_Agonia no jardim_ ["Agony in the garden"] marks M̶i̶g̶u̶e̶l̶ Bonneville's debut in the world of ceramics—a practice he began after quitting his trajectory in the performing arts. This exhibition sets the beginning of the serial project _Animais Paisagens e Santos_ [Animals Landscapes and Saints], which investigates the lives and legacies of different saints, while exploring the intersections between the study of mysticism, the relations between human and non-human animals, and the tensions between civilization and nature.

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_Agonia no jardim_ marca a estreia de M̶i̶g̶u̶e̶l̶ Bonneville no universo da cerâmica — prática iniciada após a suspensão da sua trajetória nas artes performativas. Esta exposição inaugura o projeto serial _Animais Paisagens e Santos_, que investiga as vidas e os legados de diferentes santos, ao mesmo tempo que explora as intersecções entre o estudo da mística, as relações entre animais humanos e não humanos e a tensão entre civilização e natureza.

Agonia no jardim — Miguel Bonneville

In 2024, the EVC's Foyer became an exhibition space, welcoming proposals on an ongoing basis by visual artists whose work has a connection to the performing arts in general and to dance in particular. After the first edition of a cycle of exhibitions curated by Carlota Lagido, during which we welcomed works by Luís Guerra, João Galante and Elizabete Francisca, we present a new edition with artists Flávio Rodrigues, Miguel Bonneville and Ana Caetano.

#### cérebro, olhos, mãos e papel [“brain, eyes, hands and paper”] — 2nd edition

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_What is this capacity of the body that takes what we observe and puts it on a sheet of paper? I’m talking about the body transmuting itself into a drawing, in an intricate fusion between eyes, hands and paper. It’s like the development of a mental muscle that mysteriously extends down the arm, reaches the hand and travels across the paper. It turns into movement and dynamism. There are people in the world of performing arts who have been drawing even before they started using their bodies as tools. These exhibitions reveal three different ways of using mental muscles, each with its own identity and beauty. Drawing is a physical act that requires time, memory, focus, practice, will, endurance and freedom. It’s like dancing. In this second edition, drawing turns into action with Flávio Rodrigues, into sculpture with Miguel Bonneville, and into movement with Ana Caetano._ ― Carlota Lagido

Agonia no jardim — Miguel Bonneville

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