PROJECT TRAVESSA DA ERMIDA

Belém, Lisbon 2012LISBOA nA RuA/ COM’OuT LISBOn

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PROGRAM:September8thtoNovember11th2012ExhibitionatErmidaN.ªSr.ªdaConceiçãoandTravessadoMartaPintoSeptember8th20126–7pmConcertJoséEduardoRocha&EnsembleJER_OsPlásticosdeLisboa7.30pmOpeningoftheExhibitionArtists:MOOV+MiguelFaroandAndréGraçaGomesFolioLaunch,Reviewingisbelieving…mythisneverinblackandwhiteAuthors:JoséLuísdeMatos,PedroMalaquias,NelsonGuerreiro,JoãoAbel,PedroPenilo,JoãoCabaço,MOOV+MiguelFaro,AndréGraçaGomes,AlexandraCorteReal,MárioCaeiroPresentationofaPieceofJewellerybyTravessa’sJewelleryWorkshopAlexandraCorteReal

September15th2012,4pmRomanticWalkswithNelsonGuerreiroandJoãoAbelFree–Bookinguntil24hoursprevioustotheeventOctober27th2012,4pmRomanticWalkswithNelsonGuerreiroandJoãoAbelFreebooking24hoursinadvance

November3rd2012,4pmRomanticWalkswithNelsonGuerreiroandJoãoAbelFreebooking24hoursinadvanceDatestobeannouncedGuidedTourswiththecuratorandguests

ContactsProjectTravessadaErmidaMercadordoTempoLda.Address:TravessadoMartaPinto,121300‐390LisboaNIF:508518350Contact:FábiaFernandesPhone.:00351213637700;00351961177874E‐mail:ermida@travessadaermida.comSite:www.travessadaermida.com

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VICENTE’12Reviewingisbelieving…mythisneverinblackandwhite

Cityculture,urbanartBelém,September8thtoNovember11th2012Vicente2012bringsnewideastoembodythefoundingmythoftheidentityofLisbon.Thesecondedition of this project of urban history and culture includes an intervention at the Travessa doMartaPintobyarchitectsMOOVinpartnershipwiththeartistMiguelFaro,adrawinginstallationbyAndréGraceGomesat theErmidaNªSr ªdaConceiçãoandaprogramofwalksunder thethemeofRomanticism,theactors/performersNelsonGuerreiroandJoãoAbel.FromSeptembertoNovember2012,Belémbringsintoexistenceoneofthemostunknownstoriesofouridentity,givingnewnuancestotheeternalvaluesofVICENTE.Vicente–urbancultureprojectTheprojectVicentebeganin2011withaseriesoforiginalpublicartinstallations(JanaMatejkova,AndrewCane,JohnRibeiro+CarolePurnelle&NunoMaya),aninstallationattheErmidaN.ªSr.ªda Conceição (Simeon Nelson), a Jewellery project (Alexandra Corte‐Real), the publishing of areference publication on the Myth (José Sarmento Matos, Pedro Gadanho, Nelson Guerreiro,MárioCaeiro,JanaMatejkova,AndréBanha,JoãoRibeiro+CarolePurnelle&NunoMaya,SimeonNelson, Alexandra Corte‐Real) and a program of situationist walks (Nelson Guerreiro and JoãoAbel).Researching through thewealth of theVincentianmyth, following up in 2012 toVicente is acommitmenttocontinuityandsuccessoftheurbanandculturalconceptwhichgavetheLisbonRavens and theMythof SaintVincentnew colours and contemporarymeanings. The projectproposesacreativeandentrepreneurialofthecity’simagination,underthemottoReviewingisbelieving...themythisneverblackandwhite.In2012,theparticipatingartists‐MOOVandMiguelFarointhepublicspace,AndréGraçaGomesin the former Chapel, Alexandra Corte‐Real in the Jewellery shop andNelsonGuerreiro& JoãoAbelonthewalks‐accountforitscharacterandingenuity,allmakingartintoagameofunusualtransfigurations. Able to express their imagination using the most perishable and commonmaterials,butalwayswithasenseofscaleandcommunicationwiththepublic,thesecreatorswillmeettheprinciplesoftheProjectTravessadaErmida:showingBelémandLisbonwithanewsetofeyes;while,atthesametime,risingonthewingsofVicente,wecatchaglimpseofutopiaonthehorizon.Vicente,artandcity–theprogramThisprogramestablishesacommitmentoftheProjectTravessadaErmidatothe identityofthecity of Lisbon, and the area of Belém in particular. In a context of greater budget restraintVicenteplaces a bet on executive partnerships, on institutional mutual help and collaborativecreation.With this inmind the investment in public art, in experimental actions that value ourculture, as well as the walks, which contribute to civic education, seek to suggest original

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strategiesofinnovation.TheinterestoftheProjectisnotlimitedtothefieldofartanddesign,itexpands to transverse issues that are imposing today, of the deeply touristic vocation of ourcapital, interdependentofthespiritualrenewalthat isrequired intimesofcrisis.VicentemeetswithavocationofLisbonitneverhurtstoremember.Vicente 2012 is the follow up of a philosophy of original and structured programming by theProjectTravessadaErmidasince2008,which isremarkableinacontextofcontinuouschangeintheculturalworld inPortugal. It is thisstabilitythat, in itssmallscale,willachievethetargetofanothereditionofthisprojectwhichistoestablishafamiliarityofthepublicwiththisVicente.Allthecolours,shapes,symbols,narrativesandarguments,presentintheseVicentes,re‐establishtherenewingsymbolinthecollectivememory(fromwhereithadbeenremoved).ItisthiscommitmenttocontinuityandsuccessoftheconceptthatgivestheravensofLisbonandtheMythofVicentenewcoloursandcontemporarymeanings,aswellasanotherfunction‐morecreativeandentrepreneurial–inthecity’simagination.Vicente–FoliosIncollaborationwiththesealof thePalavrãoproject,asinglenewspaper‐magazine issuewillbecreated that complements the previous edition (Vicente ‐ Resonances of a Myth). The guestauthors are historianJosé Luis de Matos, artist Pedro Penilo, chronicler Pedro Malaquias, theillustrationartistJoãoCabaço,andtheartistsofVICENTE'12AndréGraçaGomes,MOOV,MiguelFaro,AlexandraCorteReal,NelsonGuerreiroandJoãoAbel.Thecontent(textandimagesections,interspersed)aretheobjectofamultifunctionalpackaging,makingtheworkamixofdecorativeobject,display,altarandshrine.ConcertJoséEduardoRocha&EnsembleJER_OsPlásticosdeLisboa

