Panel Discussions

November 20

Debate Cycle
Debate I – Artistic Residences: “Oasis” for creation.
A residence is by definition a temporary place we live during a period of time which goes beyond just a mere visit.  The residences created for artists, whether they are in the country exercised by the artist or in another, can mean the possibility of an “island” to create, meditate their creative path, find other creators or cultural agents, see exhibitions or simply take refuge in another environment.  It will be these temporary “oases” – where they need not cover the costs of daily living – a compulsory ticket for today’s creators?  It will be the ideal «habitat» for an artist in a nomad world where their own permanent home has stopped existing.
What will its ideal form be?  On a deserted island or in a great metropolis?  What are the different geometries of these “time bubbles”?  Can we think about an artistic residence for the future?

Moderator: Silvia Guerra, art critc, collaborator of Artecapital.net
Guests: Alexandre-David Guéniot (In charge of the atelier real residences, Lisbon); Catalina Lozano (Coordinator of the Gasworks residence program, London); Hugo Canoilas (Artist, Lisbon); Manuel Costa Cabral (Director of Serviço de Belas Artes da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon); Martine Michard (Director of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Georges Pompidou, Cajarc); Palmina d' Ascoli (In charge of the Culturesfrance residence program, Paris); Pedro Barateiro (Artist, Lisbon); and Victor Pinto da Fonseca (Director of Transboavista, Lisbon).

November 21

Debate Cycle
Debate II – Museums, biennial, triennial... how they contribute to the international notoriety and cultural development of the cities.
Museums, biennial, triennial... they are recognized bearers of the dynamics of cosmopolitan and global cities, and constitute the best places for us to contextualize the relevance of creating a cultural agenda – of diplomacy -, autonomous of traditional diplomacy, which contributes to the local and international notoriety of the city.
The debate intends to reflect on the internationalization and the possibility of creating relations with other foreign institutions, which tell us it is done better abroad.  The contribution of the personal experience of the participants, broaching key matters, represents an opportunity for the exchange of information.

Moderator: Lúcia Marques
Guests: Carlos Melo (Artist), Francisco Motta Veiga (Director of Culture, Lisbon Town Hall, Guta Moura Guedes (ExperimentaDesign), João Pinharanda (Fundação EDP), Leonor Nazaré (Centro de Arte Moderna – CAMJAP-FCG),  Paulo Gouveia (Clube das Artes e Ideias).

November 21

Debate Cycle
Debate III – ROSALUX.
Rosalux is a cultural initiative created by Tiny Domingos in 1999 as a web platform, and in the meantime, has materialized in an exhibiting experimental space with establishment, since 2007, in Berlin.  Its aim is to give exposure to the work of artists who have not yet taken part in the circuit of that city, with particular focus on Portuguese production, with regard to the internationalization of which it is intended to take on active facilitator.  This debate aims for the presentation and discussion of the new model to be implemented in the Rosalux space, of its contextual significance and strategies and preferential partnerships.

Moderator: Lígia Afonso (Historian and art critic)
Guests:José Carlos Teixeira (Artist, Lisbon) Tiny Domingos (Rosalux), Gonçalo Pena (Artist, Lisbon), Rita Castro Neves (Artist, Porto), and Rachel Korman (Artist, Lisbon).

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