“Tangente” encapsulates the essence of Pedro Tudela’s work, where different elements come together, interact and intertwine to form an apparently noisy and complex relationship.

This notion of tangency resonates with subjects such as recovery, appropriation, impermanence, difference, ephemerality and nature.

As if it were a web of nets, it provides a lens through which we can appreciate and reach its result in a more critical and expressive way. The design of this web, made up of audio cables, aligns itself in place as a support and is flattened in space by the influx of intermittent light. This place, which is also ours, dissipates in the perception, which becomes ephemeral and tangential.

In addition to appearance, there is a web of sound, where sounds intertwine and vibrate, creating an interaction that is both rhythmic and organic, textured and chaotic.

tangent … mind                                                          Pedro Tudela 2023

Pedro Tudela. Born in Viseu in 1962. Graduated in Painting from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto (ESBAP) in 1987. PhD in Art and Design 2011. Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP). While a student at ESBAP, he co-founded the Missionary Group: he organized national and international exhibitions of painting, mail art and performance. He has participated in various performance festivals since 1982. He was the author and presenter of the radio programs “escolhe um dedo” and “atmosfera reduzida” on xfm between 1995 and 1996. In 1992, on the occasion of the exhibition “Mute … life”, he founded the multimedia collective Mute Life dept [MLd]. He turned to sound production in 1992, taking part in concerts, performances and record releases in Portugal and abroad. Co-founder, with Miguel Carvalhais, of the multidisciplinary digital music project @c. Founding member of the Crónica Electrónica label. He has been working in scenography since 2002. He has exhibited individually on a regular basis since 1981. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Portugal and abroad since the early 80s. He is represented in museums, public and private collections. Lives and works in Porto.