VAGABONDS
Artistic Residency '23
theater and performsnce
PROGRAM >>APRIL '23
On the 27th and 28th of April, we opened the doors of the Cineteatro da Mina de S. Domingos, between 6 pm and 8 pm, to publicize the work carried out by the artists MARTA XAVIER and CATARINA VIEIRA, in 1st edition of the artistic residency Vagabundas.
On April 29th, at 3pm, Miguel Maia, artistic director of Cepa Torta, conducts a conversation with the artists about their artistic processes and the creation experience throughout the month of April at Mina de s. Sundays.
Get to know more about the two winners through their biographies and synopses of the projects they propose to develop in this Artistic Residency.
Marta Xavier
Catarina Vieira
Interview with Catarina Vieira and Marta Xavier
in Coffeepaste, 21 April 2023
VAGABUNDAS is an artistic creation residency that aims to promote artistic creation in the feminine and in the intersection with the development of decentralized artistic work, particularly in communities with development problems and desertification.
With an annual periodicity, this residency is inspired by the story of Mercedes Blasco, one of the many pseudonyms of Conceição Vitória Marques, and by the name of her best-known literary work “Vagabunda”, a diary of memories of the woman and the artist. Recognizing its importance and having it as an inspiration is to reinforce its existence, its legacy and give it the political relevance that, in life, Mercedes did not have.
We were inspired by its history to create VAGABUNDAS, an artistic residency for Portuguese women. To do so inland, in Mercedes' home village, in Mina de S. Domingos (Mértola), is to affirm the need for a more decentralized, sustainable and truly accessible and participatory creation.
RECIPIENTS
Artists from the theater or performance areasand, of Portuguese nationalityknow what if identistay with the female gender (cisgender or transgender).
1st edition- April '23
During the application period - February - we received 37 applications with many interesting and challenging projects, which made this choice a difficult and tough process, but we had to make a choice and it fell on two young women creators: Marta Xavier and Catherine Vieira.
Congratulations to the two winners, who, during the month of April, are in an Artistic Residency at Mina de São Domingos, Mértola, where they will develop their work with the necessary conditions, taking advantage of this wonderful connection and the generosity of its people to think and create with all the freedom and dignity that women creators still often lack.
But congratulations are also due to all the women who applied for this residency, with all their commitment and dedication. Based on the quality of the proposals we received, we are certain that all these artists will soon have the opportunity to develop and show their work.
CALENDAR
The pro's schedulejetconsists of two phases, during the month of April at Mine de S. Domingos (Mértola) and in October in Lisbon:
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Artistic residency of 1on April 30, 2023 at Mina de s. Domingos, Mértola;
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Exhibition - Open Days a April 27th and 28th, 2023 and Conversation with the Artists on April 29th, at Mina de S. Domingos, Mértola;
- Session open to the public with the artists Cláudia Lucas Chéu, Natália Luiza and Nádia Torres in a DEBATE-CONFERENCE format on the themes addressed by the artists during the residency on October 14, 2023, at Teatro da Trindade, Lisbon;
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Session open to the public on the work carried out in residence at the Auditorium of the Library of Marvila (date to be defined between 13 and 18 October 2023).