José Eduardo Rocha & Ensemble JER_Os Plásticos de Lisboa (22.nd Anniversary) presentthemselves in quartet, with an assemble of pieces for the repertoire of plastic instruments,expresslycompiledtoErmida’sexquisiteacoustic.

EnsembleJER(inquartet):JoséEduardoRocha,NunoMorão,PauloGuia,VascoLourençoProgramme: Chamber Music Adagio (W. A. Mozart) Guia das Aves (JER) (first concertpresentation),SonatadaChiesa(JER),(première)ClappingMusic(SteveReich)GuerreroNotebook:walkingbringsustogetherAprojectbyNelsonGuerreirowiththeartisticcollaborationandperformativeinterventionbyJoãoAbelRomanticWalks(keywords)Spaziergang. Walks. Fiction. Meeting. Landscape. Surprise. Discovered intimacy. Unveiling ofdesire.Correspondenceofthedesiretocommit.Thesecretsaretobekept.FollowinguponacreativecollaborationprojectstartedinVicente2011,whereIwroteatextfromtheexperience of theplaceandweworked on theoccupationofpublicspace in the recreationof thesituationist drift, in the form of performative walks, we reappear now, and with much taste, forVicente2012project,undertheform‐andbysuggestionofMarioCaeiro–ofguidesandcompanionsoftheRomanticWalks,resumingthesensitivityofSchiller(1759‐1805).Thesewalkswhosescript,pre‐written byme, will explore various forms, like amix‐appeal, of literature (in a preset text), givingphysicaltexturetotheemotionsofthecity,meaningapartofthecity:Belémandthelike.

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A revisitation of the sensitivity of Schiller through Spaziergang(walk)around the city, can nolongerbemadeinsuchanaivelyromanticway,butwillpassthisheritageoftheWalkasaspaceof subjectivation and deepening of consciousness in the encounterwithNature and theWholeUniverse. But if for themanof the Romantic the need to re‐establish as a humanbeingwouldhave its foundation inNature, soas to reach itsessenceof freedom from the human, the trueexpressionoffeeling,oftheintimateIthatseekstranscendence‐andisourmodernman’sdreamnot,initsgreaterpart.,thegerminationofthehopedindividualizationoftheRomantic?‐Itseemsthatforthecontemporarymanapossiblenewwayofromanticredemptionwouldbethroughthereunion no just Mother Nature, but above all with his own human nature. A kind ofphenomenologicalreductionofwhatitmeanstobehuman,this,walkingbringsustogether.In this perspective a text will come from the pen, ballpoint pen and pad of Nelson Guerreiro,where the exhaustion of that inner self and not‐fully‐accepted‐bourgeois, great grandson ofSchiller,isconfrontedwiththesimplicityoflisteningtohisownconditionandnature,asopposedtoanantagonisticsplitbetweenlifeandidealization.Amongthewrittenwords,witnessesofmyvoicethatsignsasNelsonGuerreiro,andthematerialtexture of the body given to see and feel or to sense by performer João Abel, a dialogue‐confrontationwillbeestablished:apresenceofsilenceinspace,atextunmatchedbythebody,anon‐perceivedsynchronicitybetweentwobodies.Inbetween,theremaybeabodywhoseactioncollideswiththesocialrolethatisexpectedofit,byalteringthetemporalperceptionandthroughthe introspectionofgesture,andavoiceofthedialecticbetweentheclosureofthebeing inhisown inner self dream and the social, philosophical and eschatological response to humancondition.Basedonthetextthatgoesinsearchofwitnessingwhatnormallycanonlybeimagined,that is,thewriterwillriskhislife,whiletheperformerwillchallengehimselfwithoutanylimitstoenableboth to make a journey through intimacy, hopefully through elective affinities ‐ powered byGoethe– i.e.,withnocalculatingantecedentsandwithflushed innocence.Wewillwaitandseewhattimewillbring...Vicente–thenameVicente is the name of the city's patron saint, whose martyred body sailed into the TagusaccompaniedbytwohoveringravenssinceSagres.Tothisday,thecoatofarmsofLisbonremindsus of the legend. Vicente would also have been the name of St. Anthony’s grandfather. AndVicenteisthenameinvariablygiventocrowsthatinhabitedLisbon’severydaylife,attheentranceoftavernsandgrocerystores.Vicente is the nameof a character in the literary project by José Sarmento deMatos,whohasinventedLisbonthroughthisfigure,guidingusthroughthetimelesslyreveriesofmemory.Vicenteistheonewhowins.Andnow,Vicenteisalsothenameoftheproject.Memory,myth,creativity,future,Vicenteisthebeatofunrest.

