WHEN SOMEONE DIED THEY ONLY ASKED: DID THEY HAVE PASSION?Curated by Óscar Faria

Amy Hollowell, André Gomes, António Poppe, Bruno Zhu, Diana Carvalho, Hernâni Reis Baptista, Inês Dias, Isabel Duarte, Joana Fervença, João Jacinto, João Soares, Manuel de Freitas, Maria João Macedo, Paulo da Costa Domingos, Pedro Morais, Rui Baião, Rui Chafes, Sebastião Resende

Two verses from a poem by Herberto Helder, first published in "A Faca não Corta o Fogo: súmula & inédita", are the starting point for this project, comprising an exhibition and a book. The project is an attempt to answer this question, supposedly formulated in ancient Greece[2] when passion was still "pathos", that is, it had different meanings — for example, in the Timaeus, Plato lists five main passions: pleasure; sadness; daring; fear and hope.

It is not known if Herberto Helder has appropriated a line from the movie "Serendipity" (2001), when Dean Kansky, performed by Jeremy Piven, says “You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: «Did he have passion?»” This, however, is a question that concerns us all, especially when it has the purpose of a summary: a whole life is condensed by it. The others’, ours.