© Víctor Torpedo

Artist: Sardine & Tobleroni (Victor Torpedo and Jay Rechsteiner)

We Love 77 is an exhibition of Sardine & Tobleroni. Victor Torpedo is Sardine and Jay Rechsteiner is Tobleroni. They are a so-called art duo which means they do stuff together. They started off as painters – Sardine doing the right hand-side and Tobleroni the left hand-side. However, they soon started doing other things as well such as videos, installations, online art and all that crap. They describe what they do as Conceptual Art Brut, the equivalent to what Punk is in music. ‘We Love 77’ is an exhibition of 77 paintings of 77 highly influential Punk bands, featuring names from the early American precursors like the Stooges, to contemporary bands like the Libertines. This exhibition wants to give a profound and detailed insight into one of the most important cultural and social movements of the last century: Punk. It has had a great impact on the political and social landscape as well as on contemporary art and music, questioning and rejecting existing moral values and the creation of a fertile ground for new ideas that have changed the world politically and socially ever since. URL: https://welove77.wordpress.com/; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJxJcov_gk#t=162

OPENING EXHIBITION: 10 July 2015, 17h00 – 17h30
Presentation: Andy Bennett, KISMIF Convenor, School of Humanities, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University, KISMIF Project, Australia
Presentation: João Paulo Dias, Executive Director, Coordinator of Projects and Research Management Office, Centre of Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Presentation: Paulo Cunha e Silva, Councillor, Department of Culture, Porto Municipal Council, Portugal
Presentation: Víctor Torpedo, Musician, Visual Artist, DJ, Music Lover, Portugal
10 – 17 July 2015 | Edifício Montepio, Porto | Curated by Esgar Acelerado and Víctor Torpedo