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©André Graça Gomes, 2012

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AndréGraçaGomesMatrizMatrizisthenameoftheexhibitionthatAndréGomesGraceintendstopresentattheErmidadaNossaSr.ªdaConceiçãoinBelém.Aseriesofcharcoaldrawingsrunacrosstheceilingofthenaveofthechapel.Thedrawingsareinspiredbystories,facts,images,events,feelings.Matrizbecauseitiswhatgenerates,thestartingpoint,thefirstdrawing.InthesacrumofthespaceoftheErmida,transformed into a modern 'Sistine Chapel', VICENTE’s symbols and narratives performativelycome to life, depending on the look of each viewer. The chapel is transformed into a set ofmirrors where the representations of the created characters dwell somewhere between thefrescoesof thechurchof St. Francis inAssisibyGiottoand the realand illusorymemories thatinhabittheimaginationoftheartist.AndréGraçaGomesgraduatedinPaintingfromESAD.cr.Hisfirst individual showwas held in 2011, at the Library of FCT‐UNL in the Caparica Campus. TheinstallationMatrizwillbeentirelymadeinsidetheErmida,duringa20dayresidence.

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©MOOV+Miguel Faro, Long Streets for Short Stories, 2010-12

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MOOV+MiguelFaroLongStreetsforShortStoriesLongStreetsforShortStoriesisanartistic interventionwhereanumberofaccountsinhabitsthepublic space and involves passersby along the entire length of the street, from the followingphrases exhibiting a two‐way fragmented history read. Among texts, paintings, drying clothes,stencil,goingappearsasdifferentfromcoming.VICENTE’snarrativebecomesfriendlyineverydaylife of an experimental public space, by the hand of a collective of architects‐artist (s) alwayssurprisinginaplayfulwayofinterpretingtheircriticalroleinthecity.The'high'and'low'culture,betweenarchitectureandstreetart,seemwovenasavernacular'largerthanlife'mise‐en‐scène.Short Stories for Long Streetswas assumed from the outset as an open series.With each newpresentation‐thepiecewaspremieredinTallinn,Estoniainthewinterof2008,afterhavingbeenshowninRigain2010‐thesameconceptualmatrixfulfilsalogicofsitespecificappropriatenesstoeach new context. In Belém, the Travessa do Marta Pinto has an intensely human scale andenvironment,which leads to the interventionacquiringa characterofproximityand interactionthathavenothadpreviouspresentations.MOOV(AntónioLouro, JoãoCalhaueJoséNiza) isanartanddesignstudiobased inLisbonandactivesince2003.Theirnon‐disciplinaryapproachseekstoexplorenewfieldsofactivitygeneratedbytheintersectionofarchitecturewithotherareasofknowledge,whethercreativeortechnical.MiguelFaroisaplasticartist,havingrecentlyparticipatedinseveralgroupexhibitions.

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EnsembleJERinquartet,2005(photoTeresaCavalheiro)

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JoséEduardoRocha&

EnsembleJER_OsPlásticosdeLisboa

(22.ºAnniversary)

ConcertatErmidadeBelémontheoccasionofthevernissageofVicente’12

José Eduardo Rocha & Ensemble JER_Os Plásticos de Lisboa (22.nd Anniversary) presentthemselves in quartet, with an assemble of pieces for the repertoire of plastic instruments,expresslycompiledtoErmida’sexquisiteacoustic.

EnsembleJER(inquartet):JoséEduardoRocha,NunoMorão,PauloGuia,VascoLourenço

Programme:ChamberMusic1

Adagio2(W.A.Mozart)

GuiadasAves(JER)(firstconcertpresentation)

SonatadaChiesa3(JER),(première)

ClappingMusic4(SteveReich)

Formoreinfo:

http://www.youtube.com/user/EnsembleJER(EnsembleJERchannelatYoutube)

www.myspace.com/ensemblejer(EnsembleJER_myspace)http://ensemble‐jer.planetaclix.pt/ensemble.htm(EnsembleJER_website_photos)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensemblejer/(EnsembleJER_DuoJER_photosandlogo)

1Allcompositionsandarrangements©JoséEduardoRocha2FromQuartetn.º12inB‐FlatMajorK.172,Vienna(1773),deWolfgangAmadeusMozart(1756‐1791),arr.JER3Sonatadachiesa(Italian:Churchsonata)isaninstrumentalcompositiondatingfromtheBaroqueperiod,generallyconsistingoffourmovements.Morethanonemelodywasoftenused,andthemovementswereorderedslow–fast–slow–fastwith respect to tempo.The secondmovementwasusuallya fugal allegro,and the thirdand fourthwerebinaryformsthatsometimesresembledthesarabandeandgigue.Itisoftenmistakenlybelievedthesesonataswerecomposedtobeperformed in religious ceremonies.Whilethismaywellhavehappenedwhenvoluntarymusicwasrequired,theyarenot inthe samecategoryas, say,a requiem.Thesesonataswereoftenperformed in concert forentertainment[Wik]4ClappingMusic(1972),bySteveReich(1936*),arr.JER

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FoliosReviewingisbelieving…mythisneverinblackandwhiteExclusive number of newspaper‐magazine, which complements the previous edition (VICENTE ‐ResonancesofaMyth).Thecontent(textandimagesectionsinterspersed)aresubjecttoamulti‐functionpackaging:decorativeelement,display,altar,shrine…

JoséLuísdeMatos

Historicalessay.TextonthehistoricalmysterythatretrievesthefirstdecadesofthebeginningofNationalityinLisbon.Betweenwhatisknownandwhatcanbededucedfromreadingstoriesandsymbols that remain to this day (or however disappeared), José Luís deMatos invites us to afascinatingreviewofhistoricalfacts.TheauthorisarenownedexpertinthehistoryofLisbonandresponds to the challenge launched by the first edition of VICENTE, where José Sarmento deMatoshasprovidedtheframeworkofanovelthatlaysthegroundworkforthediscussionofthismythforcontemporaneity.

