Projectos // detail // PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY Workshop
Guests Artists: Jorge Pereira and Rui Cambraia
30th Nov to 3rd Dec 2015 - Júlio Dantas Highschool, Lagos
The pinhole photography (“pin-hole”) is a photographic technique without the use of lenses, where the light enters a dark room directly through a small hole, creating an image therein.
This workshop aims to present the basics of this photographic process using extremely simple and creative experiences.JORGE PEREIRA (1974)
Mozambique, 1974.
In 1998, Jorge Pereira completed the Superior Course of Sculpture at ARCA, in Coimbra.
He worked and developed scenic projects for Theater and Dance, from 2003 to 2007 he collaborated with Amalgama Dance Company, as an audiovisual artist and graphic designer.
He illustrated Malaquias a book for children authored by Cristina Taquelim (2007).
He participated in individual and collective exhibitions, in different artistic fields such as installation, painting, ceramics and photography.
Allmnésia, installation with Tiago Cutileiro, inserted in Allgarve (2008); Maria Benta - Estate of a Fadista (2008);
AL NE - 100 images of doors in 10 localities of the North Alentejo (2005); Biennial of Porto Santo (2007);
MALA - Artists Exhibition of Lagos (2007, 2009, 2011, 2016);
Reidentidades (2009);
Pinhole, Lagos by Pinhole (2010).
He is a resident artist in LAC - Laboratory of creative activities since 2006, being responsible for the graphic image and spatial management. In LAC he curated dozens of exhibitions, such as ARTURb (2011-2017), Kick in the eye (2013 - 2014), "All in one (2016), some with international partnerships such as ROOTS (Maputo, Mozambique 2013-2014) and Streetart group exhibition - Love all colors at the Original Dampkring Gallery in Amsterdam (2016).
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RUI CAMBRAIA (Lisbon, 1967)
Freelancer in photography, art education and cultural production. Assistant Professor in the Superior School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal, between 1999 and 2015.
Degree in Painting at the Superior School of Fine Arts of Lisbon (1992); Master degree in Aesthetics and Art Philosophy at the University of Lisbon (2001).
Post graduation in Aesthetics and Art Philosophy at the University of Lisbon (2014); Title of Specialist (recognized experience and professional competence) in Arts, by the Scientific and Technical Council of the Superior School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (2014).
Non-academic studies:
Lithography and serigraphy classes attended at the Engraving Artists Association of Amadora, Portugal (1989).
Studies in mixed media and painting at The Art Students League of New York (1995/1996); Introduction to Language and Video Technique course, at the Cinema and Audiovisual Portuguese Federation (1997); Director of Photography with Available Light” workshop, at the Film, Television, Video and Multimedia – AVANCA ’09 international meetings, Portugal (2009); Digital Photography” workshop, modules I and II, Espaço_Corpo, Castelo de Vide, Portugal (2009); Woodcut workshop, LAC – Laboratório de Actividades Criativas, Lagos, Portugal, (2015).
As an educator held 19 artistic-educational and socio-cultural events, in the area of the plastic-arts and pinhole photography, between 2005 and 2015.
Held the communication “Landscape and Photography”, under the collaboration with the research project Philosophy and Architecture of the Landscape, Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon, January, 2011.
As an artist held 44 exhibitions of Fine Arts and Photography, 37 of which are group projects and colective exhibitions, and 7 solo exhibitions, between 1990 and 2015, in Portugal: Amadora (Municipal Gallery, 1991, 1992), Estoril (Artes e Gostos Design, Casino Estoril Art Gallery, 1991), Lisbon (Leo Gallery, Diferença Gallery, Arte Periférica Gallery, Enes Gallery, Mitra Municipal Gallery, 1992-1998), Alcobaça (ADEPA – Alcobaça monastery, 1993), Portalegre (Municipal Library, FICAR Cultural Association, 2002-2015), Coimbra (TAGV, 2003), Porto (Espaço Maus Hábitos, 2005), Crato (Municipal Library, 2010), Óbidos (CDI Maria José Salavisa, 2011), Lagos (Cultural Center, 2010-2014); Spain: Madrid (ARCO 94, 95), Santiago de Compostela (Atlantic Contemporary Art Forum, 1995); France: Cannes (Art Jonction 94), Avignon (Livres Uniques d’Artistes Portugais – Le Tour d’Europe de La Poésie, 1996); Japan: Tokyo (Pilgrimage: Itinerancy of the Portuguese Contemporary Art, 1998); attended two artistic residencies at LAC – Laboratory of Creative Activities – Cultural Association, Lagos, Portugal, 2014.
Held 13 collaborations in the editorial area, 8 illustration projects (photography and painting), 4 articles on matters of Arts Education, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Photography, 1 text for an art exhibition catalog.
