{"id":37816,"date":"2025-12-12T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/?page_id=37816"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:52:34","slug":"a-leap-in-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/en\/a-leap-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Leap in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_plcvz94w19\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_xaqjam769\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><strong>Production photos and photos of the artwork installed at the C\u00f4a Museum<\/strong> \u00a9Marco Longo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_znfi8cq5xl\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_51p6vzndm\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_vw9a2hb01c\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h5 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Exhibition<\/h5>\n<\/div><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_w2hl7qgwid\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">A Leap in Time<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Time is a dimension invented by humanity to explain a phenomenon of which we are merely spectators. We cannot influence it, subject it to our desires. History and Archaeology are disciplines that allow humanity to travel through time to learn about the habits of its ancestors and, with this knowledge, establish a relationship between the past and the present, in order to build a consequential and informed future.<\/p>\n<p>Vila Nova de Foz C\u00f4a, is more than just a place, it is a wormhole that allows us to travel through history, engulfing us in an open-air gallery with over 1000 rocks bearing rock art, identified in more than 80 distinct sites, with predominantly Paleolithic engravings dating back approximately 30,000 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_689kep74i\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_kjnyzjn3v\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_ngsyzgmt72\" class=\"cmsmasters_column two_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_img  cmsmasters_image_n\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-14.jpg\" alt=\"A Leap in Time, de Cristina Rodrigues\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_divider_bhr8xpkty\" class=\"cl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a9 Marco Longo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_divider_73vz9ksmzm\" class=\"cl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>In the words of C\u00f4a Park Foundation\u2019s President, Dr. Jo\u00e3o Paulo Sousa,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>From the Paleolithic to Post-modernity. From lucid and curved art to the artistic post-production of the instant of eternity and perfection. Paleolithic art, as a magical, abstract ritual, is the whisper of the soul in the colors, forms, and melodies of post-modernity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_fb4fsxy7qr\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_24ct08tqdl\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_gallery_206rsiwf9b\" class=\"cmsmasters_gallery_wrap\" data-type=\"masonry\" data-count=\"0\"><ul class=\"cmsmasters_gallery cmsmasters_3 cmsmasters_more_items_loader\"><li class=\"cmsmasters_gallery_item\"><figure><a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-860x645.jpg 860w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-11-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a9 Marco Longo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_e0moj301k\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_r6ljed7ww6\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Just as the Iberian ibex was a central motif in rock art 30 millennia ago,\u00a0<strong>A Leap in Time\u00a0<\/strong>was conceived as a contemporary representation of the same animal. The creative gesture that Man exercised when inscribing it in stone inspired Cristina Rodrigues to depict a set of 24 iron goats in the landscape. In the past, the forms of this animal were engraved in two dimensions. In the present, the forms are three-dimensional and recorded through sculptures, in different positions and movements. A total of 24 Iberian ibexes, one for each hour of the day. Time, represented within the always punctual vehicle, History.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_q7po6wj89w\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_x26zynojmu\" class=\"cmsmasters_column two_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_img  cmsmasters_image_n\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-17.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_divider_bjnm8unbzl\" class=\"cl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a9 Marco Longo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_divider_bsh41slspf\" class=\"cl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>In the words of archaeologist Dalila Correia:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>More than an ancestral legacy, the C\u00f4a Valley is a territory of continuous creation. An uninterrupted line between what we were, what we are, and the path we can follow.