It was an unstoppable man and got what he called Revolution “net city”. “Looking at the city as if all of it were a single device, and the people who inhabit their cultural agents,” said in an interview with VISION in August 2014, a few months after taking office as councilor of culture of the City Council Port. Left, however, the work environment and a future headquarters.
Paulo Cunha e Silva, 53, died Monday night, Tuesday, at 23 hours, at his home in Matosinhos, victim of a acute myocardial infarction. A few hours earlier he had spoken at the opening of the cycle dedicated to the complete works of Manoel de Oliveira (your organization), the Serralves Museum in Porto, which considered that this “was the best way to honor the filmmaker,” much greater than ” give your name to a street of Porto, “had this morning, the VISION, Luis Braga da Cruz, president of the Serralves Foundation, still incredulous at this unexpected disappearance. “It’s a loss for Portuguese culture. Paulo Cunha e Silva was the pivot of the cultural policy of a city. It was an example of what culture can be as cultural transformation factor, able to make cultural policy from the institutions that existed in the city. “
The son of a teacher and a judge, Paulo Cunha e Silva She was born in Alentejo, in 1962, but was at Porto for whom claimed to be “married and in love”. Degree in Medicine from the University of Porto, where he was known as “Paulinho of twenties,” was professor of anatomy, art critic and one of the main responsible for the programming of Porto 2001, European Capital of Culture. It was also Chairman of the Institute of the Ministry of Culture Arts, Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Portugal in Rome and commissioner of an extensive Guimarães 2012 program.
In the nearly two years that was in charge of the sector of Culture the Porto City Council, the city printed a new dynamic. Gave him one of its main stages, the Rivoli Municipal Theatre (September 2014) and the public responded in force as early as the year starting with a next occupation of 90% in the large auditorium of spectacles. “We have today a proud Theatre of its programmatic quality and its relationship with the city that made the reborn”, say, at the launch of the program this last quarter. Less than a month was decorated by the French Government with the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, the distinction of their work. The new model of the Book Fair of Porto, the launch of the Future Forum (festival that defined in the closing speech, as a kind of “Paredes de Coura of contemporary thought” and whose second edition, dedicated to Happiness, ended last Sunday, always sellouts), the implemented public art program or cycles as a object and its Speeches (revealing some secrets of the municipal heritage site) are some of the initiatives that have marked his work as councilor of culture.
“I always look forward, sometimes sideways, rarely back,” he said in an interview with VISION. Throughout this Wednesday, 11, have been many reactions to the sudden death of Paulo Cunha e Silva. Francisca Carneiro Fernandes, president of
administration of St. John National Theatre (TNSJ), considered him ‘a very intelligent man, brilliant, with a thought and an unstoppable action, did things with a joy and a delivery unusual”. During the time he was in charge of the sector of Culture, “left an undeniable mark. Were only two years, but it seems it was much longer. “With a very busy schedule, it was rare to lose a TNSJ the show. “I was everywhere, it was remarkable how managed the time.” In a statement released this morning, also the House of Music Foundation, recognized “the great contribution and enthusiasm that [Paulo Cunha e Silva] always instilled the promotion of the arts and culture “. “It was a great cultural activist, with great ability to publicize acts and manifestations of creativity, culture and citizenship.” Also Gonçalo Amorim, artistic director of the Teatro Experimental do Porto (TEP), praises him “the ability to engage people” . “I brought a lot of people to work with him and help make a difference on this occasion he had to be at the service of Porto’s culture, giving it a poignancy and a rare extravagance”, recognizing their role in the TEP’s return to the city in 2014 (after years on the other side of the river in Gaia), as one of the living structures of the Municipal Theatre Campo Alegre.
The body of Paulo Cunha e Silva will be burning chamber, from the 17 hours of this Wednesday, 11, in the auditorium of the stage Manoel de Oliveira at the Municipal Theatre Rivoli in Porto. The funeral procession will leave the theater on Thursday, 12, for 14 hours towards the Church of Lapa, where takes place the Mass at 15h. In a statement, the Porto City Council, which declared three days of mourning municipal, points out that the Rivoli doors will be open all night “to all who wish to pay tribute” to the councilor of culture.
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