CONVERSATION WITH Bruno Leitāo

ALT(ering) + SHIFT(ing) + COMM(uning): Bruno Leitāo

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The ALT + SHIFT + COMM hosts Bruno Leitāo, co-founder and Curatorial Director of HANGAR – Center for Artistic Research for a conversation on curatorial practices that address the genealogies and contemporary reflections of European colonial histories.

Bruno Leitāo has s curated and programmed exhibitions, talks, and seminars with artists such as Luis Camnitzer, Coco Fusco, Carlos Amorales, The Otolith Group, John Akomfrah, Rosa Barba, João Onofre, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Elena Bajo, João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva, Alfredo Jaar, Fernanda Fragateiro and Zineb Sedira, among others. As independent curator, he curated Pouco a Pouco, the first solo exhibition by Ângela Ferreira in Spain at the CGAC (Santiago de Compostela, 2019); Affective Utopia at Kadist Foundation (Paris, 2019) with artists Sammy Baloji & Filip De Boeck, Luis Camnitzer, Angela Ferreira, Alfredo Jaar, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Grada Kilomba, Reynier Leyva Novo, and Paulo Nazaret; A Ilha de Vénus by Kiluanji Kia Henda in Hangar (Lisbon, 2018); Cubismo Ideológico by Carlos Amorales at Hangar (Lisbon, 2017), among other projects.

HANGAR is an independent art space run by artists and curators. It was born as a place for experimentation, research, and reflection to be developed through exhibitions, artistic residencies, and artistic studies. 
https://hangar.com.pt/