Rogério Nuno Costa is a Portuguese performance artist based in Lisbon and Porto. His work deals with the major concept of documentation when applied to ephemeral performative actio...view moreRogério Nuno Costa is a Portuguese performance artist based in Lisbon and Porto. His work deals with the major concept of documentation when applied to ephemeral performative actions. His performances, videos, conferences, show cases, installations and texts explore the fields of theatre, movement, visual arts, literature, philosophy and anthropology, interconnecting public and private contexts, autobiographical discourses and informational/communicational strategies: social networking, advertising, conceptual propaganda, guerrilla art, etc. He’s also an investigator, an art’s teacher, a curator, a documentarist, a writer and a “conceptual” chef. Major in Journalism and in Contemporary Art History. Master in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies. Has collaborated with many performance and visual artists in Portugal and abroad. His work has already been shown in France, England, Scotland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Austria and Serbia. Some of the institutions he has been working with since 1999 in Portugal: Alkantara Festival, Centro Cultural de Belém, Binaural, O Espaço do Tempo, Quarta Parede, Transforma, Circular/Festival de Artes Performativas de Vila do Conde, Galeria ZDB, Atelier Real, Teatro Municipal de S. Luiz, Goethe Institut, Teatro Municipal Maria Matos, Culturgest, TAGV, Núcleo de Experimentação Coreográfica. Abroad: Advancing Performing Arts Project (Vienna), [msdm] (London), Buda Kunsten Centrum (Kortrijk), Dance Kiosk (Hamburg), Nomad Dance Academy (Belgrade), Tanzfabrik (Berlin), New Territories (Glasgow), WP Zimmer (Antwerp), Dance Week Festival (Zagreb), Latitudes Contemporaines (Lille), etc. Frequently writes for cultural publications and is invited to participate in conferences and talks, mainly about documentation practices. Has been lecturing and directing workshops and master classes about his work in many cultural and academic institutions, such as Escola Superior de Artes e Design (Caldas da Rainha), Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Lisbon), Faculdade de Belas Artes (Lisbon), Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Arnhem). He’s the author of the art manifesto “Dogma 2005” and the catalogues “Documentation Project” (about his own performance art work “Going To Your Place” [2003/2006], already shown in Portugal, Belgium, Germany and England) and “Big Curator Is Watching You!” (about his curatorial program “The Spectator’ s Opportunity”, held in 3 Portuguese cities during 2007 and 2008). Apart from his own performance work, he is usually invited to write and direct theatre and dance performances for other artists and companies. Recently he has been working in the field of Culinary Arts under the alias Chef Rø, developing a project called “Vou À Tua Mesa” (I go to your table), mixing Gastronomy with Art, Science, Technology and Philosophy, within the frame of foodjaying and underground dining events as well as conceptual radio and TV shows. Prepares for 2013 the launching of an art and philosophy magazine called “Realpolitik”, the conference/performance “Third Way™” and the rave party/concert/performance “€TRASH”.view less