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Fronte[i]ras 07 – I International Meeting of Transdisciplinary Arts, a collaborative event organized by Binaural and Associação Cultural de Nodar (Portugal) and Alg-a (Spain), will end its program with a final collective exhibition of ten art pieces related to the theme of borders that were created during two simultaneous residencies, one in the rural community of Nodar (Portugal) and another in San Simón Island (Galicia, Spain).

The artists and pieces included in the exhibition are the following:

Vered Dror (Israel) – Souvenirs
Maria Idília Martins (Portugal, living in Venezuela) – Zapatos de Mi pueblo
Amaya González Reyes (Galicia, Spain) – Transgresión
António Pedro (Portugal) – Eu só quero ser (aquilo que sou)
Maksims Shentelevs (Latvia) – Soundscape Mapping
Carlos Suárez (Galicia, Spain) – A morte como Fronteira
Richard Lerman (USA) – Border / Algae / Acqua
Azul Blaseotto (Argentina) – Ardiente Árbol Genealógico
Leila Durán & Arturo Reboiras (Galicia, Spain) – Tempo Linear. Tempo Cíclico
Mona Higuchi (USA) – Ghost Planes

The exhibition will be open in the Rural Art Museum and Community Center of Carvalhais (S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal) between December 15th, 2007 and January 31st, 2008, and was installed in collaboration with students and teachers from the local crafts school, being the first time that these students (most of them with a rural background) had contact with contemporary art pieces.

Visits to the exhibition should be booked beforehand by calling to +351 918 951 857 or +351 916 432 585 or by sending an email to fronteiras07@cps-carvalhais.com

The Community Center of Carvalhais:

The Rural Art Museum of Carvalhais:

The exhibition poster (click on photo to enlarge image):

The Portuguese composer, multi-instrumentist and filmmaker António Pedro developed during Fronte[i]ras 07 a very idiosincratic project, “I just want to be (what I am)”, that dealt with the urge to clarify the personal artistic borders. As a final result, António presented a multimedia performance, mixing live music with a prerecorded video conceived and shot at NOGS residency in Nodar, Portugal.

Here is the audio from António Pedro’s concert at the Municipal Library of Barcelos’ Auditorium (September, 29th 2007):

Antonio Pedro live @ Fronte[i]ras 07 Play Now

Fronte[i]ras 07 – 1st International Meeting of Transdisciplinary Arts was a wonderful experience for us. Along with the variety of artistic and theoretical aspects related to the issue of borders that were discussed and presented, the most important that happened was the opportunity to share experiences with such wonderful people as António Pedro, Maksims Shentelevs, Maria Idília Martins, Amaya González, Vered Dror, Bojana Bauer, Azul Blaseotto, Richard Lerman, Mona Higuchi, Arturo Reboiras, Leila Durán and Carlos Suárez (and the conference speakers, not to mention our dear galician co-organizers from Alg-a).

Below is a selection of the photos taken during the meeting:

The full photo set: