Susan Schuppli
Free admission, limited to the room’s capacity
24.10 — Friday
18:00
gnration
Q&A
After the screening of Moving Ice, there will be a conversation between filmmaker Susan Schuppli and artist and researcher Fernando José Pereira. The film revisits the history of the so-called frozen water trade, when, in the early 19th century, ice extracted from lakes and glaciers was turned into a commodity and shipped along colonial routes for consumption by tropical elites.
Drawing from this little-known narrative, Moving Ice connects the commodification of ice with today’s climate crisis, marked by the unprecedented acceleration of melting caused by anthropogenic factors.
The conversation between Schuppli and Pereira will expand on these issues, reflecting on how art can summon historical memories to address the ecological challenges of the present.
Commissioned under New Perspectives for Action – a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union União Europeia
Fernando José Pereira began his artistic practice in the 1990s, with video at its core, later expanding into a multidisciplinary approach. He is co-founder of the digital platform VIROSE, a member of the experimental electronic music collective Haarvöl, and the author of significant theoretical work on aesthetics and contemporary art. He has taught at FBAUP and is currently a researcher at the Institute for Research in Art, Design and Society (I2ADS). His work is part of the collections of institutions such as the Serralves Museum, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea.