SEBASTIÃO BORGES Portfolio

SEBASTIÃO BORGESPortfolio

Sebastião Borges(Lisbon, 1993) Currently lives and works in Malmö, Sweden, Studying at Malmö Art Academy as an exchange student, inserted in the first year of the Master Program. In 2014 finished his Bachelor course in Sculpture by the Faculty of Fine-Arts in Lisbon, in 2015 attended the postgraduate program at Maumuas School of Visual Arts, Lisbon. Co-organizer of the exhibition Desterro - Finalists Exhibition 13’14’, where he also present-ed his graduation work. Co-funder of the space Bempostinha N25B, where he regularly exhibited throughout the year and was responsible for curating projects in the same space.This portfolio brings together some work done between 2014 and 2015, serving as a necessary document for applying to the residence program XXII CSAV – Artists Research Laboratory led by Renée Green: Cinematic Migrations, held at Fondazione Antonio Ratti.

SEVEN MONASTERIES, SIX DAS AND 938 KM

Seven Monasteries, Six Days and 938 km was a project presented in a group exhibition held in the Hospital do Desterro in Lisbon, on the context of my graduation show by the Faculty of Fine-Arts Lisbon

Built in 1591, Hospital do Desterro is a former convent that belonged to the Cistercian Order. As order, they have arrived to Portugal in 1144, by the congregation of St.Bernard coming from France, twelve monks and an abbot have reached Tarouca. In the north of Portugal they founded the first monastery, São João de Tarouca.

On April 15th I started my journey with destination to the source of Cister-cians in Portugal.Crossing seven monasteries and trying to create a genealogical line be-tween the different places, this journey led me to Tarouca in the district of Viseu.During this time I had installed a dehumidifier, that was working and collect-ing moisture from the site. Through the process of condensation the air led to water.

Seven Mosnateries, Six days and 938 km, 2015 Dimension 200x250x80 cm Materials Cement and bricks

Seven Mosnateries, Six days and 938 km, 2015 Dimension 30,5x22,5x50 cm Materials Wooden Box; Eight glass containers with the Water collected from the monasteries; Eight engravings on glass

Untitled, (still image) 2015Duration 00:01:26; DV Pal; 4.3; Color; Sound; Loop

Seven Mosnateries, Six days and 938 km, 2015Dimensions 120x252 cm Materials Printed on paper and glued to the wall.

CENTO E TREZE i(One hundred and thirteen I)

Lisbon, 17th of September 1999 marked the beginning of a school year for the vast majority of Portuguese students had six years and I was my first day at school.

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In 2014 the School Paulino Montez (code mane 113) was target of a project of architectural rehabilitation, as a spectator I watched the firsts few months of transformation. Furniture or any other materials were removed, leaving only the structural elements of the building, the walls. Huddle around the school this rubble was waiting the transportation to a possible rubbish dump, however the work stopped and with it the whole process of transformation.

Cento e Treze I was a site-specific installation, held in my old classroom (1999-2003). Using the school rubble I built my reli-quary. Through the mixture of cement with debris build five sculp-ture pieces. Serving as containers, these blocks had approximate size of a table for two students

Cento e Treze I, 2014 Dimension Composed by five block of 80x130x60 cm Materials Cement, sand and debris from the school

CENTO E TREZE II(One hunder and thirteen II)

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If the debris originated the installation Centro e Treze I, now de-stroyed it returned to its initial state, the rubble.

Collected and stored the remains were installed in a room, inside the Faculty of Fine-Arts in Lisbon, now using the same wood the debris were deposited in two wooden containers. Contextualized by a video of the construction and destruction of the first installation, accompa-nied by an audio piece recorded during a class in the same primary school.

Cento e Treze II, 2014 Dimension Two containers of 120x100x300 cm Materials Wooden Formwork; Remains from the installation Centro e Treze I; TV; Sound

10 sobre 11, 2014 Duration 00:06:48 DV Pal; 4.3; Color. Description Time-lapse video of the construction and destruction of an installation process, that took place on 10 and 11 January at Primary School Paulino Montez.

Nome Cento e Treze II, 2014

Dimensões Dois contetores de 120x100x300 cm

Materiais Madeira de confragem; Entulho resultante da instalação Cento e Treze realizada na EB1 Paulino Montez; Televisor; Video; Som

CORVETTE & BOVRIL present Big Show Bempostinha was an ex-hibition project developed with João Viotti and presented at our studio in June 2015

Thinking of painting as a field/object that can be explored, in order to work not only with its physical space (canvas) but also with their inte-gration and relationship with the exhibition space. I developed this set of five paintings, where after stretching the raw cloth and applying dif-ferent layers of glue, in order to prepare the canvas to receive paint. I removed it from the structure and fixed it again, moving 15,cm to the left and upwards in relation to it initial position. Trying to expand its pictorial space of each painting, a space that now is no longer limited by the frontal plane. Also, using the exhibition space as a ground zero, that through the individual context of each work, which in accordance with other may or may not develop and recreate the concept of space.This exhibition is composed by five paintings installation, a set of sculptural pieces (J. Viotti), a video made for the exhibition in collab-oration with J. Viiotti. It would also be precursor of a project that has developed in this space until the end of 2015.

