/// LONG STREETS FOR SHORT STORIES OPENING

(ENG) To everyone that will be in Lisbon next saturday, we will be opening in Vicente Festival the urban installation Long Streets For Short Stories that we have been developing with the artist Miguel Faro. This will be the third presentation of this piece after Tallinn (Estonia) and Riga (Latvian). We are creating a site specific portuguese story to this presentation. We post the invitation bellow to everyone that wants to drink a glass of wine with us in next saturday afternoon.

Long Streets For Short Stories
from 8th september until 11th November 2012
Travessa do Marta Pinto, Belém, Lisbon

+ info: www.travessadaermida.com

/// KITCHAIN EDITION 2012

(ENG) After nine days of performances, exhibitions, talks and workshops, the Belluard Festival has come to an end and the doors of the Arsenal have closed. The Kitchain has been once more disassembled and all the tables and benches will quietly wait for the next year edition. This year we had a special contribution on the blog for recording the Kitchain : mr. Antoli and his fantastic videos! We show you below a selection of the best videos that Antoli posted during the nine days of the festival. See you next year and if you want to know more go to kitchain.net

Kitchain Belluard 2012 - dimanche from Kitchain Belluard on Vimeo.

Kitchain Belluard 2012 - jeudi from Kitchain Belluard on Vimeo.

Kitchain Belluard 2012 - Future Nostalgia from Kitchain Belluard on Vimeo.

/// IBERIAN ARCHITECTURE: REENCOUNTERS

(ENG) MOOV will participate on the Iberian Architecture: Reencounters that will take place in Valladolid on July 5 and 6.  The “Reencounters" programme is curated by Ariadna Cantis and organized in partnership with the Lisbon Architecture Triennale.

These "Reencounters"  resume the idea of the "Iberian Encounters" started in 1997 by the architects Álvaro Siza Vieira and Rafael Moneo, which aimed to provide young architects from both countries the opportunity to show their projects and see their work assessed. During these two days, a group of 11 architects (six from Portugal and five from Spain), critics and teachers from two generations will discuss the proposals in an environment of creative exchange.

Eduardo Souto de Moura, Francisco Mangado, Martha Thorne (Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize), Pedro Gadanho (Chief Curator of Contemporary Architecture at MoMa) and Jacobo García-Germán were invited as critics for this programme.

Studios/Architects participating in Reencounters:

Nuno Graça Moura

MOOV
Guilherme Machado Vaz
SAMI - Arquitectos
Marta Brandão + Mário Sousa
Tiago Pimentel
Rodrigo García
SIC
MARGEN - LAB
Uriel Fogué (elii)
Javier Larraz 

+ info: www.arquitecturaiberica.net
 

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #11

(ENG) After the post dedicated to the unCloud project, we would like to share two more projects: Time/Bank by Julieta Aranda & Anton Vidokle and Macht Geschenke: The Making of Capital by Christin Lahr. The two art projects deal with money and time.

As you can read in the program: "Time/Bank is a platform for cultural and arts communities where groups and individuals can pool and trade time and skills, bypassing money as a measure of value. Time/Bank is based on the premises that everyone in the field of culture has something to contribute, and that it is possible to develop and sustain an alternative economy by connecting existing needs with unacknowledged resources.
Time/Bank is a platform for cultural and arts communities where groups and individuals can pool and trade time and skills, bypassing money as a measure of value. Time/Bank is based on the premises that everyone in the field of culture has something to contribute, and that it is possible to develop and sustain an alternative economy by connecting existing needs with unacknowledged resources."

For Macht Geschenke: The Making of Capital, the artist Christin Lahr took over the chair of the mayor of Leuven and spent the first week of the Festival at her workstation in one of the exhibition spaces, continuing her meticulous work. Quoting, once more, the festival program about the work she presented: “since May 31, 2009, Christin Lahr has been making daily money transfers of 1 cent to the German Federal Ministry of Finance, thus helping to counter the growing mountain of debt in small doses. In the field "reason for payment", she always writes 108 characters from "CAPITAL: A Critique of Political Economy" by Karl Marx. That way, bit by bit, the entire text of the book will be transferred into the state’s central account via online banking. The transmission of the roughly 15,709 cents and 1,696,500 characters will take about 43 years.”

