Play the Game: Start...

Start... is the second chapter in the Play the Game cycle; it marks the moment just before the race begins—the stage where all preparations take place. It is in this spirit that the curatorial project unfolds within the antechamber and two exhibition rooms of Forum Arte Braga, experimenting with various relationships—some evident, others more imaginative—among the artworks from the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Collection.

While the antechamber offers a preparatory introduction to the game, it is in the two main rooms that a significant dichotomy is reestablished: in the bright first room, vitality and the action inherent to the artistic experience are explored; in the somber second room, mortality and introspection are revealed and felt in that very moment.

The Play the Game cycle began with Departure…, at the Sintra Museum of Art, from May to August 2025. It will conclude with Escape!, which will take place at the Águeda Arts Center between January and April 2026.