(Euro)politics: contemporary photography after 1999

(Euro)politics: contemporary photography after 1999

Temporary exhibition that took place between May 15 and October 6 2019.

This exhibition presented a visual translations on a modern Europe in flux through the Novo Banco Contemporary Photography Collection at the Money Museum.

The European Monetary Institute operated between 1994 and 1999, when the name ‘euro’ was created and approved for the single currency.  Twenty years on, what Europe do we live in? Starting from three central themes: acts of hospitality, acts of participation, and acts of utopia, we set out to investigate notions of cohesion, belonging, and social, economic and political integration that mark(ed) the design of the European project through the lens of contemporary international photography from 1999 when the euro was introduced as sole legal tender and one of the symbols of the community.

This period is marked by enormous changes in Europe and the world, with uncertainties, conflicts and challenges. Art too, as a creative form is inherently contentious, implying rift and collision of differences as methodologies to understand, reflect, act and visually translate perspectives on the world in which we live. This exhibition presented a visual translations on a modern Europe in flux through the Novo Banco Contemporary Photography Collection at the Money Museum.

Exhibition credits

Curator
Luísa Santos

Project management
Money Museum - Communication and Museum Department/Banco de Portugal 
Novo Banco

Executive production 
Money Museum - Communication and Museum Department/Banco de Portugal 

Museography and architectural features
Maria Eduarda Duarte 

Graphic design and communication
Communication and Museum Department/Banco de Portugal 

Education and mediation
Money Museum - Communication and Museum Department/Banco de Portugal 

Transports
Artshuttle 

General structures and  maintenance 
JCSampaio 
Mundimat 

Installation
UH! Frases Ilustradas 

Printing
UH! Frases Ilustradas 

Translation
Banco de Portugal 

Security and lighting 
Administration Services Department/Banco de Portugal 

Insurance 
Medilabor / Axa

BANCO DE PORTUGAL TEAM | COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT AND MUSEUM

MUSEUM

Ana Rita Canavarro
Coordination. Cultural program

Daniela Viela
Educational service, mediation and front house

João Pedro Vieira
Collection study and conservation

José Alberto Lemos
Numismatics

Margarida Sampaio
Mediation, digital platforms and exhibition production

Maria Cristina Domingues
IT and events

DESIGN

Catarina Gomes
Coordination. Editorial, graphic and infographic design

Manuel Farinha
Photography

Manuel Ribeiro
Equipment, exhibition and graphic design

Patricia Serrazino
Editorial, graphic and exhibition design

Sofia Fonseca
Editorial and graphic design

Susana Vaz
Editorial and graphic design