\u00a0<strong>A Leap in Time<\/strong>, by the artist Cristina Rodrigues, is more than a contemporary art installation; it is the continuation of a creative impulse with 30,000 years of human history in the C\u00f4a Valley. Each mark engraved at C\u00f4a reminds us: what we create today can transcend time and transform tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_zbrsf2f9ik\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_a71n5565ke\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_v738j1h35l\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_embed_wrap\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Leap in Time, de Cristina Rodrigues\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZisjEURO5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_59aix174zq\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_u7l58y5lmo\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>The C\u00f4a Valley was classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998. UNESCO recognizes creativity as an important resource that generates economic benefits and improves the quality of life in societies. Therefore, art plays a fundamental role in promoting creativity, knowledge sharing, and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_dwqzke07f\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_3m6no9msv\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_gallery_s6efqjojw\" class=\"cmsmasters_gallery_wrap\" data-type=\"masonry\" data-count=\"0\"><ul class=\"cmsmasters_gallery cmsmasters_2 cmsmasters_more_items_loader\"><li class=\"cmsmasters_gallery_item\"><figure><a 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https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-20-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-20-860x645.jpg 860w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-20-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251110_A-Leap-in-Time-Cristina-Rodrigues-_mres-20-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a9 Marco Longo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_7xqh2a85m\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_yypgn3qs2o\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_83zn9334z6\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h3 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Biographical Note<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues was born in 1980 in Porto, where she studied and began her professional career as an architect, later moving to Lisbon and then the Algarve. In 2009 she moved to Manchester, United Kingdom, where she was a lecturer and researcher at the Manchester School of Art, of the Manchester Metropolitan University (2010 \u2013 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Cristina holds a PhD in Art &amp; Design from Manchester School of Art (2016), an M. Phil in Medieval and Renaissance History from the University of Porto (2007) and a Honours Degree in Architecture from Lus\u00edada University (2004).<\/p>\n<p>Her art work has been exhibited internationally, in Europe, Asia and South America, with several solo exhibitions. These include\u00a0<em>Blossom<\/em>\u00a0(2023), at AP\u2019ARTE Galery, Porto;\u00a0<em>Mordomas<\/em>\u00a0(2022), at \u00a0Caminha Municipal Museum;\u00a0<em>Cry of the High Tide\u00a0<\/em>(2021), at the Gardens of Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon; at the Wharf of the Royal Customs, Vila do Conde; at the Monastery of Santo de Ancede, Bai\u00e3o; and outside the Ermesinde Cultural Forum;\u00a0<em>Crossing<\/em>\u00a0(2020), at Centro de Cultura Contempor\u00e2nea, Castelo Branco;<em>\u00a0Home is the Cathedral of Life\u00a0<\/em>(2019), at MATADERO, Madrid, Spain;\u00a0<em>The Horizon\u00a0<\/em>(2019), at Quinta da Cruz \u2013 Centro de Arte Comtempor\u00e2nea, Viseu, Portugal; \u00a0<em>Echoes of the Sea<\/em>\u00a0(2018), at The Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan;\u00a0<em>The Shroud<\/em>\u00a0(2017\/2018), at MATADERO, Madrid, Spain;\u00a0<em>The Kingdom of Heaven<\/em>\u00a0(2017), at Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, United Kingdom;\u00a0<em>A Retrospective<\/em>\u00a0(2017), at Centro de Cultura Contempor\u00e2nea, Castelo Branco, Portugal;\u00a0<em>The Shroud<\/em>, at Colombo Art Biennale 2016, in the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Colombo, Sri Lanka; and\u00a0<em>La Pasi\u00f3n<\/em>\u00a0(2016), a monumental exhibition installed at five of the most iconic monuments in the city of Seville, Spain: Fundaci\u00f3n Valent\u00edn de Madariaga y Oya, Portuguese Pavilion, Universidad de Sevilla, Casa de la Provincia and Real Alc\u00e1zar de Sevilla.<\/p>\n<p>Several of Cristina\u2019s works have been acquired for the art collections of museums and public entities, namely Manchester Cathedral and the Cheshire East Council, in the UK; Cultura Madrid (Ayuntamiento de Madrid) and Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola (AC\/E), Spain; Municipal Museum Amadeo Souza-Cardoso, Cascais Municipality, Castelo Branco Municipality, Viseu Municipality; Vila do Conde Municipality, Valongo Municipality, Bai\u00e3o Municipality, Caminha Municipality and the Portuguese State. More recently,\u00a0<em>Memories of the Sea<\/em>, comprising three installations suspended from the ceiling, was commissioned by the Dutch group VIA Outlets and is on permanent display at Vila do Conde Porto Fashion Outlet since April 2021. The author also produced public works for corporate clients, such as: Licor Beir\u00e3o (J. Carranca Redondo, Lda.), Ferreira de S\u00e1 Rugs, FLY London (Kyaia), Vila do Conde Porto Fashion Outlets (VIA Outlets), ASCENDI, SPV \u2013 Sociedade Ponto Verde and COFINA.<\/p>\n<p>Through her art, Cristina draws imaginary narratives linking her personal journey as a Portuguese woman in a global context to a fantastic world of symbolisms. Each of her art installations is locally inspired yet universal in meaning. As to her audiences, Cristina\u2019s creations can take an international contemporary spectator into a transcultural and transtemporal journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":37821,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37816","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Leap in Time - C\u00f4a Parque<\/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:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/en\/a-leap-in-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Leap in Time - 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