ARBORESCENT RESISTANCE
“Arborescent || Resistance” comprises a two-folded rhizomatic exhibition that grows pervasively through the cracks in the system, the void of deep-rooted preconceptions and the interstices of barriers erected between people. Addressing social and environmental issues, this exhibition mirrors the themes discussed in the “ELO Conference 2023: Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change” by exploring them creatively in a diverse number of formats, from VR to print-based artworks.
“Arborescent” decries the impact of negligent behaviour towards nature, which endangers species and desegregates entire communities. “Resistance” exposes the corrosive effects of human relationships grounded on predatory profit, inequality, hate, and repression. Following the trail of the ELO Conference 2023, both exhibitions take a stand against sources of division among people.
Located at the Convento São Francisco (more precisely at Aeminium room C1A2 and Dona Inês room C1E), the two exhibitions will also permeate the WWW with a gallery online that amplifies the voice of authors featured at the “Arborescent || Resistance” exhibition.
“Arborescent || Resistance” displays a selection of over 60 works curated by Daniela Côrtes Maduro, Alex Saum-Pascual, Rui Torres, and Manuel Portela. All artworks were carefully evaluated and selected by a Scientific Committee before reaching the hands of the curatorial team. We would like to thank the Scientific Committee and all the artists that have accepted to share their works with us.
The “Arborescent || Resistance” exhibition will open on the 12th of July 2023, at 14:00, and it will remain available to conference participants and the general public until the 15th of July 2023. If you also wish to attend the conference talks, please register at the conference website.
Daniela Côrtes Maduro, Manuel Portela, Alex Saum-Pascual, Rui Torres
Artists whose work is featured at this exhibition: Beat Suter and René Bauer; Jason Nelson; Will Luers, Hazel Smith and Roger Dean; Amira Hanafi; Serge Bouchardon, Isabelle Cros, Erika Fülöp and Simon Renaud; Anna Tolkacheva and Andrey Nosov; Alinta Krauth; Matti Kangaskoski; Deena Larsen; Natalia Fedorova; Jose Aburto; Oriana Confente; David Ciccoricco; Sasha Stiles; Terhi Marttila; Faith Bassey and Deena Larsen; Javeria Kausar; Maria Mencia; Bjørn Magnhildøen, Isabel Brison, Joana Chicau and Renick Bell, Cyborg Art Collective, Antonela Debiasi, Andy Deck, Benna Gaean Maris, Bob Georgeson, Nicole Kouts, Tatjana Macic, Ilias Marmaras, Konstantina Mavridou, Daniel Melendez, Zsolt Mesterhazy, Edward Picot, A. A. Sesma, Alan Sondheim, Elle Thorkveld, A. P. Vague, Nick Montfort and Annie Abrahams; Kavi Duvvoori; Eyal Gruss; Owen Roberts; Alan Bigelow; Christine Chong; Liat Berdugo and Emily Martinez; Alan Sondheim; Karen Araceli Palacio Pastor; Damon Pham; Caitlin Fisher; Nick Montfort; Léa Martin; Joel Ong; Jolene Armstrong, Angela Joosse, Kari Maaren, Siobhan O’Flynn, Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof and Monique Tschofen; Sharon Musa and Joo Park; Tina Escaja; John T. Murray, Mark C. Marino, Maria Cecilia Reyes and Mikaeyla Gensler; Ian Hatcher, Anna Nacher, Søren Bro Pold, Scott Rettberg and Ashleigh Steele; Christine Wilks; Luca Messarra; Fabian Mosele; Piotr Marecki; Alejandro Romero-Hernández, Tina Escaja, Lara Marin and Maria Vega; Mez Breeze; Chris Arnold; Scott Rettberg; Jose Aburto, Natalija Boljsakov and Ferran Gisbert; Reham Hosny and Mohamed A. Nasef ; Anne Sullivan and Anastasia Salter; Maria de Los Angeles Martinez Estevez, Marcos De La Fuente and Ismael Faro; Sally Morfill; Luis Lucas Pereira.
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