Cabral Nunes solo exhibition
an emotional experience in Lisbon, Istanbul and Ankara
a timeline for the future stories of tenderness, love, and sorrow January / June, 2020
a timeline for the future stories of tenderness, love, and sorrow
This is all I have to give, right here, right now. I don’t know better. I can’t do better. This is me. Naked. Building a castle made with snow. With my snowflake angel found in Ankara. That is why this solo exhibition couldn’t have been made elsewhere. It had to be here otherwise the snow would melt and the castle would have turned liquid, vanishing from my fingers if I’d try to keep it. This is all about tenderness rediscovered after such a long journey into the sorrow of life. Abandoning myself in the dark. Not knowing what to think when I saw the misery. And how much misery, sister, have I found in life. Yes, brother, the heart may be filled with dust and narrow valleys where we might end. But yes, mother, it can be also filled with hope and love. This is still about myself but it’s not just about me. It’s also the true stories arising from the deep ocean and it will all end when my snowflake arrives there seeing how vast and warm are those Indic Ocean waters. Then, the snow might melt but will finally meet both faith and destiny in the most delighted way: raising other being as ourselves, together forever and ever. With our past becoming future again. And then the beloved deseed souls, around us, will be our witnesses and they will dance. Oh, love, even the ones that live now in the Universe, specially these ones, they will dance with joy and harmony because we will be accomplishing their wishes and thoughts, the ones they had since the beggining, always guiding us in this journey. Cabral Nunes – Ankara, January the 13th, 2020
In memoriam of the past with eyes and soul wide open to the future
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“This paints the picture of a man who is extremely devoted to his work however is longing for human connection. Looking for that connection that makes us feel whole. As the catalogue goes on I start to see him as finding this. Connecting the dots and finding a second home where he did not think he would find one. It’s a beautiful and most importantly human story that unfolded before my eyes, I love it and thank you so much for including us in this extremely personal journey my brother, it means the world to me and I feel priviledged to get to know a soul as pure as yours. Thank you� Alp T. | 14.01.2020
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07. 04. 2010 - With Aurora Silkscreen on Paper
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Airplane Series - Berfin forever 25. 10. 2019 | Istanbul - Lisbon Mixed medium on paper
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The 1st part of a timeline for the future is devoted to the Universe gathering I first experienced in the 19th of September and it reflects my own personal experience until the 15th of January, when the exhibition opened in Ankara. It was intended to be a ongoing emotional experience that could have several parts, while my personal life with the Snowflake Angel continues. Each part will have 3 chapters, organized in a sequence series expressing the main subjects of the conceptual artistic research I did here in the folowing pages. It’s all about tenderness, love and sorrow. It will be continued... 25
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The Nazar Boncuk charm (or Turkish Eye Bead) is an “eye�, often set on a blue background. It stares back at the world to ward off evil eye and keep you safe from harm. Since then the people have been attaching this Turkish evil eye bead to everything they wished to protect from the evil eyes. Important note: Everytime this eye is displayed here, along with a painting, you will be able to interact with it. Simply download and instal the app at www.artivive.com and point your phone camera to the artwork.
1st chapter Stories of Tenderness and its simple way of being here becoming real, softly cherishing this day In every single move all the light ... 27
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To Snowflake
Bilkent’s 2nd Performance for the Solo Exhibition “A Timeline for the Future” 18 Months after life do pardeparture. 13.01.2020 Bilkent Mixed Medium Paper
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Bilkent’s 2nd Performance Art. 18 Months after life departure. 13.01.2020 Bilkent Mixed Medium Paper
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2nd chapter Stories of Love and its double side ...
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3rd chapter Stories of Sorrow About the vanished past with all its locked misery the unfortunate absence of sweet remembering with a praise for the future Awaiting more what is yet to come more then ever... 61
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Our planet its just ours... 31. 10 + 01. 11. 2020 Lisbon Mixed Medium Paper
Our planet its just ours. Our smell feels like something rare - it’s because it is, in fact. Our kisses sounds like eternal - they are. And there is always the light, coming out from our fingers, when we touch each other. And there is our love. Unique. To Berfin - my snowflake angel, so sweet angel. With all the love, like juice, falling from my hands, like tears kept from the first new morning.
Epilogue until the next part of a timeline for the future starts, there are a few wishes that are always needed to fulfill the 3 emotional states I’ve experienced ever since this project started: a teardrop, like a lake reflected in the loving eyes that I follow; the whispers of faraway winter; A lighten candle in the dark and the bodies enlighted at last...
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Bilkent University FADA Exhibition Hall Floor Plan
CABRAL NUNES
MOZAMBIQUE | PORTUGAL
Born in 1971, in Mozambique, Carlos CABRAL NUNES has lived in Portugal since 1975. He was a student at the Art Academy in Remscheid, Germany, in 1989. Friend and admirer of the work of Artur Bual and Mário Cesariny, to them he owes the incentive to exhibit his own artworks, since 1997. In 1993 he has started to develop the concept of Global Art, which later on, in 1997, lead to the establishment of the not-for-profit association Colectivo Multimédia Perve, of which he is a founding member and artistic coordinator. He was a student at Lisbon’s University in European Studies followed by a post-graduation and attendance in a Master course in Art Business Management. At Évora University he made the Visual Arts PhD theoretical course and he is preparing his thesis devoted to Global Art. As a multimedia artist, he has received several prizes in Portugal and abroad. He was a member of the jury of “Top Talent Award “, held in Salzburg, Austria, in 2003. Cabral Nunes completed the “Digital Multimedia Authoring” course at Arthouse Multimedia Centre in Dublin, Ireland, in 1998 and is a permanent member of the Digital European Academy, Utrecht, Holland. He
has participated in more than 40 solo and group exhibitions in Portugal, Senegal, Spain, India and, in late 2019, in Turkey, integrating the travel exhibition of the collection “Lusophonies”. He has been represented by Perve Galeria, since 2001, with paintings, installations, interactive multimedia and photography. He was distinguished, among other awards in Portugal and abroad, with the Youth Prize - Contemporary Art in XI Biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira and the “Visual Design and Interaction” by the National Award for Multimedia, both in 2001. nunes_carlos@hotmail.com
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CREDITS TO Project Concept and Curator Carlos Cabral Nunes Graphic Design CCN & Berkay Dönmez Production team DiAlp Collective Organization Colectivo Multimédia Perve Bilkent University Special thanks to Andreas Treske, Berfin SakallIoğlu, Diba Dilsiz & Alp Tegin, Berkay Dönmez, Mário Tiago Paixão, Bilkent University, Camões IP, Portuguese Embassy to Turkey COLECTIVO MULTIMÉDIA PERVE galeria@pervegaleria.eu Rua das Escolas Gerais nº 13 - Alfama 1100 - 218 Lisboa | Portugal phone: 218822607/8 | mobile: 912521450 www.pervegaleria.eu
BILKENT UNIVERSITY Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture feedback.bilkent.edu.tr/form-en/ Üniversiteler | 06800 Çankaya, Ankara | Turkey phone: +90 3122904000 www.bilkent.edu.tr
Bilkent University
FADA Exhibition Hall
Exhibiton schedule: from 15th till 24th January, 2020 from 10pm to 4.30pm Opening: January 15th, 6pm - 8pm
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