“Dir-se-ia que, atualmente, o Estado considera cada cidadao um terrorista virtual. (...) Uma cidade cujas praças e ruas estejam controladas por camaras nao é mais um lugar público: é uma prisao.” Giorgio Agamben cited in Ecologia, Joana Bértholo

Omnisciencia: Estratégias de Fractura e Fuga presented artworks that explore aesthetically and conceptually forms of technological surveillance and strategies to escape or fracture those systems. 


The exhibition presented artworks by the following artists: Filipe Vilas-Boas, Jennifer Lyn Morone, Paula Albuquerque, Colectivo Tiago Martins, Joao Correia & Sérgio Rebelo.

Alongside the artworks we selected a group of everyday objects that either attempt to disrupt or reinforce surveillance systems.


Public program (8 November 2021) included a round-table discussion with writer Joana Bértholo and the projection of Fordlandia Malaise, a documentary by Susana de Sousa Dias.


Curated & Produced by Ana Carvalho, Joana Pestana and Patrícia Nogueira

Designed by Joana Pestana
Supported and Funded by Universidade da Maia – ISMAI;
Forum da Maia, Portugal, 2 - 8 November 2021

This exhibition was part of IRI Images do Real Imaginado 2021 – Ciclo de Fotografia, Cinema e Multimédia.


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