Parto Sem Dor / Notes on Portuguese-ness Panel & Talk

As part of the launch of Parto Sem Dor / Notes on Portuguese-ness you are invited to join us for two special events. Booking a free ticket on this page secures a spot in both the talk and the panel. 

3–4 pm: Exhibition Talk: Knowing Ourselves Through Others: Photography, Making and Collaboration
Studio 1, QUAD

How much of who we are comes from the stories, photographs and traditions we inherit, and what happens when we explore them with other people? Drawing on Rita Pena’s exhibition Parto Sem Dor / Notes on Portuguese-ness, art historian Mark Rawlinson considers how photography and other forms of art can help us question familiar stories about ourselves, our families and where we belong. Through examples of artists working together, his talk will explore how collaboration can open up unexpected ways of seeing, remembering and understanding, and why making something together can change more than the finished artwork.

4.15–5.15 pm: Panel Discussion: Myth into Image: In Conversation with the Authors
Studio 1, QUAD

Rita Pena joins artists involved in the collaborative project for a conversation exploring the relationships between identity, memory, cultural histories and artistic practice. Building on the questions raised by Parto Sem Dor / Notes on Portuguese-ness, the discussion will consider how personal experiences, myths and shared histories can shape the ways we understand ourselves and others, and how artistic collaboration can open up different ways of knowing.