Costa is part of In Flux, a collective exhibition focused on several themes including the physical documentations of the borders and landscape of Europe, the complex relationship between east and west, moments of protest and resistance, and migration and the refugee crisis.

The exhibition In Flux was conceived in response to the Greek crisis and opened in the summer of 2015 in the midst of the worst refugee crisis to grip Europe since the Second World War. The exhibition aimed to highlight the fluid and transitional nature of contemporary society, and the current state of flux. The year that followed saw the refugee crisis escalate and the unforeseen referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union. In 2017 we are still in a state of flux, and it’s time again to take stock and ask, what is the prevailing state of the EU?

In Costa José Pedro Cortes examines the Costa da Caparica, a suburb to the south of Lisbon whose beaches are among the most visited by inhabitants of that city. Costa da Caparica is also, however, a zone with pockets of social and urban precarity, a place in which the leisure economy and urban regeneration policies have not been enough to eliminate social, architectural and environmental vulnerability. The series comprises thirty images in total, depicting numerous features of this hybrid territory, including rudimentary constructions and objects. The sequence of images suggests a physical (but also mental and critical) journey made by the photographer through various locations along the Costa Caparica.

Born in Porto, Portugal, in 1976, he lives and works in Lisbon. José Pedro is a photographer and editor, co-founder and co-editor of the Lisbon-based publishing house Pierre von Kleist editions. He is guest professor at the IUAV University of Venice, in Master in Photography.

José Pedro Cortes (Portugal, 1976)
Costa

2017 Edition
Indoor installation
Curators: Shoair Mavlian and Monica Allende
Venue: Punta Begoña Galleries
Collaborator: Punta Begoña Galleries