Félix Mula opens ‘Idas e Voltas’ at the Portuguese Cultural Centre. Maputo

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Félix Mula opens ‘Idas e Voltas’ at the Portuguese Cultural Centre. Maputo

12:45 CAT | 15 Aug 2017

Courtesy photo of the artist, supplied by Camões Cultural Centre Maputo

‘Idas e Voltas’ is the title of a photographic exhibition by Felix Mula which opens tomorrow at the Portuguese Cultural Centre in Maputo [may be translated as ‘Back and Forth’,’ or ‘Round Trips’] .

Idas e Voltas is a stage in the process by which the memories of childhood and family, particularly the father, gain particular prominence.

In an interview with Rafael Mouzinho presented at the Berardo Museum in Lisbon for the Novo Banco 2016 Prize which he won, Mula explains the importance of his father in the work he performs about memory.

“My father introduced me to various family histories and his homeland. But most of all, he introduces me to photography and, later, realising my maturity, he told me stories about his departure from his homeland and his arrival in Maputo, and his first job with the Lee family.”

In the context of the ‘Idas and Voltas’ exhibition, the Camões, Portuguese Cultural Centre will stage a conversation between artists Félix Mula, Gemuce and Rafael Mouzinho on Friday, August 18, at 5:00 p.m. where they will talk about Mula’s process and share ideas and experiences relevant to the project that he has been developing since 2010.

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On the eve of World Photography Day, the trio will discuss possible relations between photography and memory in a conversation that also includes Rafael Mouzinho, who has worked closely with Félix Mula over the last few years, and Gemuce, who was a member of the jury at the Novo Banco 2016 Photo Prize which Mula won, and who has exhibited with Mula on several occasions.

‘Idas and Voltas’ will be on display at Camões, Portuguese Cultural Centre in Maputo, from August 16 to October 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

The exhibition is supported by the Yellow Pages and the Berardo Museum.

Biography

Felix Mula, born in Maputo, 1979. At thirteen years of age learned photography with his father; studio photographer. He attends the National School of Visual Arts (ENAV) and the Documentation and Photographic Training Centre (CDFF) in Maputo, before joining the Higher School of Arts of Reunion Island. He has been a visual artist and teacher since 2012 at the Higher Institute of Arts and Culture (ISARC) in Maputo. His work takes place at the intersection of photography, installation and experience. He participated in multiple exhibitions and artistic residencies in Mozambique and abroad.

Gemuce, born in Quelimane in 1963, obtained in 1980 a Degree in Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1993 he completed a Master’s Degree in Painting of Murals at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev and, in 2001, he completed a Master’s Degree in Design, Decision and Management of Cultural Projects at the FCP3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University in France. Gemuce was a lecturer at the School of Visual Arts (ENAV) and at the Higher Institute of Arts and Culture (ISARC) in Maputo. His work is represented in several private and public collections, national and foreign. At the moment, he works as an artist and directs the Arte d’Gema agency in Maputo.

Rafael Mouzinho, born in Maputo, 1979, took the ceramics course at the School of Visual Arts in Maputo between 1999 and 2005. Later, between 2009 and 2012, he finished his degree in Visual Arts at the Higher Institute of Arts and Culture (ISARC) in Maputo, where he is currently a teacher, reconciling activities of visual artist, curator and writer. Currently, he is also assistant curator at the Art Collection of the Eduardo Mondlane University Cultural Directorate.

Source: Camões Cultural Centre / Rádio Moçambique