Ubi Sunt, Project (2017)
[Ubi Sunt I 2017 — Core of the Project, Ubi Sunt II 2017, Ubi Sunt III 2017]
Ubi Sunt 2017 is a project that comprises the film Ubi Sunt I 2017, and the installations Ubi Sunt II 2017 and Ubi Sunt III 2017.
Ubi Sunt I–III (2017) is the outcome of an audiovisual research residency of human and urban exploration of an expanding city. The project hosts two performances – ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Requiem’ by Christoph Both-Asmus and counts with the participation of CESA – Centro Educativo Santo António.
It was developed under the frame of Cultura em Expansão, a program by Porto CityCouncil which takes the form of different artistic initiatives in residents’ associations,communities and different venues throughout the city.
UBI SUNT I (2017)
HD video, 2:39, color, Dolby 5.1, 30min. PortugalCommission: Câmara Municipal do Porto – Pelouro da Cultura
Production: Lamaland, O Som e a Fúria
Additional support: Grupo de caretos de Lazarim, Capitania do Porto Centro Educativo Santo AntónioDireção Geral dos Serviços Prisionais,Screen, ZTFlores
Support: Câmara Municipal do Porto – Pelouro da Cultura
Distribution: Agência da Curta Metragem, Kinoscope, RTP
Batalha Centro de Cinema – collection, Portugal
Ubi Sunt. Porto. Cartography of an imaginary place attracted by the margins (social and geographical).
Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt? meaning “Where are those who were before us?”. Reflective essay on mortality and life’s transience, it emerges from that dialectic, of a and episodic and fragmented structure with a choreographed cinematography; where the memory intersects the contemporary.
It was first exhibited at Cinema Trindade, Porto (18 December 2016) on the closing of the program Cultura em Expansão by Porto City Council.UBI SUNT II (2017)
HD video installation, 2:39, color, stereo, 90min loop. PortugalIn collaboration with Christoph Both-Asmus
Commission: Câmara Municipal do Porto – Pelouro da Cultura
Production: Lamaland, O Som e a Furia, Curtas Metragens CRL / Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinematica
Development support: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Additional support: Centro Educativo Santo António – Direção Geral dos Serviços Prisionais,Screen, ZTFlores, DGartes – Direção Geral das Artes
Support: Câmara Municipal do Porto – Pelouro da Cultura
15.10.2016 Lisbon, Portugal – A few days after the performance Christoph Both-Asmus text message read: “With the approaching tidal flow it became simultaneously cold and wet from below and warm from above. I felt lingering between water and fire. (…)” I was intrigued when he mentioned that the touch of the flowers was perhaps gentler than the human touch. I let the performance run until his wish.
The video installation was first developed for the anthological exhibition Solo at Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde (14 October - 25 November 2017)
UBI SUNT III (2017)
Three-channel HD video installation, 2:39, color, stereo sound, 22min. sync in a loop, PortugalIn collaboration with Christoph Both-Asmus
Commission: Câmara Municipal do Porto – Pelouro da Cultura
Production: Lamaland, O Som e a Furia, Curtas Metragens CRL / Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinematica
Develpement support: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Additional support: Centro Educativo Santo António – Direção Geral dos Serviços Prisionais,Screen, ZTFlores, DGartes – Direção Geral das Artes
Support: Câmara Municipal do Porto – Pelouro da Cultura
03.07.2017 Costa Navarino, Greece – Email from Christoph Both-Asmus: “05.08.2015 Acropolis of Corinth, Greece. Excerpt from sketchbook – Since I remember that I wish to be here, with the nature, an almost painful desire.” So he attempts to encapsulate this nature but I know that he won’t find peace in his restless search.
The video installation was first developed for the anthological exhibition Solo at Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde (14 October – 25 November 2017)
