humans and more-than-human beings together, envisioning and speculating about a radically inclusive, egalitarian, non-colonised and post-capitalist world. Natural science museums typically serve to categorise, preserve and spread knowledge about different species of varying rarity. In this museum, Canoilas’ work challenges categorisations and dualisms while proposing bonds with nature that are hybrid, symbiotic, kindred, imaginative and – last but certainly not least – more equitable.
Sculptured in darkness, 2020-2024 © Hugo Canoilas. Photo © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Cecília Coca
2020-2024
Glass sculptures, textile
Dimensions variable, adapted to the environment
Courtesy of the artist
Supported by the Directorate-General for the Arts of the Ministry of Culture of Portugal and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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