At the End of a World – experimental moving-images
Group exhibition
Project rooms, Färgfabriken
Curator: David Revés
At the End of a World is the first exhibition presentation of a broader curatorial investigation by David Revés focused on questioning death and finitude, decay, ruin, and collapse across various biological, subjective, social, political, economic, and planetary contexts.
At Färgfabriken, we will now explore these themes through the lenses of experimental cinema and moving-image works from artists of different backgrounds and geographies, where each of the films and videos unfolds through its testimonial and testamentary nature, bearing witness to the “tragedies” inherent to human —and more-than-human— life, as well as to an inextricable world in a state of permanent crisis.
Amidst different horizons of loss and their hauntings, of contingency, catastrophe, or extinction, but also processes of individual or collective mourning, this project thus presents various territories at the end of a world. In doing so, it not only seeks to critically challenge certain Western imaginaries of progress, rationalism, and metaphysical mobilization from within but also aims to envision future speculative possibilities. For, it is hoped, this is merely that: the end of “a” given world where material finitude is a constant, but among countless others yet to come.
About the curator
David Revés is a curator, writer and researcher. Ph.D. candidate at NOVA University (PT). Future visiting researcher at Linköping University (SE), 2026-28. Founder of METANOIA, a nomadic project focused on experiences and narratives of extinction, collapse and finitude.
David has developed research residencies, solo and group projects for different venues such as Färgfabriken (Stockholm); Cité des Arts (Paris); Artistes en Résidence (Clermont-Ferrand); CIAJG — Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (Guimarães); gnration (Braga); Culturgest (Porto); Alfaia (Loulé); USC and DIDAC Foundation (Santiago de Compostela); and Fidelidade Arte, Appleton, Leal Rios Foundation, Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Foundation or Carpintarias de São Lázaro (all in Lisbon), among others.
He was head of programming and curator at Galeria Painel (PT), fellow curator at DIDAC Foundation (ES), and part of the curatorial team of CINENOVA – Interuniversity Film Festival (PT). Co-host of the cycle of talks and podcast LOVE AND DEATH. David maintains a practice of critical and essayistic writing, regularly published in artist books, exhibition catalogues, platforms and magazines specializing in contemporary art. Since December 2024, he has been appointed co-director and curator of Salto, in Lisbon, PT.
Photo credits: Adriana João, Fire plumes landing on wet shoulders, 2021-23