"Each story in this collection carries a universe of sensations. Each narrative is an expression of life full of particularities. Listening to another conversation about you is one of the strongest and most exciting exercises. And when we stop to listen to the elderly in cases that contain the strength to think at this age, how memory traces their ways of resisting. Rescuing a life course through orality is a statement of self-esteem and a possibility of timeless registration. The old man's face carries a vastness of landscapes, every trace of time carries a vivid memory. The process of revisiting as memories is also an act of creation: remembering to record and edit a memory, creating new possibilities and readings for those who went. In video editing, I sought to dialogue with this strategy of remembering, punctuating or skipping in each narrative as a guiding thread to dive into the other, without finding resonance with the past. A spark of life is reborn with all recovered memory." Cristiano Burlan
Biodance by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
My son by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
I went out into the world by Cristiano Burlan Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
There is no substitute by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
Life's thornes by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
That is the way my life is by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
My granddaughter is my only friend by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
Portrait under the sun (1997) by Ruth SlingerMuseu da Pessoa
Books and meditation by Cristiano Burlan Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
Ten years of marriage (1957) by Thereza Angélica Marino GalvãoMuseu da Pessoa
The motivator by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
Hermogenes playing with his dog by José Hermógenes de Andrade FilhoMuseu da Pessoa
Life is suffering by Cristiano Burlan and Renato MaiaMuseu da Pessoa
Picnic day by Luiz William Labate GalluzziMuseu da Pessoa
Portrait under the sun (1997) by Ruth SlingerMuseu da Pessoa
EXHIBITION AGE OF THINKING
Curated by:
Cristiano Burlan
Lucas Ferreira de Lara
Renato Maia
Video editing:
Cristiano Burlan
Renato Maia
Collection research:
Felipe Rocha
Renata Pante
Content organization:
Julia Thon
Raphaela Russi
Texts and translation:
Julia Thon
Raphaela Russi
Photographs and videos: Acervo/Museu da Pessoa