PedroPenilo

Illustration. PedroPenilo isaplasticartistdedicatedtothe intermediateexploitation.Hisworksare unique cognitive challenges, forcing the viewer to seek themeaning ofmysterious graphicsymbolsandsuggestedstories.ToVICENTE,Penilodevelopsadraftofpictograms‐symbol,whosepoeticbasisoutlinestheassumptionsmadebyJoséLuísdeMatos(andpreviouslyJoséSarmentodeMatos),whilepursuingalineofabstractionandgraphicdesignthattakesthetraditionoftheillustrationtoovercomeitwiththeautonomyofconceptualart.

PedroMalaquias

Chronicle‐fiction. Pedro Malaquias is the voice of ANTENA 2 who every morning of the weekbringsacriticalreadingofnewspaperstothousandsoflisteners.Hisabilitytoromanticizethefait‐diverswhileinsinuatingethicalquestionsinthem,makeshimthemostinterestingchroniclewriterof our days. His distinctive voice gives a finer tone of irony to a contemporary reading of thepoliticalimplicationsofVicenteinourcollectivedestiny.

JoãoCabaço

Illustration. Cabaço is the author of fabulous graphic universes, surreal scenes of meetingswitnessedby theviewer,overcomeby theoutline thedrawing, thedetailof theplots.Hereheinvestigates, in successiveapproaches,a Lisbon lost in time,almost totallyunknownand that isthenmythicallyredrawn,onewinginhistoricalreconstruction,theotherinnarrativefantasy.

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AndréGraçaGomes

Drawing. For the publication, Graça Gomes presents the dozens of studies prepared foraccomplishingofhiswork inthechapel.Inhiswork,thestudyisactuallymuchmorethanjustapreparatorydrawing,sincethedifferencebetweenthesestudiesinA5formatand itsextensionsto the human scale areminimal.More than exercise in virtuosity, it is a trip (on paper) to theconvictionoftheline,treatingtheVincentianmythasascriptforthe'film'toldinthechapelofN.Sra.daConceição.

NelsonGuerreiro+JoãoAbelBaptista

Fiction. Inthistext,thelightfictionofNélsonGuerreiroisconfrontedtoapoeticphenomenologyofaLisbonromanticizedbywalks.ThetextrevealscreationmechanismsthatstemfromSchiller’sSpaziergang‐amateurchampionofnaivetéandsentimentality–translatingitintoachoreographythatemulatestheessentialraven‐manbyJoãoAbel.

MOOV+MiguelFaro

Graphicalessay. OneofthegiftsofMOOVandMiguelFaroistoknowhowtounderstandtheroleofword,orgraphiclanguageinarchitecturaldesignandurbanart.ToVICENTE,thesepagesareagraphicalessaythatexploresthepossibilitiesraisedbytheinterventionintheTravessadoMartaPinto,nowinthe'scene'ofthepagesoftheedition.

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BiographiesProjectTravessadaErmida

This project, where Contemporary Art, Design, Author jewellery and wines cohabitate, is anchored to the “Ermida Nª Srª daConceição”anddevelopsaroundthe“EnotecadeBelém”andthe“OficinadeJoalhariaAlexandraCorteReal”.“ProjectTravessadaErmida”isaninnovativeculturalproject,aimedatbecomingareferenceinthecityofLisbon,ingeneral,andthe district of Belém, in particular.With a distinct personality, this project aims at cultural and touristic promotion, aswell asofferingdiverseanduniqueexperiences,transversalandsynergeticbetweenthevariouselementsthatmakeitup:An18thcenturychapel,the“ErmidadeNossaSenhoradaConceição”which,afterlongyearsofneglect,actsasacontemporaryartgallery,presentingprojectswithcuratorshipand/orinvolvementofanartisticproductionstructure;The“EnotecadeBelém”,aplacededicatedtoexperimentationandtobeingameetingplaceforpeopleandflavours,puts itsbetonthedivulgationofthenationalwineandgastronomicculture;The Jewellery Workshop “Alexandra Corte Real”, a space of commercialization, creation and expression, where the residentdesignerandcoordinator,createsandexhibitsmodernpieces,usingtechniquesfromtraditionalandcontemporaryjewellery;TheTravessadoMartaPinto,thestreetisthebindingaxisoftheprojectTravessadaErmida.ItwillactasacontactwaywiththehistoryofBelémandLisbon,butalsoasanaccesstonewexperiences,takingonthetrueroleofastreetasaspaceofanimation,encountersandpassages,asymbolofdailymovement.Afreedistributionquarterlyculturalbulletin“Efeméride”,withanessayandcritiqueperspective,with3,500copiesissues(postalfreenetworkinLisbon,Porto,CoimbraandCaldasdaRainha),fundamentaltothewidespreaddivulgationoftheproject.Thewww.travessadaermida.comWebsitepeopleandtheFacebookpageTravessadaErmida;Thebook“AErmida,UmaHistóriadeLisboaeBelém”basedonaninvestigationontheimportanceofthisbuilding,asapartofthehistoryofLisbonandBelém;(tobepublished).

