Igor Jesus (please add/edit)

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Paragraph with description of the event (due 14th December)

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Audio-visual artist Igor Jesus reemerges^[a] in the contemporary art scene with his upcoming exhibition at Antecâmara in March 2024, marking yet another paradigmatic shift at the nexus of art and technology. The installation, one of five rooms^[b][c] embodying the multifaceted project AYNI – Theorems of Reciprocity, revolves around an electronic sculpture that transcends the conventional boundaries of static art, incorporating photography, movement, interactive sound and radio elements. As a testament to the artist’s material inventiveness, the piece pulsates with dynamic sound and visual effects, prompting viewers to engage in a multi-sensory experience that transcends the confines of the gallery room. Remarkably, Igor Jesus showcases his ability to translate visual stimuli into auditory experiences, crafting a synesthetic journey that challenges established perceptions of artistic vision. A unique sensory experience that borrows concepts from the artist’s previous work, this exhibition pushes the boundaries of artistic expression, ways of perception, and spectatorship.

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Papagiao or Parrots, by Igor Jesus is a multi-media installation, which revolves around an electronic sculpture. The installation, one of five rooms embodying the multifaceted project AYNI – Theorems of Reciprocity, examines the predominance of anthropocentric otologies of perception and proposes, much like his larger body of practice, that art and artistic practice has the means to visibilise the otherwise imperceptible. Departing from traditional static art, this exhibition integrates photography, movement, interactive sound, and radio elements. The piece, in conversation with the physical space of the here and now also pulsates with dynamic sound and visual effects, offering a sensory journey that extends beyond the boundaries of the gallery space. Papagiao builds on Igor Jesus’s previous works, including Poem of Fire (2021), where he blended classical and electronic music together with light and astrological activity. Inspired by the unfinished work of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1871–1915), Poem of Fire explored the modelling of sound after the visual, using a NASA database to translate solar pulses into song. By drawing inspiration from previous experiences, Papagiao invites viewers to engage with a living sculpture, a space to meditate, a space of liminality, through a different kind of discourse. The artist’s ability to translate visual stimuli into auditory experiences creates a synesthetic encounter, challenging conventional notions of artistic vision. Given the loyalty to his research-based practice, the installation serves as a natural progression of a kind of exploration that at once pushes the boundaries of expression and audience engagement and also creates new discursive and epistemic material in the field of perception. Lastly, by framing the piece’s multisensory elements within Antecâmara, we imagine Jesus’s narrative to infuse the hollowed spaces of the building’s architecture, while also, due to the space’s exhibitionism-ready windows, extends beyond the confines of the gallery. It would be laborious attempt to define the threshold between inside and outside, of where the skin of the artwork truly ends. Instead, Papagiao serves itself as a translatory and transitory experience with more-than-human phenomenon.

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- Questions for Luísa

- Is there a concept note/ brief/ write-up for the overearching theme (Ayni:Theorems of Reciprocity) conceived by Luísa?

- What’s the total budget? Fee + Production?

- If Igor’s presentation is possibly in March, is our production time November-March ?

Practical questions for Igor later…

- Has Igor visited or would like to see the campus gallery or any other potential site on campus? Can we arrange that along with a meeting with him?

-1 paragraph per artist

- How does temporality of the experience play a role in his work? Does the audience have free-reign in the experience?

- ideas for communication (social media/ parallel programme...)

- Other general possibilities depending on Igor’s disposition:

-  workshop/studio visit for interested pre-registered audience

- Artist Walk/Talk, Panel discussion, Q&A

- Student tours/ ticketed for reimbursing additional costs or towards artist fee

- List of eventual needs that imply budget, venues and others

        - Tech rider

        - Print collaterals

        - Transportation, storage, insurance?