Untitled, 2015Composed by five paitings of 70 x 100 cm Materials Wooden Glue on canvas

Scotch Color Film, 2015 (colaboration with João Viotti) Duration 02:45:07 DV Pal; 4.3; Sound; Loop

28 DEZ BLAME THE HAT - Hércueles Live concert27 DEZ O VERÃO É QUANDO UM HOMEM QUISER João Viot- ti, Ricardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges26 DEZ ROUPAVELHA João Viotti, Ricardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges25 DEZ LIMPEM O VOSSO LIXO, PARECE-NOS UM MUITO MAU COMEÇO João Viotti e Sebastião Borges17 DEZ friends r’us Alexandre Piçarrra10 DEZ O CANGURU E A BANCADA Bruce Paulino da Silva e Joana Pinto Oliveira08 DEZ it’s a flag show - just that João Viotti e Sebastião Borges26 NOV A PRIMEIRA GRANDE CORRIDA DE CARACÓIS João Viotti como QARAKOL (performance Musical), Ri- cardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges20 NOV I love you. HARD João Viotti08 OUT #shôw João Viotti, Ricardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges

BEMPOSTINHA 25 B(08/10/2015 - 28-12-2015)

In the last quarter of 2015, in association with João Viotti, we funded Bempostinha 25B, making our old studio in an exhibition space, tover three months we presented ten exhibitions. In the vast majority I participated with individual work or in collab-oration we created site-specific installations. On the remaining exhibition that we presented at the space I tried to work as curator, proposing friends to make an ex-hibition there and helping in the creation of the show.

Bempostinha 25B assumed from the beginning as an exhibition project, trying to solve problems that are bound beyond the creation of the artistic pieces. In Lisbon on a post-graduated context we tried to create an ambush, by the creation of the Event and using tools such as social networks, Bempostinha became something viral. Was also because of this “media attention” that we had most of the Faculty of Fine-Arts’ students present assiduous on the exhibitions. Serving as a protective cover, a camouflage, that during the process of thinking, discussion and installation of the different shows, made possible for us this freedom of experimentation.

28 DEZ BLAME THE HAT - Hércueles Live concert27 DEZ O VERÃO É QUANDO UM HOMEM QUISER João Viot- ti, Ricardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges26 DEZ ROUPAVELHA João Viotti, Ricardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges25 DEZ LIMPEM O VOSSO LIXO, PARECE-NOS UM MUITO MAU COMEÇO João Viotti e Sebastião Borges17 DEZ friends r’us Alexandre Piçarrra10 DEZ O CANGURU E A BANCADA Bruce Paulino da Silva e Joana Pinto Oliveira08 DEZ it’s a flag show - just that João Viotti e Sebastião Borges26 NOV A PRIMEIRA GRANDE CORRIDA DE CARACÓIS João Viotti como QARAKOL (performance Musical), Ri- cardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges20 NOV I love you. HARD João Viotti08 OUT #shôw João Viotti, Ricardo Amélio e Sebastião Borges

presented at Bempost inha n25

by joão viot t i & sebast ião borges

and escorted by rogc sounds of x in j iang,les chants de maldoror & jp azei tão t into

it’s a flag show - just that. presented at Bempostinha 25B on the 5th of December by Sebastião Borges e João Viotti.

BLUE BLACK , 2015 Dimensions 500 X 220 cm Materials Oil on canvas

SideTable, 2015 Dimensions 70x70x110cm Materials Side table; JP Azeitão RedWine; Les Chants de Maldoror written by Comte de Lautréamont

NATAL 25B series of exhibitions presented at Bempostinha 25B during the days 25, 26 and 27 of December.

NATAL 25B (25-27/12/2015)

LIMPEM O VOSSO LIXO, PARECE NOS UM MUITO MAU COMEÇO(CLEAN YOUR TRASH, IT APPEARS US A VERY BAD BEGINNING)

LIMPEM O VOSSO LIXO, PARECE NOS UM MUITO MAU COMEÇO present at BEMPOSTINHA on the 25th of December, by Sebastião Borges and João Viotti. One Table, wine, food are part of a stage that attempts to suggest the possiblility of celebration of Christimas. Tree chairs, tree heaters create an audience in a place where objects, carpets, sculptures are strategically installed.

LIMPEM O VOSSO LIXO, PARECE NOS UM MUITO MAU COMEÇO, 2015 Ma-terials SideTable (IV); Side; Chinese lamp; Objects and different furniture; Three heaters; Wine,; Cheese; Bread and sausage

ROUPAVELHA(OLD CLOTHES)

ROUPAVELHA presented at BEMPOSTINHA on the 26th of December, was screen-ing made by Sebastião Borges, João Viotti and Ricardo Amélio. Using a double projection we shared our collection of slides, was an ongoing projection where the sequence were being constructed at the time that we were showing, on an attempt to create an instantaneous relation between collection and collectors.

Roupa Velha (Old clothes) is a typical Portuguese dish made with the leftovers from the Christmas dinner.

ROUPAVELHA Double slide projection, 2015 Materials Side Table; Chinese Lamp; Two Slide Projectors; Three Slide Collections; Three chairsOverall display dimensions variable

O VERÃO É QUANDO UM HOMEM QUISER(SUMMER IS WHEN A MAN WANTS)

O VERÃO É QUANDO UM HOMEM QUISER was an installation presented on 27th of December by Sebastião Borges, João Viotti and Ricardo Amélio. Was an attempt to bring the summer to the winter, the beach to the Bempostinha. Two heaters create the perfect temperature, a calendar makes us believe that we are in July while two radios create the party atmosphere for the last summer day.(Would be the last exhibition presented at Bempostinha 25B)

O VERÃO É QUANDO UM HOMEM QUISER, 2015 Materials Sand from the Sesim-bra’s Beach; Blue towel; Calendar from July 2004; Two heaters; Two radios

Sebastião Borges Figueiredo Ascenso Pires

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