SummaryofactivitiesErmidaN.ªSr.ªdaConceiçãoExhibition–“CountingSeeds”andlaunchingofthebook“DuasPraças,Umjardim”–GabrielaAlbergaria–June2ndtoAugust19th2012‐Installation–Productionofabook;Exhibition–Norte‐Sul–BelaSilvaandBennoitVanInnis–March24thtoMay20th2012–Installation–Productionofacatalogue;Exhibition–Woodpecker–GonçaloBarreiros–January14thtoMarch11th2012–Sculpture/Installation–Productionofacatalogue;

Exhibition–Transferência–PedroCalapez–November05thtoDecember18th011–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–Vicente–CuratorshipbyMárioCaeiro–SimeonLockhartNelson,JoãoRibeiro,NunoMaya&CarolePurnelle–Installation,SculptureandUrbanArt–September10thtoOctober25th2011–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition‐Almack’s#1–AnaFonseca–May21sttoJuly24th2011–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–Família–VascoAraújo–March19thtoMay15th2011–DrawingsandPhotography–ProductionofaCatalogueExhibition–Paradys–ÂngelaFerreira–January8thtoFebruary27th2011–Sculpture,DrawingsandPhotography–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–Passagens–ExhibitionresultingfromajointcontestforideasforProjectTravessadaErmidaandIADEwithstudentsoftheMasterdegreesofephemeralspacesdesign,productdesignandgraphicdesign–November13thtoDecember19th2010–ProductionofaCatalogueExhibition – Gravidade –Maria Pia Oliveira – September 30th to October 31st 2010 – Installation and Sculpture – Production of aCatalogue;Exhibition – Eu e o meuMata‐Velhos – António Carrapato – July 24th to September 12th 2010 – Installation and Photography –ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–TheLastCigarette–RitaBarros–June05thtoJuly18th2010‐Photography–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–BelémCoffrage‐ManuelCaeiro–March20thtoMay30th2010–SculptureandPainting–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–VidaDupla,CasaArrumada–EduardoNery–February13thtoMarch14th2010–Photography–ProductionofaCatalogue;

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Exhibition–Silêncio–SusanneThemlitz–January09thtoFebruary07th2010‐Installation,Sculpture–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–LinhasParalelas–AuthorjewelsbyAlexandraCorteRealinspiredindrawingsbyEduardoNery–December5thto20th2009–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–Requiem–JoãoPauloFeliciano–September10thtoOctober25th2009‐Installation,Sculpture;TypographicIntervention–DoisTempos–EstúdioR2(ProjectoTangencialdaExperimentaDesign)–September10th2009toApril30th2010– Installationwith letters in photoluminescent paint on the façadeof the Ermida Nª Srª daConceição–Award: SEGD Awards,present in the collective exhibition of Experimenta Design “Revolution 99/09” from June 17th to September 05th 2010 at PalácioQuintela;Exhibition – Les Voisins – Ricardo Jacinto – July 18th to August 31st 2009 ‐ Installation, Sculpture (Trilogy started at the FundaçãoCalousteGulbenkianParis2006,CulturgestPorto2008,ErmidaNªSrªdaConceição2009);Exhibition–Ressonância7.84– Installation‐CarlosHenrich– June02nd to July12th2009–Sculpture, Installation–ProductionofaCatalogue–PerformanceofspecialguestKazikeattheopening;Exhibition–Voyeur–JoãoNoutel–March21sttoMay25th2009–Sculpture,Painting–ProductionofaCatalogue–CataloguefeaturedatthecollectiveexhibitionofExperimentaDesign“Revolution99/09”formJune17thtoSeptember05th2010atPalácioQuintela;InterventionontheFaçadeof theErmidaN.ªSr.ªdaConceição–Primavera‐EstúdioPedrita–March21st toJune30th–InstallationwithSwallowsbyRafaelBordaloPinheiro–ProductionofrelatedPostcards–300oftheseswallowswerefeaturedinMadridatthe2009TourismFairandshownintheChristmaswindowsoftheTurismodeLisboaintheRestauradores;Exhibition – LosingmyReligion – JoãoPedroVale,Daniel Blaufuks and AlbanoAfonso– January31st toMarch15th2009– Sculpture,InstallationandPhotography–ProductionofaCatalogue;Exhibition–DaVidadasFlorestas–JorgeCurval–January10thtoJanuary25th2009–Painting–ProductionofaCatalogue;AlexandraCôrte‐RealJewelleryWorkshop–December13thtoDecember20th2008–ExhibitionofjewellerybytheresidentdesigneroftheJewelleryWorkshop–3ofthepiecesondisplayattheMuseudeSerralves2009andtransformedintofurnitureattheFRESSworkshopsfortheexhibition“WelcomeLaboratório#5”attheMuseudeArtesDecorativasofFundaçãoRicardoEspíritoSantoeSilvafromJune17thtoSeptember30th2010;Exhibition‐OMeuTempo–MiguelPalma–September18thtoDecember20th2008‐Sculpture–ProductionofasmallPostcard/LetterwithacuratortextbyIsabelCarlos;TypographicIntervention–VaicomDeus–R2Design–September18thtoFebruary28th2008–FaçadeoftheErmidaNªSrªdaConceição–ProductionofrelatedpostcardswiththesamereliefasIntervention–designawardsof theintervention:RedDotAwards,SEGDAwards,Typografic Choiceof the typographic clubofNewYork, HonourablementionBlueDesign, Participationwith photography by FernandoGuerrastudioinacalendarbyCanadianEyeMagazine;Exhibition‐EsperaporMim–RuiChafes,AlbuquerqueMendes,JoãoMariaGusmãoandPedroPaiva–July24thtoSeptember11th2008–Sculpture,SacredArt–ProductionofthePacketofCulturewithapresentationoftheProjectandtheartists;

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EduardoFernandesDirectionandprogrammingFunchal, 1960. After following his academic path at the Colégio Infante Dom Henrique and the Liceu do Funchal, EduardoFernandesobtainsagraduationinMedicinefromtheFacultyofMedicineinPorto.HisacademicpatheventuallyledhimtoSpainwherehefinishedhisspecializationanddoctorateinOphthalmologyattheAutonomousUniversityofBarcelona.Alongtimeartamateur,hediscoveredtheErmidaNossaSenhoradaConceiçãoononeofhismanystrollsaroundBelém,wherehehasbeen living in recent years. In 2004, he took theopportunity tobecome theowner, with the purposeof returning it to itsformerprestige,nowasavenueofcultureandart.HehasrecentlyacquiredthespaceoftheEnotecadeBelémandtheOficinadeJoalhariaandin2008theprojectTravessadaErmidawasborn.