        - Drinks/ Opening event costs? If other collaborations such as event partner/ space partner etc., aren’t possible

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Why we are excited to work with Igor

• First experience curating

1 paragraph about Igor Jesus (for 26th October class)

Igor Jesus is a multimedia contemporary artist known for his work with sculpture and film. He has a degree in sculpture from the University of Lisbon, and has won multiple awards, such as the Prémio Novos Artistas EDP in 2017 for his artworks, and a first place award from the ICA (Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual) in 2013 for one of his short films. He has presented several individual and collective exhibitions since 2013 throughout Portugal as well as internationally.

Public programming

• The ping-pong dinner

Communication plan draft

Target Audience:

Students, Local Residents, Art & Multimedia Enthusiasts, Tourists

Social Media:  

Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn

*Create event pages, behind scenes reels

*Share previous work, work in progress

*IG & LinkedIn Artist Live interview

Website:

*Create event page with multimedia samples

Email:

*UCP highlight artists and details

*Art and gallery list

Art & Culture Bloggers:

*Pitch Igor for interviews/articles

*Share show details and highlight past work

Partnerships & Invitations:

*Partner with Educational institutions and tech companies w. focus multimedia arts to do session / panel before show

Pre-Event Reception

* Meet with Artist reception 1 hr before

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16 November, 2023

Igor Jesus is a multimedia contemporary artist known for his practice that intersects sound, sculpture and film. His work explores phenomenon that escape or sit outside normative human perception, and finds ways to translate them. A key part of his work –  making the invisible visible – are the connections that transcend conceptual and media boundaries, providing space for the experiences that are incommunicable through individual media.

Jesus has a degree in sculpture from the University of Lisbon, and has won multiple awards, such as the Prémio Novos Artistas EDP in 2017 for his artworks, and a first-place award from the ICA (Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual) in 2013 for one of his short films. He has presented several individual and collective exhibitions since 2013 throughout Portugal as well as internationally.

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Dear Luísa,

I hope this e-mail finds you well! We want to give you an update on how our studio visit with Igor went so that you are in the loop about our newest plans and ideas. I have also included notes from our meeting at Antecâmara today, and some questions for you in yellow.

On Friday the 19th, the group was picked up by Igor at Odivelas Station and went to his big(!) studio/workshop. There we got to see his work in progress, and he (in a very simplified version) illustrated how the art piece, Papagaio, will work. We got to ask many questions, brainstorm, and go into detail about the production, and we had some great clarifications, like the fact that he wants us to do what we want to do - regarding the public program and the opening. Being in the same room encouraged us to come up with new ideas, and I think we all felt that it was such a nice evening and that it made the exhibition more fathomable and exciting.

 Papagaio

-        He has taken several photos, with a distorted lens, and when these photos return from printing in Germany, we will go together as a group and choose one.

-        This photo will be printed in 2 x 2 m and hung from the ceiling at Antecâmara.

-        He has recorded sound around Antecâmara.

-        After dark, a projector will “dance” around on the picture, and like an LP player’s needle, read the photo.

-        This reading will go on to two exciters attached to the windows.

-        And through the vibrations of the window, be directed to the amplifier.

-        And then come out as sound.

Practical needs

Needs to purchase:

-        Exciters x 2

Need to borrow:

-        Projector (Igor has a friend who can lend a projector to him, but if that doesn’t work he knows a place where he can rent one - we will get more clarity on this point)

-        Amplifier

Need to produce:

-        The photo-print (2m x 2m)

Already have:

-        Device to hang the photo

If the total amount of the purchases is more than the production budget, Igor will use his fee to cover it.

Ideas

-        Bigorna joining us for the picking of the photo and documenting for social media. Also bringing them along on a tour of previous works, and the installation. “The journey to the piece” / “Closing in on Igor” ...

-        A tour of Igor’s works around Lisbon, either close to his opening or on the same day.

-        Guided tours/workshops with schools around Antecâmara

Questions for you, Luísa:

-        Igor might want to change the title, as Papagaio was chosen under time pressure, and he is not feeling that it relates that well to the work. If we push him to come up with a new name ASAP, is it still time to get it in the print?

