Margarida Correia
Other
Friday 2 October · until 5 Oct
The artist portrays paratroop nurses of the Portuguese army who served in Africa in the 1960s and 70s, recovering individual and collective memories of a little-studied professional group.
The artist investigates, especially through photography, the personal and institutional archives of specific communities, which she presents in exhibitions and through catalogues of great graphic richness. In recent years, she has worked on the memory of some communities of Portuguese emigrants in the USA. From one of these exhibitions (at Cinzeiro 8, Museu de Electricidade, 2011), entitled New World Parkville, came a catalogue distinguished by critics. Her new proposal addresses an issue that cuts across contemporary art, related to some historical questions of post-colonialism. Through interviews and the gathering of material, the artist literally portrays a group of paratroop nurses of the Portuguese army serving in Africa in the 1960s and 70s. Scenes of their professional life and everyday life in Africa, moments of work and leisure. Once again, it is a matter of recording, recovering and fixing individual and collective memories of a professional group that has been little studied and little known. Wednesday to Monday, from 10h to 19h. Technical details: Curated by João Pinharanda.