︎︎︎WinterSchool 2025 [PT]

Monday, January 20
10 AM—1 PM
Clay PCB Eco-Feminist Decolonial Hardware Patrícia J. Reis
Clay PCB explores feminist hardware using natural clay and materials recovered from urban mining. Through ethical and low-impact practices, it challenges extractivist technology narratives, applying feminist hacking to decolonize hardware and promote sustainable and inclusive methods.
2 PM—5 PM
Paper Workshop
Gaspar Cohen
Collective Workshop on Handcrafted Paper Recycling, featuring frame construction, process guidance, and reflection from an ecosocialist perspective on artistic practices.

Tuesday, January 21 
10 AM—1 PM
Body-Power - Presence, Listening and Action - Body, free writing and movement practices
Diana Mota
In this session, we will explore ways to connect with sensation, perception, and body awareness. We will experiment with possibilities of stillness/quietness and movement/restlessness, communicating without (and with) spoken words. What power do we carry in our bodies? How do we feel it and reveal it? I propose an attitude of welcoming (self-)inquiry. Each person at their own pace and in their own way.

1:30 PM—3:30 PM
The Forest Knows - Intergenerational workshop
Susana Caló and Isabel Carvalho
Forests have ancient memories. We're part of a whole that begins and continues beyond our existence. That is why intergenerational transmission and the strengthening of community ties are vital for building collective and popular knowledges, essential for imagining other futures. In collaboration with the Perpétuo Day Centre, this session will create a moment of intergenerational exchange around the knowledge and life of the forest.

Wednesday, January 22
10 AM—1 PM
Liquid Drawing: Ink, Instruments, and Reagents
Daniel Silvestre
This workshop focuses on liquid ink (sumi ink, permanent ink) as a medium for graphic expression and proposes the exploration of various associated techniques, involving different drawing tools, different reagents, and diverse graphic vocabularies.

2 PM—5 PM
Circle of Fire
Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela
Urban gardens and green spaces are territories of freedom, learning, and resistance, inviting us to reflect beyond their merely scenic dimension. In a peaceful yet active way, they reaffirm the urgency of nature in the occupation of urbanized territories. Drawing from our practice as visual artists and filmmakers, and from our experiences in a rural plot nestled within the urban fabric of Porto, we propose an informal interaction around a campfire to explore these micro-territories as spaces that challenge conventional urban logic and propose alternative geographies for occupation and coexistence.

Thursday, January 23
10 AM—1 PM
air, water, earth, fire, body where
Vera Santos
The proposal is a circumnavigation journey.
The elements as a starting point and a destination.
Navigate by sight, splash, dive, emerge.
Map the return from where to where.

2 PM—5 PM
Situating Algorithmic Practices
Rosemary Lee
In this workshop, Rosemary Lee will present her book Algorithm, Image, Art on the historical context behind AI. Through participatory reading, drawing and discussion, workshop participants will work together to reflect on what role emerging technologies play in their own practice.

Friday, January 24
10 AM—1 PM
Questioning to Transform
Kura Alma / Aurik
Kura Alma invites reflection on ecologies. The introduction presents key concepts, followed by an interactive dialogue that prompts deep questioning on the subject. Finally, a summary gathers the essential points discussed, reinforcing ecological awareness.

2 PM—5 PM
Aura + Earth
Juliana Julieta and Joana Rafael
This workshop introduces two satellites that, from their orbits, broaden the understanding of the planet, encouraging reflection on its agency in environmental and climate knowledge. Through writing and visual creation, we reinvent narratives using text, objects, and moving images.

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