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A young man, the lonely character of this tale, is on a journey of (self) discovery inside an unbounded, abstract space, where primitive Nature reigns. In this space, the faint glimmers of the Man passage are offered by some constructions in ruins. However, most of the surrounding is uncharted Nature, this seems to have a magnetic effect on the character who, still an outsider, feels the urge to explore. Although he doesn`t know exactly what he is searching for, his journey is ordained by a calling – and his (uphill) journey progressively becomes more grueling.

Pedro Vaz (Maputo, 1977) obtains a degree in Fine Arts - Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon in 2006. This year, he exposed Atlântica individually in Baró Gallery in São Paulo, Brazil, Neblina in Galeria 111, Lisbon and Monólito in Casa da Cerca - Contemporary Art Centre in Almada, Portugal. In 2014 was awarded in the international competition "Beers Award for Emerging Contemporary Art" in London, and was granted a scholarship for the development of the project "Tour du Mont-Blanc"  by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Duplacena. In the same year, Pedro Vaz exhibits: "Tour du Mont-Blanc" integrated into the Festival Temps D`images 2014 and presented at the MNAC: National Museum of Contemporary Art Chiado, in Lisbon; "Stimmung" exhibited in CAPC - Circle of Fine Arts of Coimbra and co-exhibits "Raukoon - Pedro Vaz X João Queiroz" at CAPC (Coimbra Fine Arts Circle) alongside another project "50 Years of Galeria 111" in Lisbon. Pedro Vaz, lives and works in Lisbon and Sao Paulo.