-        When is the opening at Católica? We might be able to connect this to the guided tour/Bigorna or in another way.

Best regards from the group!

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Meeting With Ana Viegas at Antecâmara

29th January 2024

Instalment: From March the 25th

Opening: March 28th 18:00

Exhibition: March 28th - May 4th

De-instalment: May 5th - ?

Information for Igor:

• Send the measurements of the room to Igor
• Instalment period is from the 25th March
• He can work day an night during the instalment period

Questions for Igor:

• Can you come to Antecâmara to test during February - or before the 14th? Also to invision where the different elements should be placed for it to be viewed from the inside and the outside, and to see how it should be hanged from the ceiling
• How loud is the piece going to be? If it can be heard from upstairs, the piece can not be on during the night, that is why we need to know
• Where will the projector be placed? Hanged from the roof or on the ground?
• Does the print have a frame?
• How heavy is the print?
• How big are the exciters?

Information from Ana Viegas:

• Exhibition text needs to be ready one week before the opening, send it to Antecâmara when ready
• Only the gallery space will be open for the vernissage
• Tours can be done Monday-Thursday, always people there in the working hours (the door can also be opened remotely)
• She will check with a catering firm she knows if we can borrow 40-50 glasses. Idea: Write name on the glasses

Vernissage ideas:

• Write on the windows, the name of the exhibition, duration, etc.
• Shamucha’s for the opening

Podcast:

• For the podcast to happen, we need to make a proposal for when - and how to frame it - to Igor.

Antecâmara is ready for it when we are

Média:

• Send text snd layout for Igor exhibition program
• They send newsletter out to announce events so we can send text 1 to 2 weeks before
• Open to going share  post on their IG- send text images 1 to 2 weeks out

Feb 8 Communications & Marketing  Notes

Website - submit update Feb21

• Update title, text per Luisa and edit Bio

Email - Lisbon Consortium March 20, 25/26

• Announcement 1 week out
• Reminder email

Instagram post + story

• Announcement Artist Profile March 15
• Exhibition work - March 20
• Reminder March 25, 27

Antecâmara

• Email draft March 1 - send March 20
• Instagram draft March 1 send March 21 or 24

Art Galleries or  Art influencers

• Outreach Feb 12

Podcast

• Schedule with antecâmara Pedro?!
• Decide if team intros or 1 or 2 people intro Art work concert sounds

Signage $50 euro for exhibition

Draft IG profile

Meeting 8th February

Production: 600€

Fee: 500€  (has Igor already invoiced this?)

Extra: 300€ (how much of this is still available?)

Signage: 50€ (can we use it for something else, if we don’t use it all on signage?)
Vernissage: 50€

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New questions for Igor

• Do you want signage of the piece (wall, floor, the piece)? Your name on the window with dates for the exhibition OK?

Art showing - possible tour?

• Culturegest (if we can get free access for the tour)
• Catolica?
• Alvalade? In his studio
• Estrela
• Antecamara

Bigorna-proposals

• Joana is contact person
• Physical tour ending at Antecamara: Connecting different art pieces at different galleries or connecting science and art

Antecamara-contact

• Ida does initial contact, naming the e-mail and introducing the group
• We all always reply in the same thread
• Budget

Aishwarya:

• Writing curatorial article

Teresa:

• Igor primary contact
• Translate curatorial article

Ida:

• Venue contact
• Ask when we have to be out
• Budget responsible

Roz:

• Bigorna-contact
• AYNI Email, IG, FB, Website
• Antecâmara Newsletter, IG

Joana:

• Public program with schools
• Joana will get the answers by the 16th February

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Communications and Marketing Updates – March 1, 2024

Igor Jesus “Time Machine””

Website AYNI – Submitted for update February 19

• Update Title “Time Machine”, Text per Luisa email and edits to Bio
• Follow-up on March 5 with Maria to request Igor page update by Friday Completed

Email – Lisbon Consortium | March 20 and March 25/26 (will coordinate with the other March exhibitions.

