Vasco Araújo · Pathosformel

Vasco Araújo was in artistic residence at Escola das Artes during the school year 2019-20, period during which he produced the exhibition/film Pathosformel.  

Pathosformel is a new work by Vasco Araújo, in video format, and it is an interdisciplinary work, both in form and content, having as premise the deconstruction and reconstruction of behavioral codes that reflect on the subject's relationship with the outside world. 

The performance of the body, the voice, gestures, language and established social forms are rethought through formal and conceptual devices associated with opera, palace etiquette, Greco/Roman mythology, defining a proper space, aesthetic and discursive. Broadly based on Literature, Philosophy, as well as Classical Studies, the artist intends to critically expose: the gaze of the Other; the potential ambiguity of interpersonal relationships; the fragility of systems taken for granted; tragedy versus melodrama; the construction of an idea of reality; the relationships between identity and sexuality; the virtue and morality of duty; the geography of affections and the drives of desire and passion.

Curator: Nuno Crespo

School of Arts Exhibition Room

Inauguration: October 16, 2019 | 5:30 pm

Final Date: January 15, 2021 | 7:00 pm

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday | 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Free Entrance

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View of the exhibition

Access to the exhibition is subject to the following rules:

• Mandatory use of mask;
• Hand disinfection with alcohol-gel at the entrance (available on site);
• Obligatory social distance of two meters between visitors;
• Exclusive stay of three visitors at the exhibition;
• Maximum length per visit of thirty minutes 

Vasco Araújo (Lisbon, 1975) is a name consecrated on the contemporary art circuit. Winner of the EDP New Artists Award in 2003, he has exhibited individually and collectively since then in prestigious venues and events such as Museu de Serralves, Gasworks, Jeu de Paume, Bienal de Veneza or Palais de Tokyo. His work ranges from painting to sculpture, from photography to film, dealing with themes of memory, identity or theatricality in involving transmedia installations. His work is represented in several public and private collections.