Sediments Laboratory: Creative Residency
Sediments Laboratoy Artistic Residency The Guarda Rios collective will develop a series of three creative, experimental and mapping residencies centred on the River Xarrama and the surrounding territory of the village of Torrão. Rivers produce fine sediments such as sand, clay and gypsum, which are extracted for various human uses. It is also in rivers […]
“Keepers of Forgotten Things”, by Alice Marcelino
“Keepers of Forgotten Things” by Alice Marcelino In Torrão, some gestures endure. Some objects resist urgency. Some people tend to memory as if it were clay shaped from life. Guardians of forgotten things, directed by Alice Marcelino, is a quiet and intimate portrait of those presences. Filmed in the village of Torrão, Alentejo, this short […]
Lupa Stories Lab with Lud Mônaco
Want to learn how to make films? It all starts with learning how to write for cinema! On 4 and 5 October, you’ll have a unique opportunity in Torrão: filmmaker Lud Mônaco will lead the workshop “Lupa Stories Lab”, a creative space where you’ll learn how to tell stories through the language of film. What […]
Two from Many
about the event Date: Presenting June 28thLocation: The Belmonte Cultural Club Cafe [at Palácio Belmonte]Address: Pateo Dom Fradique, 14 – 1100-624 LisboaContacts: +351 218816600 _ office@palaciobelmonte.com About Marja de Vries:www.vriesfilm.comAbout Simon James Phillips:www.simonjamesphillips.com about the artists Marja de Vries, a Dutch filmmaker, and Simon James Phillips, an Australian musician/composer living in Berlin, met as a result of the initiative […]
Soundwalk Live Performance
about the event Date: June 3rd 2011 – 1 Night PerformanceSchedule: starting at 00:00Location: Palácio BelmonteAddress: Pateo Dom Fradique, 14 – 1100-624 LisboaContacts: +351 218816600 _ office@palaciobelmonte.com Artist/Author: Soundwalk CollectivePartners: DaST, WOA-Way of ArtsSponsors: Palacio Belmonte Lisboa Lda about the artists Soundwalk Collective is an international art collective based in New York City.Since 2000 they have been sonic nomads, embarking on never ending journeys […]
Marta Alvim for the Jiu Xian Garden Village project in China
marta alvim for the jiu xian garden village project in china “I didn’t expect to visit China so soon, despite always having felt a genuine attraction to the East. This attraction, which is common to many Westerners, was also accompanied by a deep sense of inertia, the inertia of someone who knows they are about […]
Denis Piel for the Jiu Xian Garden Village project in China
Denis Piel for the Jiu Xian Garden Village project in China “Unlike the other artists who came to JuXian I was not a novice to the village. This was my third visit to JiuXian. My first visit was with Frederic Coustols when he invited my to join him on a visit of exploration. We had […]