Sketch for installation "The Stage", João Gomes Gago, 2024
CURATOR NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH JOÃO GOMES GAGO
"My practice is fundamentally connected to internal and energetic journeys, which extend beyond the limitations of the space and materials available."
Excerpt from the interview with Nicolas Vamvouklis, on the occasion of my artistic residency at Fabbrica del Vapore - "Beyond Boundaries"
Excerpt from the interview with Nicolas Vamvouklis, on the occasion of my artistic residency at Fabbrica del Vapore - "Beyond Boundaries"
Milan, 01/2024
Portrait photo, João Gomes Gago, 2023
ARTECAPITAL INTERVIEW WITH JOÃO GOMES GAGO
“In the midst of the 2021 lockdown, I decided to mail him some fragments of 'common pottery' from the proto-historic era and posed him the challenge: what do these artifacts, considered 'garbage' by archaeologists, tell us? After months of dialogue about narratives crystallized in archeology, the result was the production of an archeological diary by the artist, which we share in an exclusive way at ArteCapital. This work of artistic speculation questions the archaeological practice of disposal, the continuous recycling of materials, and is part of the study of curatorship in art/archaeology, within the research project "Archaeologies of the Presence" (…)
By Pedro da Silva at ArteCapital
(published 03.07.2023)
Archaeology of Presences (studio), João Gomes Gago, 2021
CURATING ART/ARCHAEOLOGY: PROTO AND POST-EXCAVATION PROCESSES
“The transdisciplinary practice of art/archaeology has been creating a new relationship between the worlds of archaeology and contemporary art." (…)
In this article the international literature on this emerging theme is analysed, serving as a basis and method to discuss case studies. These case studies refer to examples of Portuguese contemporary artistic creation, namely the work of the artist João Gomes Gago, among others.
Article written by Pedro da Silva e Inês Moreira in MIDAS - Museums and Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022