The exhibition “Museu do Papel em Movimento”, by André Garcia Pimenta and featuring pop-up books, opens on November 21, at the José Mariano Gago Municipal Library, in Olhão.
«This show of pop-up books that we now have the opportunity to appreciate in Olhão, brings together copies from their origin, in the XNUMXth century, to contemporary times. The exhibition also shows the production process of a pop-up with printed sheets and the cutters used in its manufacture», says Câmara de Olhão.
As part of this exhibition, on the day of opening to the public, a pop-up workshop for adults is held, from 13:30 pm to 18:30 pm. This activity will refer to the history of mechanical books, from their origins to contemporaneity, with examples of books from different periods.
Participants will be challenged with the practical exploration of the main mechanisms present in the pop-ups, and will then be able to create their own model with the acquired knowledge or reproduce an existing one.
Pre-registration is mandatory and can be made via email [email protected] or by phone 289700130.
André Garcia Pimenta (Lisbon, August 26, 1982) is a Portuguese author of mechanical books and paper automata, graduated in Plastic Arts (Sculpture) from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon and in Design from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon.
His books are self-published and produced in Portugal, allowing him a better monitoring of production, and an ecologically sustainable product.
In parallel, he collects mechanical books, holding various exhibitions and workshops, including the exhibition “A Saltar do Livro” at the National Library of Portugal in 2016.
In 2018, the “Museu do Papel em Movimento” project was started, a platform that aims to promote knowledge, dissemination and enjoyment of paper toys with movement and mechanisms, with a special focus on the period between the end of the century. XIX to the 60s of the century. XX.
The exhibition, which will be open until December 19, can be visited on Mondays from 13:00 pm to 18:30 pm, Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 18:30 pm and on Saturdays from 13:00 pm to 18:30 pm.
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