Até ao Osso | To the Bone (2010) | Mauro Cerqueira

Threshold artspace YouTube channel presents To the Bone (2010) by Mauro Cerqueira as part of Looking at the City the first solo show in a public institution in the UK by this critically acclaimed Portuguese artist. His solo show is the fourth in a five-part ten month series of commissions, exhibitions and events Portuguese Waves co-curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Filipa Oliveira.

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Shot from high up, this work stalks an anonymous character who seems to explore some old graves in a recently unearthed cemetery in the city centre of Porto. The artists camera surveys this archaelogical site as well as the casual researcher who digs out and appropriates some of the bones. With the pun in the title, Cerqueira appears to be close to the truth in a way that might offend some people all this happens in an old and historical, UNESCO-protected, area of town which is designated to be destroyed and transformed into luxury hotels and apartments.

Looking at the City | Mauro Cerqueira | 14 Mar - 2 Apr 2010
Co-curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Filipa Oliveira. Produced by the artist, curators and Horsecross for Threshold artspace in partnership with 55degrees, Glasgow. Supported by the Calouste Gulbenkain
Foundation, Instituto Camões Portugal of Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Scottish Arts
Council. 14 Mar 2 Apr 10 free exhibition guide

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Film & Animation

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• Threshold artspace
• Mauro Cerqueira
• To the Bone
• Looking at the City
• solo exhibition
• Perth
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