We had the opportunity to talk with Christin about her work and we were the lucky ones to receive two original screenshots of the money transfer she made. Her idea is actually to substitute the money transfer numbers with the name of the people who have received them.   

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #10

(ENG) A great time-lapse of yesterday night capture by Wieni Kookt, one of the three groups that made the Kitchain Do-It-Yourself sold out night.

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #8

(ENG) Sunday KITCHAIN! Eight adults with two children at one kitchenette. Among other things they wanted to grill some turkey at the outdoor grill but after a while they have decided to grill it inside! Too much rain in Leuven! At the other kitchenette a really nice surprise: a couple coming directly from Wuppertal to eat at the KITCHAIN! The evening was really nice and friendly! We were able to carry out Freeman mission because many people made their promises! And it’s always special to have children running around the KITCHAIN! We ended up playing on the Pedro Reyes see-saw "Leverage" (a post about his wonderful piece soon!!!)!  

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #7

(ENG) On Saturday, we had the pleasure to spend a wonderful KITCHAIN evening with Davis Freeman, his daughter, or as he introduced her to us “my assistant” and other 6 guests! The evening started with “Promises” and we need to explain this concept a little bit: it’s a really simple and great idea, he asks people to make promises that will contribute to a more sustainable world, like: “You promise you will take a shower just for 2 minutes for 1 week… You promise you will buy just second-hand clothes for 1 month...” and so on… If people agree they sign a paper and they will get a badget…and a free shot of vodka! Us and many people eating at the KITCHAIN made promises and the atmosphere was great! We also played a multiple choice quiz related to the environment and after a delicious shortbread, made by Davis daughter, we ended up singing a karaoke version of “I will always love you”! Thanks a lot Davis!  

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #6

(ENG) We would like to share with you some projects here at the Artefact. The first is the unCLOUD project by INTK (Rui Guerra) and the Antisocial Notworking by various artists, curated by Geoff Cox/Arnolfini. The unCLOUD is an application that enables anyone with a laptop to create an open wireless network and distribute their own information. You can download the software or you can just connect to the unCloud wireless network. Check it out!

More information at: www.intk.com/uncloud  

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #5

On the fourth day, 6 people have cooked two delicious salmon improvised recipes at the Do-It-Yourself kitchenette and at the outdoor grill. They were quite happy with the result and they have even left the KITCHAIN with the leftovers!

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #4

/// ARTEFACT FESTIVAL NOTES #3

(ENG) The Do-It-Yourself KITCHAIN is officially open and what a great start!
At one kitchenette the artists Sarah Vanhee & Kristien Van den Brande and two persons who joined them...who are actually the cooks of a very famous restaurant in town!! At the other kitchenette the Kitchain team - us, Thomas and our guest Yari. We had to challenge ourselves with radicchio, fennel, beans, aubergine, figs, almonds, chicken, tempeh and other many delicious things! The two kitchenettes gave each other advices, shared ingredients and cooking skills and, of course, got to know each other! It's really nice to see two professional cooks at work at the KITCHAIN kitchenette! You can see but, unfortunately, you cannot smell our first Do-It-Yourself KITCHAIN night! Tomorrow there is more! Come!

/// NOTES FROM SUMMER LAB

(ENG) "(..) Art should provide a physical and imaginary space where people can take a step back, away from the corporate, the commercial and the educational, to exchange and engage with each other. (…)"
by IMAGINE 2020 Website / About Us

The IMAGINE 2020 first Summer Lab occurred in a Big Brother kind format where artists and scientist lived, ate, talked, discussed, worked, drank and sometimes even drunked organic wine together at Domaine d’O, Montpellier.

