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CURATORS E TUTORS
Internationally renowned curators are invited to program the Azores Video Art Screenings. They design exclusive session for FUSO INSULAR and present a selection of works by Portuguese and foreign artists. The screenings are preceded by a conversation with the curator, in order to enrich the audience’s knowledge.
The Moving Image Laboratory, FUSO INSULAR’s Creative Residency Programme, invites artists with extensive experience in the field of the moving image, who are responsible for the theoretical training and practical tutoring of the participants.
Bruno Z’Graggen studied Social and Art History at the University of Zurich, and has a PhD in Social History. He continued his education and obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies Culture Management Audience (CAS) from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts,in the year 2000. He has been working as a freelance curator and consultant since 2012, mainly in the field of video art. He has a special interest in photography originating from Mozambique. Between 2006 and 2023 he was head of the Research Promotion office at the University of Lucerne. He participated in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation programme Próximo Futuro in 2013.
Jean-François Chougnet (France) is the artistic director of FUSO and has dedicated his career to cultural policies. He was Managing Director of Villette, Paris (2001-2006). In 2005, he was the General Commissioner of the Year of Brazil in France. He directed the Berardo Foundation in Lisbon from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, Jean-François Chougnet became CEO of Marseille-Provence Capital of European Culture 2013. From 2014 to 2022 he was president of the Musée des Civilizations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem), in Marseille, France. Jean-François Chougnet is a curator and consultant on museum projects and director of the « Lille 3000 » festival.
Director of MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology since 2022, João Pinharanda (Mozambique, 1957) is an art historian and critic. He has a degree in History (Faculty of Letters of the Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, 1980) and a Master’s degree in Art History (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1985). Alongside his teaching career, he was a programmer at the EDP Foundation (2000-2015), having created and organized the Art Awards promoted by the institution: the EDP Foundation New Artists Award and the EDP Foundation Grand Prize. He also took part in setting up the EDP Foundation Art Collection. He later served as Cultural Attaché at the Portuguese Embassy in Paris and director of the Portuguese Cultural Center in Paris - Camões I.P., between 2016 and 2021.
Catarina Mourão studied Music, Law and Film (MA at the University of Bristol and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, with an FCT scholarship for both). Founder of AporDOC (Portuguese Documentary Association). She has been teaching Film and Documentary since 1998 in various undergraduate and Masters programs. Her main areas of research are memory, dreams, archives and autobiography. She is currently teaching on the MA in Arts and Multimedia at FBAUL.
André Laranjinha (b. 1977) lives and works in São Miguel. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Lisbon and works in cinema, video, visual arts, graphic arts and illustration. He is co-founder of Alice ’s House atelier, together with graphic designer Júlia Garcia.</p><p>Among his films are: Wine (2018); Stone Walls (2017); Clarissas (2016); Bread (2014); Slaughter (2011); Negro Island (2010); Nature and Ingeniousness (2009) and Pilgrimages from São Miguel (2009).
Bruno Z'Graggen
Bruno Z’Graggen studied Social and Art History at the University of Zurich, and has a PhD in Social History. He continued his education and obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies Culture Management Audience (CAS) from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts,in the year 2000. He has been working as a freelance curator and consultant since 2012, mainly in the field of video art. He has a special interest in photography originating from Mozambique. Between 2006 and 2023 he was head of the Research Promotion office at the University of Lucerne. He participated in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation programme Próximo Futuro in 2013.
Jean-François Chougnet
Jean-François Chougnet (France) is the artistic director of FUSO and has dedicated his career to cultural policies. He was Managing Director of Villette, Paris (2001-2006). In 2005, he was the General Commissioner of the Year of Brazil in France. He directed the Berardo Foundation in Lisbon from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, Jean-François Chougnet became CEO of Marseille-Provence Capital of European Culture 2013. From 2014 to 2022 he was president of the Musée des Civilizations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem), in Marseille, France. Jean-François Chougnet is a curator and consultant on museum projects and director of the « Lille 3000 » festival.
João Pinharanda
Director of MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology since 2022, João Pinharanda (Mozambique, 1957) is an art historian and critic. He has a degree in History (Faculty of Letters of the Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, 1980) and a Master’s degree in Art History (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1985). Alongside his teaching career, he was a programmer at the EDP Foundation (2000-2015), having created and organized the Art Awards promoted by the institution: the EDP Foundation New Artists Award and the EDP Foundation Grand Prize. He also took part in setting up the EDP Foundation Art Collection. He later served as Cultural Attaché at the Portuguese Embassy in Paris and director of the Portuguese Cultural Center in Paris - Camões I.P., between 2016 and 2021.
Catarina Mourão
Catarina Mourão studied Music, Law and Film (MA at the University of Bristol and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, with an FCT scholarship for both). Founder of AporDOC (Portuguese Documentary Association). She has been teaching Film and Documentary since 1998 in various undergraduate and Masters programs. Her main areas of research are memory, dreams, archives and autobiography. She is currently teaching on the MA in Arts and Multimedia at FBAUL.
André Laranjinha
André Laranjinha (b. 1977) lives and works in São Miguel. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Lisbon and works in cinema, video, visual arts, graphic arts and illustration. He is co-founder of Alice ’s House atelier, together with graphic designer Júlia Garcia.</p><p>Among his films are: Wine (2018); Stone Walls (2017); Clarissas (2016); Bread (2014); Slaughter (2011); Negro Island (2010); Nature and Ingeniousness (2009) and Pilgrimages from São Miguel (2009).
