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MARIAS
5th June to 18th June, 2017
+ info http://marias.mezzanine.pt/
MARIAS program intends to stimulate curatorial practices reflection onto discussion of how representation and woman participation is off proportion in the arts world and how it reflects into social and cultural questions that cross today’s discussion on gender and social subjects. To insert an awareness on the woman role within this sector is fundamental to think on which are the modes of curatorial practices action in theatres and museums. Certainly, is something which has been changing over the past years, but is not totally put into practice. With that fact that nowadays, artistic events, fairly most of the time neglect women’s labor, we consider necessary to create a platform for more political attention / awareness on the women role and position within Portuguese and international society.
MARIAS focus on women role within contemporary artistic practice in society, methodologies and means of cultural production, voice and language on contemporary panorama / landscape, applied namely on performing arts as well on research and writing.
Is mainly, a proposition to envision this values through different gazes.
With a “ªSede”, o “Passos Manuel” and “Bombeiros Voluntários do Porto – Porto Volunteers Fire Department, MEZZANINE launches a new curatorial project, “MARIAS”, from 5th to 18th June 2017, in Porto. During this time frame, we will articulate different topics about the place and existence of female protagonism in curatorship and its visibility within the arts in Porto and Portugal.
In this curatorial guideline, two practice labs were designed for daily sessions of two hours, offered to the local community, open to artists, theoreticians and who else is interested, and that can join to this sessions, freely. Krõõt Juurak, from 5th to 9th of June., and Eleanor Bauer from 12th to 16th of June. Each week last session will be open to all the audience, stimulating meeting and debate.
During and along these two weeks, performances, video installations, meetings will be nourishing the possible discussion.
Performances for PETS, on pet’s owners houses and Animal Jokes (for Pets) at Passos Manuel, will be two of Kroot Juurak and Alex Bailey, to be shown and shared, on the first week. And a première of this two artists, for the first time in Porto presenting their work, and these two creations.
The absolute première, of Eleanor Bauer last on going busy research. A first timer in Portugal and Porto, this choreographer will perform “UUU” at Passos Manuel. Two local Portuguese video artists, Sandra Araújo and Tânia Dinis will be installing their work at ªSede, with performance and video projection.
Throughout the two weekends, lectures will kick start Saturday’s afternoons, followed up with Conferência dos Pássaros (Birds Conference), a progressive model in which each one of the women invited will present for 10 minutes, her artistic work, visual or theoretic. Sunday is occupied with two sets of double debates, with public entities which will talk about autarchy, artists, social media and public / private institutions.
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05.06 - 09.06
PERFORMANCES FOR PETS
Krõõt Juurak & Alex Bailey
|/ Location: to be defined
05.06 - 09.06
MANICURE LAB: AUTODOMESTICATION
lead by Krõõt Juurak
17h30 às 20h
|/ Location: ªSede
08.06
ANIMAL JOKES (FOR ANIMALS)
Krõõt Juurak & Alex Bailey
21h30
|/ Location: ªSede
09.06
VIDEO-INSTALATION
Sandra Araújo
21h
|/ Location: ªSede
10.06
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
14h-16h | Lecture by Marinela Freitas
16h-20h | Interventions by Alexandra Balona, Eduarda Neves, Francisca Valente, Mara Andrade, Né Barros, Patrícia Vieira Campos, Sandra Araújo, Marina Costa, Rute Rosas, Maria Bleck Holroyd Soares, Fátima São Simão, Márcia Novais, Anja Calas, Rebecca Moradalizadeh, Sofia Arriscado and more guests to be confirmed
|/ Location: Salão Nobre dos Bombeiros Voluntários do Porto
11.06
16h – 18h | Debate
18h – 20h | Debate
|/ Location: ªSede
12.06 - 16.06
TEA & KNITTING LAB: CHOREO | GRAPHY
lead by Eleanor Bauer
17h30 to 20h
|/ Location: ªSede
15.06
UNTITLED, UNTEMPERED, UNTAMED
Performance by Eleanor Bauer
22h
|/ Location: Passos Manuel
DJ SET
Marta Vuduvum
23h59
|/ Location: Passos Manuel
16.06
PERFORMANCE AND VIDEO
Tânia Dinis
21h
|/ Location: ªSede
FESTA | DJ set MVRIA
23h59
|/ Location: Passos Manuel
17.06
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
14h-16h | Lecture by Ana Gabriela Macedo
16h-20h | Interventions by Alejandra Jaña Montecinos, Ana Deus, Carolina Amaral, Cristina Mateus, Cristina Regadas, Isabel Barros, Joana Castro, Joana Providência, Magda Seifert, Manuela Dos Campos, Manuela Matos Monteiro, Maria de Guerra, Marta Bernardes, Rosi Avelar, Sara Barbosa, Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro, Susana Otero, Ana Ulisses and more guests to be confirmed
|/ Location: Salão Nobre dos Bombeiros Voluntários do Porto
18.06
16h – 18h | Debate
18h – 20h | Debate
|/ Location: ªSede
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Curated by
Ana Rocha and Jorge Gonçalves
Artists
Alex Bailey, Eleanor Bauer, Krõõt Juurak, Sandra Araújo and Tânia Dinis
Orators
Marinela Freitas and Ana Gabriel Macedo
Interventions by
Alexandra Balona, Eduarda Neves, Francisca Valente, Mara Andrade, Né Barros, Patrícia Vieira Campos, Sandra Araújo, Marina Costa, Rute Rosas, Maria Bleck Holroyd Soares, Fátima São Simão, Márcia Novais, Anja Calas, Rebecca Moradalizadeh, Sofia Arriscado, Alejandra Jaña Montecinos, Ana Deus, Carolina Amaral, Cristina Mateus, Cristina Regadas, Isabel Barros, Joana Castro, Joana Providência, Magda Seifert, Manuela Dos Campos, Manuela Matos Monteiro, Maria de Guerra, Marta Bernardes, Rosi Avelar, Sara Barbosa, Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro and Susana Otero.
Graphic Design
Marta Casaca
Organization and Production
MEZZANINE
Communication support
Municipality of Porto - Cultural Department
Residency support
ªSede, Passos Manuel and Bombeiros Voluntários do Porto
MEZZANINE is a non profit cultural association financed by Governo de Portugal - Ministério da Cultura/Direção Geral das Artes and member of REDE - Associação de Estruturas para a Dança Contemporânea.