• Announcement 1 week out before Break
• Reminder Email
• Follow- up on March 5 with Lisbon Consortium to schedule email on March 18

Team - comments/feedback on photo options and any content changes?Completed 

Instagram – AYNI

• Announcement – Artist Profile + Event Date  - March 15
• Exhibition Work – March 20
• Reminder Post – March 25, March 27
• Follow up with Emma.  She recommended I do posting since platform seems to be more stable - Post Dates and Content listed below  

• March 13 - Igor profile + announcement
• March 15 - Igor past exhibitions
• March 18 - Studio photos
• March 20 - Igor Tour + Podcast
• March 26 - 48 HRS EVENT REMINDER  

Sofia - Igor Exhibition Video

• Cancelled Igor Studio Visit
• Confirm and Share Student Tour Dates - To get Sofia on board to film

Antecámara Social Media

• Joint Email Announcement – March 20 (Draft complete by March 1)
• Instagram – March 21 or 24 (Draft complete by March 1)
• Teresa shared Igor Exhibition details with Antecamara  - Need to follow up on when it will be published so can share on IG

Art Galleries, Art Influencers

• Any local art galleries or social media sites to partner –

Podcast -Set meeting to discuss podcast content (Team Intro segements or 1 Person intro Segments

• Idea was to use the art sound – concert of art work?

ADD POST REQUEST HERE! THANKS

•  Post Ideas

FEEDBACK REQUEST BY MON. MARCH 4  Completed  & Sent Copy

LISBON CONSORTIUM EMAIL DRAFT (choose between images below)

We would like to invite you to the fifth installation of Ayni: Theorems of Reciprocity, the multi-media installation Time Machine (2023), by Igor Jesus. This installation integrates photography, movement, interactive sound, and radio elements and will premiere at Galeria Antecâmara, on the 28th of March 2024, from 6 p.m.  Join us as we watch Time Machine transition from day to night.

Presented at Antecamara starting on the 28th March to 4th May 2024, Igor’s Time Machine explores philosophical perspectives that give priority to human-centric views of reality. Consistent with Igor practice, the exhibition highlights that creativity and artistic expression have the special power to make visible what is invisible.The work, in conversation with the physical space of the here and now, also pulsates with dynamic sound and visual effects, offering a sensory journey that extends beyond the boundaries of the gallery space.

Time Machine builds on Igor Jesus’s previous works, including Poem of Fire (2021), where he blended classical and electronic music together with light and astrological activity. Inspired by the unfinished work of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1871–1915), Poem of Fire explored the modeling of sound after the visual, using a NASA database to translate solar pulses into song. Lastly, by framing the piece’s multisensory elements within Galeria Antecâmara, one can imagine Jesus’s narrative infusing the hollowed spaces of the building’s architecture, while also, due to the space’s exhibitionism-ready windows, extending beyond the confines of the gallery.

Igor Jesus lives and works in Lisbon and has a degree in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. In 2013, he won the first prize in the ICA (Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual) competition for the making of short films. Igor most recent group exhibitions include: HangarOut – EntreLinhas, Palácio Marquês de Abrantes (2017), 2016 Artists' Film International (at MAAT, Lisbon, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Istanbul Modern, Turkey, GAMeC – Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, and Projecto 88, Mumbai, India) 

Curated by PhD and MA Students in Culture Studies at The Lisbon Consortium, Universidade Católica Portuguesa: Teresa Weinholtz, Aishwarya Kumar, Rosalind Murphy, Ida Svee and Joana Nóbrega. In the framework of the seminar in Curatorial Practices, coordinated by Luísa Santos. Support: República Portuguesa - Cultura | DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes.

Learn more about the project on AYNI website and instagram.

Best regards,

Lisbon Consortium

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