projecto carmone..plus...antonio alonso.....tavira

what a packed weekend of culture first projecto carmone in quarteira run single handedly by maria braga in a basement apartment close to beira mar cafe on the sea front......she has plans to show videos, films, to have small scale exhibtions.....there is a small compact collection of books and periodicals....it is an antedote to the usual commercial enterprise........i went along with milita dore to see a screening of a godard film from the 60s starring a young brigite bardot and an intriguing casting of jack palance....usually the screen tough guy.........this was followed by a short vidio entitled kings and queens and lovers....the content of which argued the portraying of reality...how an actors portrays reality...what is reality...what is acting...what is the truth...how images are constructed to tell a story...this video had it roots in the godard film...which made an interesting comparison...it was hard work for me listening to french and reading portuguese substitles....i did grasp some of it?????
then off to tavira for and exhibition by antonio alonso an artists who is travelling around the world...the work on show here is from his recent sojourn in africa....utilising cut painted oil drums........he was born in angola...his work is a celebration of colour....they are optimistic.....his journeys feed his inner being.....i love his comment......"and at night, the artist sleeps and dreams of neon lights and the sound of the black harlems music.....Ill be back he murmurs......my favourite....." i go away, in order to return"