{"id":152,"date":"2026-07-19T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contourbiennale.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=152"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:26:00","slug":"gabriel-abrantes","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/contourbiennale.org\/nl\/artist\/gabriel-abrantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Abrantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriel Abrantes is een kunstenaar en filmmaker die historische, sociale en politieke thema&#8217;s verkent via onwaarschijnlijke verhalen, waarin absurditeit, melodrama, folklore en autobiografie nauw verweven zijn. Aan de hand van animatie, schilderkunst, cinema, internetcultuur en kunstgeschiedenis bouwt hij emotioneel geladen sc\u00e8nes waarin humor, catastrofe, intimiteit en verval zich naast elkaar afspelen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bardo Loops<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> toont vier onderling verbonden animaties in loop, gesitueerd in de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bardo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; de toestand tussen dood en wedergeboorte in verschillende boeddhistische tradities. In overstroomde interieurs, door bosbranden verwoeste wouden, verlaten paleizen en vernielde kustlijnen bewegen spookachtige figuren zich door cycli van rouw, conflict, verzoening en verlangen. Hun emotionele uitwisselingen, slingerend tussen tederheid en absurditeit, weerspiegelen de dwangmatige herhalingen van hedendaagse digitale ruimtes, waar emotie circuleert in loops, echo&#8217;s en performance. Persoonlijke tragedie en planetair verval worden elkaars spiegelbeeld: ze versterken elkaar en bevragen welke urgentie voorrang hoort te krijgen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zwevend tussen rouw en zwarte humor, intimiteit en klimaaturgentie benadert <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bardo Loops<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> persoonlijk en planetair verdriet als gedeelde symptomen van een wereld uit evenwicht.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-152","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gabriel Abrantes - Contour Biennale 11<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/contourbiennale.org\/artist\/gabriel-abrantes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gabriel Abrantes - Contour Biennale 11\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gabriel Abrantes is een kunstenaar en filmmaker die historische, sociale en politieke thema&#8217;s verkent via onwaarschijnlijke verhalen, waarin absurditeit, melodrama, folklore en autobiografie nauw verweven zijn. 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