“Berlin”, 3’20”,
2002
“I am the Kino-eye, I am a mechanical
eye. I, a machine, show you the world as only I can
see it.”
Dziga Vertov
After 10 years of working with photography BERLIN is
my first movie. Made with about 4200 photos and with
several
sections in 24 frames by second, BERLIN – a super
8 movie – is a visual experience between photography
and film.
The idea was to capture and transmit the concept
of a whole city, in this case Berlin. The shifts
in time
and space
show the rhythm of the city. The changing speed and
the quantity of pictures create a movie where every
detail
of the city can appear in a subliminal way.
From a portrait of a person to a disappearing route,
from the center to the limits, from a building to
my studio.
My vision of the city is exposed.
One super-8 reel, one piece. In BERLIN there is no
editing, no actors, no set-up, only reality is represented.
I want
to show the world as one to one between the camera
lens and the eye. Using a special technique, I concentrate
time,
space and the feeling of being in the city.
It´s impossible to be in Berlin without thinking
about the history of the place.The introduction of
stills from the movie Germania Anno Zero by Roberto
Rosselini
(1947) was the way to create a historical view of Berlin.
Nuno
Cera
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| Born 1972 in Beja, Portugal, lives and works in Berlin
and Lisboa |
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| Education |
| 1994-1997 |
Photography, Photo Academy MAUMAUS, Lisboa, Portugal |
| 1990-1995 |
MA in Advertising, IADE, Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Solo and two person exhibitions |
| 2003 |
Nuno Cera & Marianne Stoll*. Galerie & Projekte Mathias
Kampl.Berlin |
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Being Anywhere. Galeria Pedro Cera. Lisboa |
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DK. Kunstpunkt Berlin. Berlin |
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Berlin - a super-8 movie*. I-20 Gallery. New York |
| 2002 |
Access. Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin |
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Two intimate investigations*. Kunstpunkt Berlin. Berlin |
| 2001 |
Shooting Stars. Promontório Arquitectos.Lisboa |
| 2000 |
Sines 2000. Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes. Sines. (cat.) |
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Smog*. Sala do Veado - Museu de História Natural. Lisboa |
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Runaway World*. Art-Attack. Matadouro Municipal. Caldas
da Rainha |
| 1997 |
Snapshots. ZDB. Lisboa & Pátio da Inquisição. Coimbra |
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Same Dream, Same Destination. Boqueirão da Praia da Galé.
Lisboa |
| 1995 |
Moving On. Jardim e Museu Botânico. Lisboa & Centro Cultural
Emmerico Nunes. Sines |
| 1994 |
Matéria. À Sombra do Silêncio. Jardim e Museu Botânico.
Lisboa |
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| Selected group exhibitions |
| 2003 |
ArtCubicle (project in progress 2003-2005). Galerie & Projekte
Mathias Kampl.Berlin |
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Topografias do Vinho e da Vinha. Künstlerhaus Bethanien.Berlin |
| 2002 |
Contemporary Art from Portugal. European Central Bank.
Franfurt/Main. (cat.) |
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First of all work…- Guest artist in the project Reinigungsgesellschaft “Spirit
of Work”. ACC Galerie. Weimar. |
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Topografias do Vinho e da Vinha. Cordoaria Nacional.
Lisboa. (cat.) |
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XXVII Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra -Talking about space,
time and stories. Pontevedra. (cat.) |
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Big Torino 2002 - Guest artist in the group project Reinigungsgesellschaft “Spirit
of Work”. Torino |
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Expecting the World, moi non plus. Sparwasser hq and
Parkhaus Gallery. Berlin |
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R-6. Palácio Marim-Olhão. Lisboa. (cat.) |
| 2001 |
7 artistas ao 10º Mês. CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Lisboa. (cat.) |
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Streetwear. Galeria Municipal da Mitra. Lisboa |
| 2000 |
Via:Cidade.Subúrbio.Capital. Forum Municipal Romeu Correia.
Almada |
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Projecto Mnemosyne. Encontros de Fotografia 2000. Museu
Machado de Castro. Coimbra. (cat.) |
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Sister Space. Southern Exposure. (On-Line project Galeria
ZDB). San Francisco |
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Olhar da Contemporaneidade. Palácio da Rosa. Lisboa |
| 1999 |
BM99 Bienal. Maia |
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Touch. Sala de Exposições da Casa da Cultura da Horta.
Açores |
| 1998 |
Projecto Tabaqueira. Antigo Edifício da Tabaqueira. Lisboa.
(cat.) |
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Observatório. Canal Isabel II. Madrid. (cat.) |
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Reencontre des Artistes du 4º Programme. Union Fraternalle
Métallugistes. Paris. (cat) |
| 1997 |
Linha de Fronteira. Museu da Guarda. (cat.) |
| 1996 |
Jovens Criadores da Bienal do Mediterrâneo. Cordoaria
Nacional. Lisboa .(cat.) |
| 1995 |
Arte Jovem, Maia 95 (Secretaria de Estado da Cultura).
Forum Maia. (cat.) |
| 1994 |
Itinerários de Fronteira. Museu Antropológico de Coimbra.
14º Encontros de Fotografia de Coimbra. (cat.) |
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Jóias em Fotografia. Galeria Contacto Directo. Lisboa. |
| 1993 |
Maumaus. Livraria Assírio & Alvim. Lisboa |
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| Grants and project
- and movies presentation |
| 2002 |
Berlin - a super-8 movie. Goethe-Institut. Berlin |
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The RAR Group seen by Nuno Cera. Porto |
| 2001-2002 |
Resident Artist , João Hogan - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
in Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 1999 |
Jet-Lag Lx_Macau 1999) / CAM-Aeroporto de Macau;Fundação
Oriente; Centro Português de Fotografia |
| 1998 |
Cimêncio (with Diogo Lopes), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian,
Lisboa |
| 1996 |
Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes.Musée Nicéphore
Niépce. Chalon-sur-Sâone |
