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The artistic duo Expanded Eye talks about their collaborative work in tattooing, sculpture, and hopes to progress perceptions.

The cohesive synergy of Expanded Eye is as astounding as their oeuvre of artworks on skin, large sculptures of wood, playful stained glass mosaics, and ceramics.

KWAME SOUSA, UM DOS PRINCIPAIS ARTISTAS VISUAIS DE SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

KWAME SOUSA, ONE OF THE MAIN VISUAL ARTISTS OF SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

Com pouco mais de 40 anos de idade, Kwame Sousa é um dos principais nomes das artes visuais de São Tomé e Príncipe. Artista multidisciplinar, começou sua carreira estimulado por amigos pouco antes de entrar para universidade, e em 2000, aos 20 anos, já tinha trabalhos expostos em uma galeria de arte local.

A little over 40 years old, Kwame Sousa is one of the main names in the visual arts of São Tomé and Príncipe. A multidisciplinary artist, he started his career stimulated by friends shortly before entering university, and in 2000, at the age of 20, he already had works exhibited at a local art gallery.

Wozen Residency | Ricky Ferreira

In this convulsive moment of our existence, new resistance movements are beginning to gain momentum, driven by the climate emergency and a recent global sequence of attacks on individual rights won over generations. As Mark Twain points out: the story is not repeated, but often it rhymes. This collection allows us to immortalize in time the struggle for freedom during the counterculture movements of the 60s and 70s, which had many successes, but ended up suffocated by the dry individualism of the following decades.

Neste momento convulsivo de nossa existência, novos movimentos de resistência começam a ganhar força, impulsionados pela emergência climática e por uma recente sequência global de ataques a direitos individuais conquistados em outras gerações. Como bem aponta Mark Twain: a história não se repete, mas muitas vezes ela rima. Esta coleção nos permite imortalizar no tempo a luta pela liberdade durante os movimentos de contracultura dos anos 60 e 70, que tiveram muitos êxitos, mas terminaram sufocados pelo individualismo seco das décadas seguintes.

Wozen Exhibition | Space of Other

we are delighted to open the doors to present the site-specific art project " Space of Other " developed by our current resident artists Afaina de Jong and Innavision from NL.

Space of Other is a spatial installation by architect Afaina de Jong and artist Innavision that explores the relation between space and identity in the context of the gentrifying city. The installation mediates between the public spaces of the city, its interior spaces and its residents by being very much ‘Other’ in its perception.

Wozen Activity | What Will Remain?

After the bubble bursts, after the trend passes, when the spotlight shifts, when the honeymoon is over, when the speculators and the luxury-seekers and the digital nomads move on again to the next hot spot: what will remain for the rest of us?

In order to create a space for empathy, intimacy and unbiased conversation, Wozen is pleased to host the conference What Will Remain and invite the Lisbon community to join us on Thursday April 4th to talk about waht matters. Moderated by Joanna Hecker (historian of architecture and art, head of International Partnerships at the Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, and co-founder of the Lisbon Living Room Sessions), these conversations will spark a collective reflection upon sustainability, waste, over-consumption, gentrification, standardization, and the loss of cultural identity. Wozen also open the doors for the last day of the exhibition "No Future Without Memory" -  developed by the artist duo from London Expanded Eye.

The conference is an attempt to highlight one of the strongest processes of urban change; the process of gentrification.  Gentrification materializes the struggle for the preservation of identity and memory of the community and brings a reflective look into a global mentality through the local perspective of Lisbon. For this conference, Wozen is delighted to invite our upcoming residents: architect Afaina de Jong and artist Inna Vision; to join the guest speakers: urban geographer Luis Mendes and Frame Colectivo.  

Exhibition | no future without memory

“In this fast-paced consumer driven modern world, as we sink deeper into the spectacle and grow ever more disconnected from a life of meaning, our natural environment, each other, and our own identity; ‘No Future Without Memory’ aims to evoke nostalgia and inspire us to take a step back. to think about how we impact our human environment and how this in turn affects us, and to question our values. To slow down and appreciate, to observe and reflect, to reconnect and change attitudes.

This project has opened our eyes to just how much waste urban ecosystems produce. A staggering amount of single use plastic as well as wood and furniture from building sites and domestic homes . An entire studio filled with trash and treasures in a short timeframe - almost all from the Santos area. With such rapid development in our throwaway society it has become abundantly clear that our way of thinking needs to change.

Wozen Residency | Expanded Eye

Oct 13th | 3-8pm

Open Studio: focus on process and feedback as the artists will present works in progress. We believe in a spontaneous and horizontal exchanges of ideas that arises from the personal and often unpredictable relations between artists, gallerists and the community involved in that particular project. An opportunity to follow up the artists process during their residency, therefore constructing a better understanding and a deeper connection to the artwork.

Open Studio é um enfoque ao processo e ao feedback uma vez que serão apresentadas obras não terminadas. Acreditamos em uma troca espontânea e linear de ideias que surge das relações pessoais e geralmente imprevisíveis entre os artistas, galeristas e a comunidade envolvida no projeto em questão. É uma oportunidade de conhecer o ponto de investigação dos artistas em residência, desmistificar seus processos, além de construir um entendimento e uma conexão mais profunda dos trabalhos expostos. 

Wozen Residency | Expanded Eye

For the three-month residency at Wozen, Kevin James and Jade Tomlinson continue their investigation into the memory and identity of a given society at a given time, applying their efforts to the study of Lisbon and the growing socio-economic, environmental and technological pressures that distort the sense of private identity and gradually stifle the collective memory of a community.

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Para a residência de três meses na Wozen, Kevin James e Jade Tomlinson continuam sua investigação pela memória e identidade de uma determinada sociedade em uma determinada época, aplicando seus esforços ao estudo de Lisboa e das crescentes pressões socioeconômicas, ambientais e tecnológicas que distorcem o senso de identidade particular e gradualmente sufocam a memória coletiva de uma comunidade. 

Z.U.T. Exhibition

'Bored but secured' is a group exhibition of eight international artists interested in responding to the theme of Utopia. The exhibition presents the result of a four-week residency at Wozen, where artists have worked together to create a Temporary Utopian Zone. Each work that has been produced considers central Utopian themes. The outcomes explore painting, drawing, sculpture, video and performance.

Wozen Residency | JUL 2018

Para o seu programa de verão, a Wozen tem o prazer de abrir as portas para a quarta edição do Zone d'Utopie Temporaire (Z.U.T.)

O programa de residência Zone d'Utopie Temporaire (Z.U.T.) é uma residência anual nômade que aborda a noção de utopia como um veículo para comentários artísticos e críticos. Iniciada pela curadora Alice Bonnot, a residência é um experimento social e criativo em que um grupo de artistas trabalha juntos durante quatro semanas para criar uma Zona Utopia Temporária.

For It's Summer Program, Wozen is delighted to open the doors for the fourth edition of Zone d’Utopie Temporaire (Z.U.T.)
 
The Zone d’Utopie Temporaire (Z.U.T.) residency programme is a nomadic annual residency which addresses the notion of Utopia as a vehicle for artistic and critical comment. Initiated by curator Alice Bonnot, the residency stands as a social and creative experiment whereby a group of artists work together during four weeks to create a Temporary Utopian Zone.