The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Sala da Cidade, Coimbra Portugal
02/10/2014 - 05/01/2015This exhibition is co-produced by the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Coimbra; The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & ESA. For the first time since its launch this exhibition takes on a multi-media format, where Martin’ work enters in dialogue with space hardware and personal space-flown objects from ESA astronauts.
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The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
26/06/2014 - 14/09/2014This is the largest exhibition to date of Martins’ pioneering and award-winning project developed from a three year collaboration with the European Space Agency. This exhibition reflects on the new politics of space exploration as well as the impact of this kind of technological application on our social consciousness.
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The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Galerie Melane Rio, Nantes
12/06/2014 - 26/07/2014This exhibition is a focused presentation of Martins’ pioneering and award-winning project developed from a three year collaboration with the European Space Agency. It explores the concept of space utopia as dystopia.
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The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ The Wapping Project Bankside
24/04/2014 - 29/05/2014This is the inaugural exhibition of Martins’ pioneering and award-winning project developed from a three year collaboration with the European Space Agency. This exhibition reflects on the new politics of space exploration as well as the impact of this kind of technological application on our social consciousness.
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The Time Machine @ Fundação Eugénio Almeida, Évora, Portugal
19/09/2013 - 02/02/2014This is the seventh iteration Martins’ project, developed with EDP Energy and several hydro-power stations across Portugal. It reflects on failure of the Modernist project and how its ideological narrative led to the desertification of the industrial landscape and the decimation of labour forces.
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The Time Machine @ Photofusion, London
03/09/2013 - 28/09/2013This is a focused presentation of Martins’ award wining project, developed with EDP Energy and several hydro-power stations across Portugal. It reflects on failure of the Modernist project and how its led to the desertification of the industrial landscape and the decimation of labour forces.
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The Time Machine @ Ffotogallery, Penarth, Wales
01/05/2013 - 30/06/2013This is the fifth iteration of Martins’ project, developed with EDP Energy and several hydro-power stations across Portugal. It reflects on failure of the Modernist project and how its ideological narrative led to the desertification of the industrial landscape and the decimation of labour forces.
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This is not a House @ The Gallery of Photography, Dublin
14/02/2013 - 15/03/2013This is the fourth exhibition in the worldwide tour of this project. It catalyses and reunites fresh experiences of a new form of American architecture: the ruin. Martins creates a poignant commentary on the financial ruin and bankruptcy that followed the 2008 economic crisis.
photosThe Time Machine @ Galeria Fundação EDP, Porto
10/01/2013 - 21/03/2013This is the fourth iteration Martins’ project, developed with EDP Energy and several hydro-power stations across Portugal. It reflects on failure of the Modernist project and how its ideological narrative led to the desertification of the industrial landscape and the decimation of labour forces.
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The Time Machine @ Centre de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança, Portugal
30/06/2012 - 30/09/2012This is the third iteration of Martins’ project, developed with EDP Energy and several hydro-power stations across Portugal. It reflects on failure of the Modernist project and how its ideological narrative led to the desertification of the industrial landscape and the decimation of labour forces.
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The Wayward Line @ Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
25/05/2012 - 17/07/2013Symptomatically titled The Wayward Line and first presented at the Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, this exhibition brings together 5 different projects produced between 2008 and 2012. Covering topics such as space, place and home, fictional and real topographies reflect on the place of the photographic.
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This is not a House @ The Wapping Project Bankside, London
09/05/2012 - 30/06/2013This is the third exhibition in the worldwide tour of this project. It catalyses and reunites fresh experiences of a new form of American architecture: the ruin. Martins creates a poignant commentary on the financial ruin and bankruptcy that followed the 2008 economic crisis.
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