With no bullshit, getting the focus where it should be and bringing us back to a down to earth situation, we all left our day to day habits and practices making us look to other and to our own work from outside, revealing an all new range of perspectives.

This really activated a link to get information flowing between the two groups, in order to achieve in future mutual and complementary interests on each other’s practices with a plainness and proximity never before possible.

After 4 intense days, we brought home a pack of business cards and portfolios to phone around whenever a necessity of data flow is needed, according to a specific project aiming to use them, above all interests, as change catalalisers.

We hope to keep feeding this bidirectional data links in a way that, from now on, we can all work as Domaine D’O and Imagine 2020 satellites.

/// MOOV WORKSHOP + LECTURE

(ENG) MOOV will give a two days workshop in ESAD about Facade - Dinamic Interface that will finish with an open lecture on February 11 at 6 p.m. in the school auditorium. The workshop will be part of the pos-graduation Sustainable Architecture. More info here (only in portuguese)

(PT) Os MOOV vão dar um workshop de dois dias na ESAD - Escola Superior de Artes e Design Matosinhos com o tema Fachada - Interface Dinâmico que irá terminar com uma conferência aberta no auditório da escola no dia 11 Fevereiro às 18H. O workshop está inserido no plano de estudos da Pós-Graduação Arquitectura e Habitar Sustentável. Mais informação aqui.

/// LECTURE MOOV + ATELIER DATA

/// BAIXA'09 NA RUA

click na imagem para aumentar

/// MOOV NO SUSTAINABLE EVOLUTIVE RESIDENCE

(PT) MOOV vai estar presente na tertúlia Cidade vs. Moradia amanhã, dia 14 Maio, no Museu da Electricidade com Santiago Cirugeda, João Nunes e Carlos Santana para discutir o abandono da cidade, o avanço dos subúrbios e como esse processo é uma ameaça à sustentabilidade global. Será às 16h com entrada livre. 

O S.E.R é uma iniciativa integrada no Festival Solar que vai estar patente de 14 a 17 Maio no Museu da Electricidade e ao qual vale a pena dar uma espreitadela.

LRO

/// SWARS - ARCHITECTURE STRIKES BACK

(PT) Dia 02 de Maio a partir das 21h00, os MOOV servem o WARM UP DINNER no Bacalhoeiro. O jantar oficial de lançamento do projecto conta com Experiências (G)astronómicas; Antevisão de Trailers; Música Intergaláctica e Dancefloor Estelar. Depois da primeira fase do projecto - o caso português - apresentada na Exposição Arquitecturas Virtuais durante a Trienal Arquitectura de LX’07, a receita destina-se a financiar agora a internacionalização da saga. /// SWARS - ARCHITECTURE STRIKES BACK (ENG) In the second of May by 21h00, Moov will serve the WARM UP DINNER at Bacalhoeiro. The official launching dinner of the project counts with (G)astronomical Experiences; Trailer Previews; Intergalactic Music a Stellar Dance Floor. After its first phase - the Portuguese case - presented in Virtual Architectures Exhibition during the Lisbon’s Architecture Trienal’07, the profit is designated to finance the saga internationalization. (original publishing 15.04.2008)

/// MOOVSESSION #2

(PT) Temos o prazer de convidar para a Maratona da Contaminação Socialque marca o encerramento do instalação/acampamento de emergência DEMO_polis, a decorrer no Sábado dia 30 de Setembro no Pátio Garret-Chiado das 22h às 01h, último dia da 2ª Bienal Internacional da Luz - Luzboa'06. Free drinks, rooms, zimmer, chambres... /// MOOVSESSION #2 (ENG) We have the pleasure to invite to the Social Contamination Marathon that celebrates the ending of the instalation/emergency camping DEMO_polis, Saturday 30 of September in Garret Patio-Chiado das 22h às 01h, last day of the 2ª International Biennal of Light - Luzboa'06. Free drinks, rooms, zimmer, chambres... (original publishing 29.09.2006)