FábiaFernandes ProductionManagerandcoordination (Nampula,1975) Lived and worked between 1994 and 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden in the areas of Public Relations, Tourism, Hostelry, EventsProductionandManagement.Shealsoworked(intourism)andlived,twoseasons,inGreece,2002and2003,inRhodesandCrete.AfterherreturntoPortugal,in2006,sheembracedtherestaurants“ACommenda”and“AugustoGemelli”.ShefinishedherPost‐GraduationinCulturalProgrammingandManagementat theUniversidadeLusófonaintheacademicyearof2008/2009.In2008,she accepted the challenge of starting and coordinating the project Travessa da Ermida as responsible for the study, planning,developmentandpromotionof theentireproject.Currently graduating inCommunicationSciencesat theFaculdadedeCiênciasSociaiseHumanasofUniversidadeNovadeLisboa.JoséVazFernandesProduction,AssemblyandEquipmentsLisbon,1958.Anarchitecturegraduate fromESBAL(EscolaSuperiordeBelasArtesdeLisboa) in1983.Heworkedasan interninthenewurbancentreofSantoAndré,inSantiagodoCacém.Hedevelopedhisprofessionalactivityfor17yearsintheFarEast,inMacao,returningtoPortugalin2000.Sincethenhehasworkedinseveralprojectsthroughoutthecountry.In2008,heintegratedtheteamat theProjectTravessadaErmida,asaresponsible for theproduction,exhibitionassemblyandequipments,aswellasdifferentspacesbelongingtotheproject.

JewelleryShopAlexandraCorte‐RealManagerandResidentJewellerPorto,1967.Afterhergraduation inMathematicsappliedtocomputersciencesat theSciencesFacultyat theUniversityofPortoandMathematics at the Universidade Lusófona, she acquired the tools to undertake her journey to become a jeweller at thejewellers’schoolContactoDirecto,andtodatehasexhibitedherpiecesinPortugal,aswellasabroad.Fromanearlyage,shedevelopedatasteandaninclinationforjewellery.Shekeepschildhoodmemories inwhichshetookapartandreassembledhermother’sjewels.Fromthebeginningofherjourneyasajewellersheparticipatedinseveraloccasionsintheannual exhibitions of Contacto Directo, as well as other national and international shows – i.e. Municipal Theatre in Funchal“MadeiraBordad’aPrata”(2010);FRESS“Welcome”Laboratório#5(2010);MuseudeSerralves(2009),ErmidaNªSrªdaConceição“LinhasParalelas”incollaborationwithEduardoNery(2009),“Princípio”(2008);Manchester(2007);Silves(2005)PatríciaCraveiroLopesCuratorshipAssistantVICENTE2012

Lisboa1975.PatríciaCraveiroLopeslivesandworksinLisbon.ASculptureandPlasticArtsGraduatefromtheFacultyofFineArtsoftheUniversityofLisbon,shealsoownsaMasterdegree inContemporaryArtandMusicfromOxfordBrookesUniversity,shehasbeendevelopingher career as aproducerof plastic arts in various institutions such as the SaatchiGallery andArtAngel in theUnitedKingdom,andseveralLisbongalleriessuchasArtFitandPlataformaRevólver.Shehasbeenworkingasafree lancersince2008, collaborating in various independent projects supported by the Direcção Geral das Artes and the Fundação CalousteGulbenkian.SheiscurrentlyhandlingproductiondirectionatLARGOArtisticResidences.

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AuthorsJoséLuísdeMatosArchaeologistanduniversityprofessorUniversidadeClássicadeLisboaamongotherdisciplines:ClassicalandMedievalArchaeology,MedievalHistory,HistoryofCultures,ArtHistory,Iconography.UniversidadeNovadeLisboa:HistoryofClassicalCulture(1993–1994);UniversidadeModernadeLisboa:PortugueseCultureandHistoryofWesternLiterature(1996‐2008).SéniorTechinicianattheMinistryofCultureheintegrated,foreightyears,theArchaeologyDepartmentoftheInstitutoPortuguêsdoPatrimónioCultural(1998‐1996).CULTURALACTIVITIESHehasdirectedarchaeologicalfieldresearchesinLisbon,Faro,Grândola,ExtremozandotherlocationsincentralandsouthernPortugal(between1967and2008).Memberofthe"AssociaçãodosArqueólogosPortugueses,"and"AssociacionEspañoladeOrientalistas."ScholarshipfromtheFundaçãoCalousteGulbenkianandtheNationalInstituteofScientificResearch.MemberoftheboardatCasadaComédia.HehasdirectedTVprograms(presentation,managementandediting)onthecityofLisbon(CNL‐1999‐2000).MemberoftheboardoftheCentrodeReflexãoCristãBIBLIOGRAPHYFromthe57titleshehaspublished,themostrecentare:InventáriodoMuseuNacionaldeArqueologia‐ColecçãodeEsculturaRomana,(textandscientificdirection),Lisbon,1995,208pages.LisboadasSeteCidades,(withthecollab.ofIsabelBraga),AssírioeAlvim,Lisbon,1998,(141pp.).LisboaIslâmica,(bilingualedition,Portuguese‐Arabic),InstitutoCamões,Lisbon,2000,(79pp.).TemplosdeLisboa–1BaixaChiado,TurismodeLisboa–CentroNacionaldeCultura,Lisbon,2001(120pp)andTemplosdeLisboa–2,AvenidasNovas,TurismodeLisboa–CentroNacionaldeCultura,(editionsinPortuguese,English,GermanandItalian),Lisbon,2001.IgrejaCatólica,oChoquedeParadigmas,Caminho,Lisbon,2007(171pp.).Lisboa,GenteseCulturasnaConstruçãodaCidade,GuiadaLisboaIntercultural,(CentroNacionaldeCultura‐Acidi),Lisbon,2008,pp.21to54.PedroMalaquiasPedroMalaquiasisthevoiceofANTENA2radiostationwhoeverymorningoftheweekbringsacriticalreadingofnewspaperstothousandsof listeners.Hisability to romanticize the fait‐diverswhile insinuatingethicalquestions in them,makeshimthemostinterestingchroniclewriterofourdays.Hisdistinctivevoicegivesafinertoneofironytoacontemporaryreadingof thepoliticalimplicationsofVicenteinourcollectivedestiny.

