Carlos Arteiro
Esto no es un olivo, 2017
HD video, 06 min 07 sec,
Edition of 3 + A.P.
Courtesy of NO-NO and the artist
A theoretical exercise can stem from a physical one: using the camara as if it was the vibrating device placed on the olive tree for the harvest of its fruit, the final result is a series of original and intriguing images. The camera shakes, gets in and out of focus, and we don´t exactly know what is happening.
At first this is a strange disorientation, but then you get used to it through the cyclical mechanical noise that joins the images. The words of a peaceful female voice allows you to frame the film: a visual exercise after all can also be free.
Carlos Arteiro (Vila do Conde, 1992). BA in Plastic Arts (Sculpture) by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, PT (2015), Erasmus Scholar at the Facultad de Bellas Artes da Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2014-15), MA Contemporary Artistic Practices by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, PT (2017). He was a finalist of the NOVO BANCO Revelation / Serralves foundation Award in 2018. His work is represented in important public and private collections such as the Serralves Collection (Serralves Foundation, Porto PT), Artworks (Póvoa de Varzim, PT) or University of Porto (PT).
NO·NO was founded in 2016 by Luís Castanheira Loureiro and Ana Raquel Ruivo. The gallery began its activity as ACERVO. In 2020 and following a gradual change in the course of the project the gallery moved to its current location in Estrela, and its name changed to NO·NO. NO·NO’s program relies on the invitation of curators and contributors as well as other collaborations as vehicles for exchange of contemporary artistic production.