Book presentation
"Objetos Feitos de Cancro. Mulheres, Cultura Material e Doença nas Estórias da
Arte” by Susana de Noronha
November 21, 2015, 17h00
FNAC - Braga Parque
The session will be attended by the Author and the book will be presented by Ângela Ferreira, Artist and Artistic Director of Encontros da Imagem.
Synopsis: Objects Made Cancer (dis)arranges the material culture of oncological diseases, in light of the material issues that take shape, the use and the meaning in images and texts of artistic projects created by or with women who have lived this experience. The objects are understood as bits of cancer, i.e. constituent parts of sensations, emotions, ideas and gestures that render the experience of the ill body.