NelsonGuerreiroTeacher at the Escola Superior deArtes e Design of Caldas da Rainha in the courses of Theatre and Sound and Image.Simultaneously,heisintheprocessofwritinghisdoctoratethesisonTheory,HistoryandPracticeofTheatre,inwhichthethemeistrendsandmodalitiesoftheatricalpracticesandcontemporaryperformativeoperations.Between2001and2004,hewasaregularcollaboratorofTRANSFORMA–AssociaçãoCultural,whereheworkedasaco‐editorofArtinSitemagazine.Since2001,heturnedto creation: from thatmovementhe developed several individual projects and collaborated in various collective projects in theperformance, theatre and disciplinary crossings fields, among which we may highlight a series of conferences‐performanceGuerreroNotebook, the collaborationwith TeatroPraga, the collective Truta, TiagoRodrigues, amongothers.He integrates theteam for the show A Philosophia do Gabiru (The Squoundrel's Philosophy), premiered in March 2011 at Teatro Maria Matos,directedbyMartimPedroso,as dramaturgistandco‐authorof thetext. In2009, hebecameamemberof thecreativesynergiesplatform:sindicato.biz.Lately,heformedthedjduoGalantewithJoãoGalante.

PedroPeniloPlasticartist,trainer,programmerand imageandcommunicationcreator.He livedandstudied inPrague, from1988to1999.heobtained a masters degree in Fine Arts ‐ Mid Creation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He was represented in groupexhibitionsinPrague,Budapest,Berlin,Bonn,Basel,NewYork,Beja,Lisbon,AlmadaandFamalicão.HehasbeenateacherintheE.S.E.oftheInstitutoPiagetinAlmada,from2000to2007.HecurrentlylivesinLisbon.

JoãoCabaçoBorn in 1976. He studied Fine Arts at ESAD inCaldas daRainha. Edited the fanzineNotibó andparticipatedwith illustration toMutate&Surviveandto themagazinesMesinhadeCabeceira (CanibalCriCaandCriCaClássica)andDiff. Illustrated thebook"OCoraçãodasCoisas"with text by António Torrado, for EdiçõesAsa.Worked in animationwith the film "São Jorge eoDragão"featuredatOvarvídeo2002, Cinanima2002and Imago2004 festivals. Participatedwith illustrations in the book 'OBinómio deNewtoneaVénusdeMilo",ananthologyofPoetryandScienceinPortugueseLiterature,fortheFundaçãoChampalimaudin2011.

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JoãoAbelBornin1970.BAinTheatrefromtheSchoolofTheatreandCinema‐ESTC.Heworksasaprofessionalactoranddevelopsaparallelpathoftheatricalcreationintertwinedwithvideoimage.Hebeganhisprofessionalcareerinthetheatrein2002.HealsoownsadegreeinAppliedMathematics.In2004/05heworkedasanassistantandactorforJoãoGarciaMiguel.In2010,hecollaboratedwithTeatroOBando.HeisamemberofthecollectiveO.P.A.‐OrganizadoresPerformersAssociadosPortugal,whichorganizesthemonthlymeetingepipiderme.HewasamemberoftheAssociaçãoCulturalextramuros–umaassociaçãoparaacidade.

MárioCaeiroCuratorACommunicationDesigner(ESBAL),aseconddegreeinComparedLitteraryStudiesandaMasterdegreeinGermanStudies(FCSH‐UNL)andaPost‐graduationinUrbanDesign(CPD/FBAUL/UniversityofBarcelona),hedesignsandproducesculturalandpublicspaceprojectssince1984.Commissionerofexhibitionsandcreatoroftransdisciplinaryinitiatives,particularly«RetratosdaAlma»[1995],«UmCálicedeDor»[1999],«LisboaCapitaldoNada»[2001],«LuzboaBienalInternacionaldaLuz»[2004e2006].Since2007,hehasbeenacommissionerforseveralindividualandcollectiveexhibitionsatLibraryofFCT‐UNLofUniversidadeNovadeLisboa.In2008and2009,hewasamemberoftheorganizingcommitteesofthe«Efémero.Criação.Acontecimento»and«Politico.Criação.Valor»Conferences.In2009,heconceived,directedandcuratedtheSKYWAYFestival,inthePolishcityofTorun,anannualinitiativeunderhiscuratorhsipandartisticdirection.HeisateacheratESAD.CRsince2004.HerecentlywasthecommissioneroftheexhibitionsObjetPerduatthePlataformaRevólver(2010)andMaunaattheGaleriaPedroSerrenho(2011).

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Artists

AndréGraçaGomesAndréGraçaGomeswasbornonJune23,1985,inChaves.HegraduatedinfineartsfromtheEscolaDeArteeDesignofCaldasdaRainha(ESAD.CR)in2008.Sincethenhehasbeendevelopingworkinmanyareasofvisualexpression;theatricalsceneries,video,paintinganddrawing.Thetwolatterbeingthecentralfocusofhispersonalwork.Hehasbeenexhibitinghisworkregularlysincefinishinghisstudies.AtthesametimeworksasacollaboratorforNadirAfonso.

