The hour before sunset
“The hour before sunset has a magic all its own…” Rosa Luxemburg wrote to her friend, Hans Diefenbach, in a letter sent from Wronke prison in the summer of 1917. Based on this correspondence, Milena Bonilla invites us to think about the possibilities of building an imaginary universe that navigates between literature, botany, sporadic historical references and collective mythologies.
This research resulted in different disciplinary unfoldings, as was the case of the exhibition presented by the artist at GMP between 2019 and 2020. Now in book format, The hour before sunset brings together not only the memory of the exhibition project, but also unpublished textual contributions by Filipa Ramos, Juan Luis Toboso, Isabeli Santiago, Vivian Ziherl and the artist herself, Milena Bonilla.
15€
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Publisher:
Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto, E.M. / Galeria Municipal do Porto, Archive Books
Editorial Project:
Juan Luis Toboso, Milena Bonilla, Isabeli Santiago
Texts:
Vivian Ziherl, Filipa Ramos, Isabeli Santiago, Juan Luis Toboso, Milena Bonilla
Editorial Coordination:
Juan Luis Toboso
Graphic Design:
Alejandra Jaña
Translation:
Cláudia Gonçalves, Martin Dale
Proofreading:
Cláudia Gonçalves, Hernâni Baptista, Tiago Dias dos Santos
Photography:
Dinis Santos
Printing:
Diário do Porto
ISBN:
978-989-53480-9-1
Publications
The Galeria Municipal do Porto’s publications are conceived on the basis of its exhibition projects and public programmes and reflect the intention to document such initiatives, and foster research associated to the arts and contemporary thought. For the development of each publication, artists, curators, critics and researchers are invited to discuss the themes raised by each project and reflect on its relevance in the current artistic panorama.
All the editions can be acquired at Galeria Municipal do Porto or by mail (plus shipping costs), using the email galeriamunicipal@agoraporto.pt.