Ruin
In a hidden valley of the Serra de Aire, some houses remain and olive groves are part of the landscape. I find a tree inside a ruin where someone might have lived. I meet a couple that talks about the quarry that killed their father and how quiet it is to live there. They hurry up, it is time to plant – “tomorrow it is likely to rain". Almost no one can be seen. Almost empty. On a cold day, I come across this quiet place. From this space comes an installation that brings together a series of object-images that challenge a fragmented relationship with the landscape.
Miguel Oliveira is a PhD student in Media Arts at University of Beira Interior. He holds a BA in Visual Arts, from the Superior School of Arts and Design of Caldas da Rainha. Frequently, he cooperates with associations and cultural institutions of Oporto and Guimarães. The artistic production – in the fields of photography, videoart and installations – characterize significantly his trajectory, taking him to participate in several individual projects and exhibitions. With an extended experience of black and white laboratories, he has guided, in the last decades, several workshops of analog photography in many educational institutions. He is also a lecturer of Photography at Superior Technical and Professional School, in the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado e Ave.
