Exhibition “What is Watt?” opens today in Machico

The exhibition “What is Watt?” written by António Barros, António Dantas, Carlos Valente, Celeste Cerqueira, Evangelina Sirgado de Sousa, Hugo Olim, Pedro Pestana and Silvestre Pestana, returns to the island of Madeira, after passing through the island of Porto Santo, heading to the Municipality of Machico.

Therefore, with the organization of APCA – Agency for the Promotion of Atlantic Culture, “What is Watt?” continues to Fórum Machico, with the opening scheduled for today, May 2nd at 6 pm. Forum Machico hosts the exhibition during the month of May

Remember that the exhibition What is Watt? inaugurated the 19th edition of the MADEIRADiG festival – International Festival dedicated to electronic and experimental music, in December last year, at the John dos Passos Cultural Center, and continued at the beginning of this year, starting in the Municipality of São Vicente.

At the moment, it is at the Porto Santo Cultural and Congress Center and can still be visited until this Friday, April 19th.

Machico is, therefore, the third crossing point of the exhibition through the Region.

About What is Watt? What is Watt? is an interdisciplinary artistic project whose genesis is the promotion and exploration of different languages ​​of artistic expression in which electricity is the guiding principle, both in the execution and presentation of the works. The project refers to the questioning of artistic praxis in contemporary times, which meets emerging technologies and the resulting availability of global participation. That is, a widespread tendency towards the dematerialization of the work of art is recognized, which corresponds to multiple connections between art, science and technology.

Since 2001, this project has brought together a group of artists, mostly from the island of Madeira, with an artistic practice of a technological nature. The project aims to achieve two main vectors: on the one hand, to establish the creative heritage with a strong Madeiran flavor in the field of new media and experimental poetry, and on the other, to offer the public the opportunity to rediscover the project that has already celebrated more than 20 years, through the establishment of a new traveling exhibition.