Umbigo

Starting from a simple premise—that what we call "the world" is not something we passively encounter, but something we actively construct—these sessions propose a reflection on how we organize the flow of our perceptions into a structured landscape of objects, identities, and meanings, exploring, in the same way, what follows when we recognize that the world is constructed.

Throughout these three meetings, Federico Campagna will use philosophy, anthropology, and everyday experience to explore the mechanisms by which a world takes shape. The construction of worlds does not begin with abstract concepts, but with a fundamental aesthetic operation: the organization of perception into distinct appearances. It is from this initial gesture that more complex structures emerge – decisions about what exists, distinctions between subject and object, human and non-human, past and future, possible and impossible.

The series also develops a practical dimension: if the world is constructed, how can we inhabit it? Recognizing the constructed nature of the world could be a destabilizing process, leading us to fix familiar structures more rigidly or to abandon them completely. In response to this process, these masterclasses propose an alternative approach, treating the world as something close to a game – structured and consequential, but ultimately contingent – opening space for an ethics of “play” based on lightness, openness, and a commitment to allowing the coexistence of multiple worlds without reducing them to a single supposedly objective order.

Promoted by Oficinas do Convento – Associação Cultural de Arte e Comunicação, with artistic direction and curatorship by João Rolaça, the project is part of the context of Évora 2027 – European Capital of Culture. The sessions will be free of charge, but prior registration is required, and they will be conducted in English. More information can be found 

<div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-id="To3K_nUBI2" data-block-id="To3K_nUBI2" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent" data-slate-background-color="transparent" data-slate-color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span data-slate-string="true">On May 20, 21, and 22, from 6 PM to 8 PM, Montemor-o-Novo will host</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent" data-slate-background-color="transparent" data-slate-color="rgb(0, 0, 0)" data-slate-italic="true"><em data-slate-leaf="true" class="slate-italic" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent" data-slate-background-color="transparent" data-slate-color="rgb(0, 0, 0)" data-slate-italic="true"><span data-slate-string="true"> How To Build a World</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent" data-slate-background-color="transparent" data-slate-color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span data-slate-string="true">, a masterclass led by the Italian philosopher Federico Campagna, as part of the TERRACRONIA project.</span></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>

TERRACRONIA - How To Build a World: Masterclass with Federico Campagna in Montemor-o-Novo

Partindo de uma premissa simples - a de que aquilo a que chamamos “o mundo” não é algo que encontramos passivamente, mas algo que construímos ativamente - estas sessões propõem uma reflexão sobre a forma como organizamos o fluxo das nossas perceções numa paisagem estruturada de objetos, identidades e significados, explorando, de igual modo, o que decorre quando reconhecemos que o mundo é construído.

Ao longo destes três encontros, Federico Campagna servir-se-á da filosofia, da antropologia e da experiência quotidiana para explorar os mecanismos por meio dos quais um mundo ganha forma. A construção de mundos não começa com conceitos abstratos, mas com uma operação estética fundamental: a organização da perceção em aparências distintas. É a partir desse gesto inicial que emergem estruturas mais complexas – decisões sobre o que existe, distinções entre sujeito e objeto, humano e não humano, passado e futuro, possível e impossível. 

A série desenvolve também uma dimensão prática, procurando responder à questão: se o mundo é construído, como o poderemos habitar? Reconhecer a natureza construída do mundo poderá ser um processo desestabilizador, levando-nos a fixar mais rigidamente estruturas familiares ou a abandoná-las por completo. Em resposta a este processo, esta masterclass propõe uma abordagem alternativa, tratando o mundo como algo próximo de um jogo - estruturado e consequente, mas, em última instância, contingente - abrindo espaço para uma ética do “jogo” assente na leveza, na abertura e no compromisso de permitir a coexistência de múltiplos mundos sem os reduzir a uma única ordem supostamente objetiva.

Promovido pela Oficinas do Convento – Associação Cultural de Arte e Comunicação, com direção artística e curadoria de João Rolaça, o projeto integra-se no contexto de Évora 2027 – Capital Europeia da Cultura. As sessões serão gratuitas, mediante inscrição prévia, e serão conduzidas em inglês. Mais informações poderão ser encontradas 

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TERRACRONIA - How To Build a World: Masterclass com Federico Campagna em Montemor-o-Novo

Orsola Vannocci Bonsi

<div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">“Cisco Merel’s works embody a form of living architecture, not fixed constructions, but ongoing processes. The structures are conceived to be activated by the public, continually reconfigured, transforming home into something fluid, something that emerges through experience rather than remaining static.”</span></span></span></div></div></div></div>

La Chantin, by Cisco Merel: the shell we are 

<div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">“As obras de Cisco Merel encarnam uma forma de arquitetura viva, não como construções fixas, mas como processos em curso. As estruturas são concebidas para serem ativadas pelo público e continuamente reconfiguradas, transformando a casa em algo fluido que emerge através da experiência.”</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>

La Chantin, de Cisco Merel: a concha que somos

Tomás Saraiva

<div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-id="51UUuUL88J" data-block-id="51UUuUL88J" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">It is against a backdrop of pastel pink that envelops the entire exhibition space at Rialto6 that the Polish artist Dorota Jurczak presents her third solo exhibition in Portugal,</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" data-slate-italic="true"><em data-slate-leaf="true" class="slate-italic" data-slate-italic="true"><span data-slate-string="true"> itede, itepe</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">, once again curated by Miguel Wandschneider.</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>

itede, itepe, by Dorota Jurczak, at Rialto6

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