miguel soares

Acabamentos de Luxo
curated by João Pinharanda

November 22, 1994 > January, 1995
Associação dos Arquitectos Portugueses
Banhos de S. Paulo
Lisbon, Portugal

exhibited works: untitled (4), 1994, wood, wheels,duratrans,lamps, 40×160x260cm

Qualquer Semelhança é Inevitável
curated by Filipe Alarcão

November 10 > 19, 1994
Loja da Atalaia
Lisbon, Portugal

exhibited works: untitled (cabinets v2)

1994
50×25x20 cm
metal boxes, image on duratrans, light, wheels, plexyglas.

related works: untitled (cabinets), 1993

made for: Qualquer Semelhança é Inevitável, Loja da Atalaia, Lisbon

Design Lisboa 94

November 09, 1994 > January, 1995
Centro Cultural de Belém
Lisbon, Portugal

exhibited works:

• untitled (UFO over lake)
• untitled (UFO over caribbean)

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20 000 Minutos de Arte no Técnico
curated by Joana Vasconcelos, Duarte Ramirez, Susana Bidarra

October > November, 1994
Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon, Portugal

exhibited works: Copyright Law

23′00”
1994
video for Negativland’s “Crosley Bendix discusses the Copyright Act”, 1992

When I first heard “Crosley Bendix discusses the Copyright Act”, Negativland, Seeland Records, 1992, I was so amazed with the work, I felt I had to give everyone the chance to hear it. and since it’s copyright free, I made a video for that sound work.
I used their technique – razor tape editing – and put together hundreds of scenes from videos and tv, sometimes ilustrating the words, so that people would feel attracted by the fast sequence of scenes and stay and hear Negativlands work.
This was the first time I’ve shown a video in an exhibition.
Editing was made with two VHS Pal video recorders.
Copyright law was made for the 20 000 minutos de arte no Técnico exhibition in October 1994.

Fronteiras
curated by Aurélio Veloso

May 04 > 28, 1994
Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal

exhibited works:

• diptics from the 1992 solo show
• one piece from the 1994 solo show

Miguel Soares 1994 – solo exhibition

March 24 > April 14, 1994
Galeria Monumental
Lisbon, Portugal

untitled (UFO over beach)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO over L.A.) and view of the first room
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO over snow)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels, ventilation fan

untitled (UFO over lake)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO over national park)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

views of the second room

untitled (UFO over caribbean)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO over rio)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO over niagara)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO 4)
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

untitled (UFO over rio) detail
duratrans, light, wood, wheels

Independent Worm Saloon
curated by Alexandre Estrela & Rui Toscano

March 23 > April 20, 1994
Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes
Lisbon, Portugal

exhibited works: untitled (racing)

1994
40×70x200 cm
wood, wheels, tape, Cuprinol Transcolor
made for: Independent Worm Saloon, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon

When you put two stripes of tape along one side of an old car it becomes a racing car. Usually the car is a Toyota or Datsun from the seventies. I was interested in this cheap and highly aesthetic operation. I decided to try it on a wood monolith, and suddenly wheels appeared.
Racing was made for the Independent Worm Saloon exhibition, in 1994. Since this exhibition was about painting,the wood was previously painted with Cuprinol Transcolor.