MOOVMOOVisastudioprojectofartandarchitecturebasedinLisbonactivesince2003.Settingofffromanadisciplinarypractice,itseeksconstructivesolutionstoconcreteproblemsandspecific.Itischaracterizedbyanartisticapproach,experimentalandsometimesspeculative,andshowsaproactiveattitudetowardstheestablishedpracticesenablingtheworkofthestudiotobesynonymoustoperformance,urbaninstallation,amovieorabuilding.AntónioLouro(MOOV) Born in Lisbon, he owns a degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon. Hewas a fellow of the Erasmusprogram inBarcelona in2000andtheLeonardoDaVinciinRotterdam(Netherlands),wherehecollaboratedin thestudioKCAP‐KeesChristaasenArchitectsandPlanners.Alongsidearchitecture,hehasdevelopedanexperimentalpracticeonpublicspaceanditsoccupationtactics,exploringnewformsof urbanorganization and social interaction. Since2003,he hasdevelopedhis professional activity at the art and project studioMOOVasafoundingmember.HeisalsoavisitingprofessoratUniversidadeLusófonawhereheteachesthedisciplineProjectI. JoséNiza(MOOV) Born inLisbon, hecompletedatechnicalandprofessional training indigitalarts (PRODEPLevel III)and iscurrentlypreparinghisfinal thesis for hisMasters Degree in Architecture at the Universidade Lusíada in Lisbon. From 2000 to 2006, he worked as afreelanceringraphicdesignandwebdesignand,inparallel,intheproductionofeventswherehetookonthemostdiversetasks,from driving trucks, transporting materials and artists or building sceneries, but also developed projects and created hispresentationslinkingtheconceptualandplanningaspectstopractice.InMOOV,hehasbeencontinuingthismodeofoperationinthe developmentof theadisciplinarypracticeof the studio that, often, getsoutof thenormand the scopeof the architectureproject.HehasbeenacollaboratorofMOOVsinceitsformationandbecamein2005oneofthemembersandfoundingpartnerofMOOV‐StudioArtandDesign,LTD.

MiguelFaro MiguelFaroworksand lives inLisbon,Portugal.HestudiedEngineeringPhysicsat the InstitutoSuperiorTécnico,Architectureatthe Faculty of Architecture at the University of Lisbon, currently attending the final year of the Bachelor Degree of Art andMultimedia (Installation and Performance branch), Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Working primarily with video,photographyandinstallations,heworksonidentityissues.Theuseofhisbody,itsimageandtherelationshipofbothwithdifferenttypes of states are recurrent themes. The dual is an almost universal element in his work that often arises from combiningautobiographical operations joining together in anon‐scientificwaymodels taken from quantummechanics and the practiceofskateboardingtoexplorerelationshipsbetweenthebody,itsimageanddifferenttypesofspaces(physical,social,emotionaland/orpsychological).

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OpeningConcert

JoséEduardoRocha(JER)

Composer,musician,artist,directorandteacher,borninLisbonin1961.StudiedPaintingatLisbonFineArtsFaculty,CompositionatLisbonMusicSchool,MusicalSciencesatNewUniversityofLisbon,andTheatreatAlcaláUniversity,Madrid,whereheobtainedapost‐graduationin2008.In1990,foundedtheEnsembleJER–LisbonPlastics,agroupestablishedtointerpretarepertoireoftoyinstruments,instrumentalmusic andmusical theatre, whichmademore than200 shows inPortugal, Spain andGermany. As a composer, is an authorofopera,musical theater, instrumentalmusicandmusic for theaterandcinema. In1992,hewasawardedwiththeTheatreof theDecadePrize.Heparticipated in severalmusic, theaterandcinemafestivals,and in internationalbiennialsandexpositions (ExpoLisbon'98,ExpoHannover'2000).

EnsembleJER–OsPlásticosdeLisboaPortuguese‐based group of artists‐musicians, created specifically in order to perform a repertoire of instrumental music andmusical theater. It employs toy instruments, special percussions, andother instruments. It was foundedand is directedby JoséEduardoRocha(JER).Sinceits inception in1990,EnsembleJERhasperformedwithverydiverseformations,andhasthrownover200performancesinPortugal,SpainandGermany.

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Credits

Vicente2012PromotingentityProjectTravessadaErmidaProjectDirectionEduardoFernandesProductiondirectionFábiaFernandesEquipmentsandassembliesJoséVazFernandesCuratorshipassistantPatríciaCraveiroLopesConceptandcuratorshipMárioCaeiroDesignEditorialprojectVicente2012Folio'VicenteReverparaCrer':Palavrão–AssociaçãoCulturalDesignVicente2011Book‘Vicente‐RessonânciasdeumMito’SilvaDesignersArtistsMOOV+MiguelFaroAndréGraçaGomesJewelleryAlexandraCorteRealAuthorsMárioCaeiroJoséLuísdeMatosPedroMalaquiasNelsonGuerreiroeJoãoAbelPedroPeniloJoãoCabaçoAndréGraçaGomesMOOV+MiguelFaroAlexandraCorte‐RealConcertodeAberturaJoséEduardoRocha&EnsembleJER_OsPlásticosdeLisboaEnsembleJER(emquarteto):JoséEduardoRocha,NunoMorão,PauloGuia,VascoLourençoSponsorsEGEACCâmaraMunicipaldeLisboaTurismodeLisboaJuntadeFreguesiadeSantaMariadeBelémForçaMotrizEnotecadeBelém