ZAPPING: TELEVISION AS CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE, promoted and organised by Centro de Arte Oliva with the support of the RPAC — Portuguese Network of Contemporary Art, in partnership with gnration (Braga), CAAA — Centre for Art and Architecture Affairs (Guimarães), and MACE — Elvas Museum of Contemporary Art, 2026.
Criador
Paula Parente Pinto (coordenação curatorial)Alexandra areia (curadoria)Joaquim Moreno (curadoria)Vera Carmo (curadoria)Helena Almeida
Ant FarmDavid AskevoldPedro Barateiro
António BarrosDaniel BarrocaRosa BaptistaDara BirnbaumPedro Cabral Santo
José CarneiroE. M. de Melo e CastroAntónio Cerveira PintoJan DibbetsAlexandre EstrelaPriscila Fernandes
Ângela FerreiraCristina Mateus
Antoni MuntadasEmília Nadal
Nuno Nunes-FerreiraAntónio OlaioNam June Paik
Ção PestanaSilvestre PestanaMartha RoslerRui ToscanoMariana Vilanova
Wolf Vostell
Data
Abstract
ZAPPING: TELEVISION AS CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE explores the language of the media by setting the technological and cultural impact of television—particularly in its ephemeral, scheduled broadcast form—against its reflection and instrumentalisation as counterculture within artistic practice. The exhibition unfolds across five sections marking key turning points in the sociotechnical history of television: BOUNDARY, RESOLUTION, RECEPTION, COLOUR, and MEMORY. Each pairs a cluster of thematically connected RTP [Portuguese Radio and Television] cultural broadcasts with a reverse shot of countercultural artistic work engaged with television technology and experience.
ZAPPING: TELEVISION AS CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE is promoted and organised by Centro de Arte Oliva with the support of the RPAC — Portuguese Network of Contemporary Art, in partnership with gnration (Braga), CAAA — Centre for Art and Architecture Affairs (Guimarães), and MACE — Elvas Museum of Contemporary Art.
Direitos
Dinis Santos (Fotografias)