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Lusitano, Maria
1971 Lisbon, lives in Lisbon (Portugal).

venue: museo San Telmo

Maria Lusitano is fascinated by telling stories in videos that integrate text with found images from diverse sources such as postcards and home movies. Although seemingly real, Lusitano’s stories hybridize realities in order to construct believable fictions. Nostalgia narrates the experience of a colonial Portuguese family living in Mozambique during the crucial years leading up to the independence of the colony. Grainy footage, pop music and familial scenes recall the unravelling of a historical transition as reflected within private lives. In a complex reversal of perspectives, Lusitano omits any trace of oppression by concentrating on everyday images and sentimental recollections, thus leading viewers to identify with colonizers. Subverting the dialectics of perpetrator and victim, we are left asking how strong are the ties that link us to the places we call home, and what we are willing to justify in order to protect our own origins.
curriculum:
Education
Advanced course on visual arts, MAUMAUS. Escola de Artes Visuais, Lisbon, 2003.

Fase 1 and 2 of Design and Advanced Course of plastic arts Ar.co, Lisbon, 2002.

Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra, 1997.

Selected group exhibitions
Portugal: 30 artistas abaixo dos 40. Museu Stenersen, Oslo, 2004.

LisbonPhoto com. Museu da Cidade-Pavilhão Preto & Edifício INTERPRESS, 2003.

DIA DI BAI. Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra (Portugal), 2003.

Prémios EDP. Fundação de Serralves, Porto (Portugal), 2003.

Exposição de Trabalhos de Finalistas e Bolseiros de Ar.co. Centro Cultural de Belém (Portugal), 2002.

Goethe Institut, Lisbon, 2002.

Festival Número. Forum Lisbon, Lisbon, 2002.

Exposição de Finalistas e Bolseiros do Ar.co. Corodoaria Nacional, Lisbon, 2002.

Condutas Privadas. Artemosferas, Porto (Portugal), 2002.

1º ano do Curso Avançado de Artes Plásticas. Ar.co, 2001.

El Dorado; Welcome Center; Escola Maumaus, Lisbon; 2001.
 
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