Leonor Parda
Born in 1986, lives and works in Porto, Portugal.
Leonor Parda's practice resonates with that of a DJ who remixes autobiographical elements into resolutely punk and danceable sounds. Her installations are born from the assembling of salvaged materials and personal objects, in a precarious and assumed DIY aesthetic. The images, put in dialogue in photographic friezes or short videos, are often blurred, over or underexposed, like a commentary on the permanent shift in which our bodies seem to find themselves in movement and resistance. If the frequent use of concrete appears to be an attempt to catch and hold, only if briefly, time that is slipping away, her environments tirelessly evoke a past or future movement. They are marked by a rage and a fury of living; by an irresistible thirst to embrace life in its entirety: from its joy to its hopelessness and melancholy.
residency
01.06.22 – 30.06.22
Porto Cross Residency,
in
Clermont-Ferrand
in partnership with
In extenso, Maus Hábitos and Saco Azul
01.07.22 – 05.08.22
Porto Cross Residency,
in
Porto
in partnership with
In extenso, Maus Hábitos and Saco Azul
exhibition
14.10.22, 18:00
Porto Cross Residency,
in
Porto
in partnership with
In extenso, Maus Hábitos and Saco Azul
Skeleton Architecture
An exhibition from Aliha Thalien and Leonor Parda at In extenso, Clermont-Ferrand
"Poetry at times feels inaccessible, complex thoughts and emotions resumed in obscure and coded fragments. Yet poetic difficulty does not necessarily hinder the reader’s opportunity to be moved by the author’s intention, something that moves beyond form and elaborates itself through sensation. In the context of this exhibition, the poetic is to be understood as vital, regardless of its difficulty.[1] “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before,” Audre Lorde wrote in “Poetry is not a Luxury,” from which we have borrowed our title.[2] Whether it be poetry expressed through language or form, the works of Leonor Parda and Aliha Thalien create a fluctuating landscape, leaving the viewer to be confronted with pathos as well as the unknown."
Full text and images here : In extenso
04.08.22 – 03.09.22
Porto Cross Residency,
in
Porto
in partnership with
In extenso, Maus Hábitos and Saco Azul
Visions of demons
Une exposition de Aliha Thalien et Leonor Parda à Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal.
Plus d'infos ici : Saco Azul
La Saison France-Portugal 2022
Décidée par le Président de la République française et le Premier ministre portugais, la Saison France-Portugal se tiendra simultanément dans les deux pays entre le 12 février et le 31 octobre 2022. Au-delà d’une programmation qui met en avant l’Europe de la Culture, la Saison France-Portugal 2022 souhaite également s’investir concrètement dans les thématiques qui nous rassemblent et que défendent nos deux pays dans l’Europe du XXIe siècle : la transition écologique et solidaire notamment à travers la thématique de l’Océan, l’égalité de genre, l’investissement de la jeunesse, le respect de la différence et les valeurs d’inclusion.
A travers plus de 200 événements, la Saison a pour ambition de mettre en lumière les multiples collaborations entre artistes, chercheurs, intellectuels, étudiants ou entrepreneurs, entre nos villes et nos régions, entre nos institutions culturelles, nos universités, nos écoles et nos associations : autant d’initiatives qui relient profondément et durablement nos territoires et contribuent à la construction européenne.
Acordada entre o Primeiro-Ministro português e o Presidente da República francesa em 2018, a Temporada Portugal-França 2022 terá lugar simultaneamente nos dois países entre 12 de fevereiro e 31 de outubro de 2022.
Para além de um programa que destaca a Europa da Cultura, a Temporada Portugal-França 2022 deseja também assumir um compromisso concreto com os temas que nos unem e que os nossos dois países defendem na Europa do século XXI: a transição ecológica e solidária, nomeadamente através do tema do Oceano, a economia responsável e sustentável, a aposta nas energias renováveis, a igualdade entre mulheres e homens, o respeito pela diferença e os valores da inclusão.
Através de mais de 200 eventos, e com vista a alargar as bases da nossa cooperação, a Temporada Portugal-França pretende destacar as numerosas colaborações entre artistas, investigadores, intelectuais, estudantes e empresários, entre as nossas cidades e regiões, entre as nossas instituições culturais, as nossas universidades, as nossas escolas e as nossas associações: iniciativas que ligam de forma profunda e sustentável os nossos territórios e contribuem para a construção europeia.
