Mondo Bizarre @ Materiais Inflamáveis exhibition, Museu da Cidade, Porto.
Mondo Bizarre’s print issues are part of Materiais Inflamáveis: Culturas de Resistência, Média Alternativos e Fanzines (1982-2021) [Flammable Materials: Resistence Cultures, Alternative Media and Fanzines (1982-2021)] an exhibition curated by Paula Guerra (Maria de Guerra) and Pedro Quintela as part of @K I S M I F International Conference. The exhibition is held at Foyer Auditório Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett- Museu da Cidade, Porto and will run until August 15.
MUSONAUTAS, VISÕES & AVARIAS – 1960-2010: 5 décadas de inquietação musical no Porto (MOSONAUTAS, VISIONS & HIJINKS – 1960-2010: 5 decades of musical restlessness in Porto)
MUSONAUTAS, VISÕES & AVARIAS – 1960-2010: 5 décadas de inquietação musical no Porto (MOSONAUTAS, VISIONS & HIJINKS – 1960-2010: 5 decades of musical restlessness in Porto) opens tomorrow @ 7pm at Galeria Municipal, Palácio de Cristal, Porto and will run until November 18. It is curated by Paulo Vinhas and assistant curators and researchers Hugo Oliveira, Manuel João Neto, Pedro Junqueira Maia, Pedro Tenreiro and Suzana Ralha
MUSONAUTAS is an exhibition dedicated to Porto’s music scene its many genres and avant-gardes from protest singers – singer-songwriter José Mário Branco one of the names present is also the guest of honour of Feira do Livro do Porto (Porto’s book fair) to experimental and electronic music, as well as industrial, pop, rock, metal, etc.
Along with the already mentioned José Mário Branco, protest music will also be represented by Cândido Lima, Filipe Pires and Álvaro Salazar. For the first time Telectu’s vinyl discography has been gathered and will be shown, including Digital Buiça (cover by E.M. De Melo e Castro released by Tragic Figures, a late 1980’s/early 1990’s record label and concert promoter created by Mondo Bizarre’s founders. Of Mondo Bizarre founders there will also be present their other record label and concert promoter MTM, e.g. Gangrena, Infected Ideologies.
Records and tapes are not alone. MUSONAUTAS will exhibit 1960-2010 posters in cronological order, assoted leaflets, newspaper clips about Porto’s bands and music scene, Porto’s music related newspapers and magazines like Memória de Elefante, Mundo da Canção, Metro, O Elefante and others, fanzines, memorabilia – one of Pedro Abrunhosa’s jackets, for example, and original art works like Carlos Carreiro’s painting for the cover GNR’s Valva dos Detectives.
For more info: http://www.galeriamunicipaldoporto.pt/PT/exposicao/musonautas-visoes-e-avarias1960-2010-5-decadas-de-inquietacao-musical-no-porto-2018/
Jean-Marc Yersin’s La Ligne – Les carnets d’un autre temps no 2 (The Line – Notebooks From Another Time No2)
La Ligne – Les carnets d’un autre temps no 2 (The Line – Notebooks From Another Time No2) a Jean-Marc Yersin‘s photo exhibition that documents the 18km of the Aérotrain (Air Train) abandoned viaduct between Paris and Orléans as well as some of the vehicles created by engineer Jean Bertin in the 1960’s.
The viaduct starts nowehere and arrives nowheres and the train never had commercial use.
La Ligne opens September 01 Ferrari Art Gallery, Vevey, Switzerland 11pm with the artist’s presence and will run until September 30. Wednesday-Friday: 2pm-6pm; Saturday:1pm-5pm. Gallery closed September 8.
ARCO -Madrid 2017
Feria ARCO – Arco Madrid, Internatioanl Contemporary Art Fair runs 22-26 in Madrid. The Art Fair is divided with several sections:
General programme: A selection of 164 Spanish and international galleries, including Portuguese galleries:Galeria 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Baginski, Galeria/Projectos, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art,Galeria Filomena Soares, Galeria Graça Brandão,Galeria Mário Sequeira, Galeria Múrias Centeno, Pedro Cera, Quadrado Azul and Galeria Vera Cortês.
Opening: 18 Spanish and International Galleries that, so far, have existed for a maximum of seven years selected by Juan Canela, including KUBIKGALLERY(with artist Carme Nogueira) and Galeria Madragoa(with artist Luís Lázaro Matos).
Argentina Plataforma / ARCO: 12 Argetinian galleries selected by Inés Katzenstein
Dialogues: 12 international galleries selected by María de Corral, Lorena Martínez de Corral y Catalina Lozano.
For more info: http://www.ifema.es/arcomadrid_06/
Luís Lázaro Matos, Smile You Are In Spain Studio
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Time to (slowly) get back to life. This page is aimed at being a memory and archive for Mondo Bizarre Magazine but also for us to share the things we like and appreciate. Hopefully new features will also come along. This a second life for Mondo Bizarre Magazine and we’re still testing the waters, to see where the journey will lead us.
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