BAIRROS
IMINENTE COMMUNITY ART WORKSHOPS JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2023
"Bairros" is a point of arrival, but also of departure. It doesn't complicate; it's a process.
"Bairros" is a curated programme shared between Iminente, Geração Com Futuro, Passa Sabi, Associação de Moradores do PER 11 and Associação do Bairro da Quinta Grande (PER 7), and the Clube de Boxe Paulo Seco (Vale de Alcântara).
Since the first edition of the Iminente festival, children, young people, and professionals from territories designed for spatial, social, and cultural segregation have participated in its multiple facets: music, visual arts, talks, workshops, volunteering, the general public, or using Iminente's spaces as a place to develop their activities.
Since 2021, we have planned a 4x4x4: four workshops, four neighbourhoods, many artistic expressions. This creative landscape also defined the summer of 2023 in these territories, providing new places for dialogue between artists, residents, and the organization. We were more than a hundred, and many more during the open days, a final, local, and unifying celebration that symbolizes everything these territories have to offer to the city, through "Bairros" but also in everyday life.
In 2023, the central theme of this exhibition is "Identities," a profound reflection on who we are and how we express ourselves.
In these four years of evolution, "Bairros" has grown and matured. It is not just about celebrating but understanding the trajectories that lead people to the stage, to impressions, and to exhibitions, as well as to the right to decide.
What is popular across the city as a whole? What is popular only in certain segments of the urban population? How and when do these different expressions come into contact? How can we understand the various emergences and their processes? For the general public, part of these answers is in the festival’s line-up, but we don't want them to be hidden there alone.
That's why this year, our methodology was even more inclusive. In addition to selecting artists for the workshops, we actively participated in curating the exhibition presented here. Together, we explored the various cultural expressions that encompass our neighbourhoods but also the entire city.
Since the first edition, children, young people, and professionals from these resettlement territories have participated in various areas of the Iminente festival, enriching its artistic and cultural diversity.
The success of this project is not only based on acquiring skills but on the relationships and processes we have developed. Together, we transform spaces, explore urban landscapes, and create a sense of community.
What you can see in this exhibition is the consolidation of all this community work, represented by pieces, photographs, drawings, videos, and social interaction. It is a reflection of our journey, but the true meaning lies within each of us who participated in this process.
Public presentation session:
Presented by Sam the Kid
15 October, 7:45pm, Halfpipe Stage
BAIRRO DO RĂŠGO
“- I am going to Lisbon” is an expression often used in Bairro do Rêgo, even though it is located in that city. It is a way of identifying the everyday itinerary. There is a place that belongs to Lisbon, and the Bairro do Rêgo, which is not yet Lisbon, divided it is by the train line and and major road arteries.
Is there a better dissonance to describe the situation?
It just so happens that this Other Lisbon has been here for decades. First as houses built by rural immigrants, Cape-Verdeans and Gypsies, and later, in the advent of modernity, in rehousing buildings.
But modernity maintained these two Lisbons. And in this one, the one we relate to, the one that is Here, spaces of affection were created. Before, it was called “Passa Sabi”, a meeting place for young adults and children within the uterine safety of the Neighbourhood. In modernity, that affection has been emancipated in an associative figure that today continues to take in younger generations and create imminences with them.
And what of those who are young now, what will their future emancipation look like? A single Lisbon?
ALTA DE LISBOA
21st Century... land... airport...the neighbourhoods of Musgueira (North and South), Galinheiras, Calvanas, Cruz Vermelha, and the "Quintas" ... Grande, Pailepa, Louro.
Alta de Lisboa, a centre within the periphery, more than an address, our "neighbourhood", which serves those from the outside as real estate research, and those from within as a communal neighbourhood with a strong desire to grow and succeed.
The faces and bodies that make the city "walk”.
PER 7, PER 8, PER 11; Acronyms, in the absence of stories and events, define other nuclei: Cavalos, Mulas, Kosovo, Bairro da Quinta Grande (BQG).
As for the younger generations, who were born after the transformation, they are researching the original meaning of the place where they live:
“Pão Estrada Revolução
Pato Erva Rato
Pai Escrever Respeito”
(“Bread Road Revolution
Duck Weed Rat
Father Writing Respect”)
In Perdidos e Achados
In PER 7, the BQG is more than just a garage... organized by the young ones who were once the children of shacks and sand hills with dreams and motivations, in PER 11, there is a Residents' Association that came from all corners, barefoot but motivated. Both are the link to their respective communities, they are partners in this adventure, more than words, they are actions of change.
Takeover.
VALE DE ALCĂ‚NTARA
An abstract designation that reflects the various Neighbourhoods in this area of the city of Lisbon, from the resettlements of Casal Ventoso and Alvito, to Liberdade and Serafina. Despite the urbanistic changes, the human landscape is comprised of residents who have inhabited this territory for various decades, with deep-rooted popular and community practices.
Arranged in a parallel formation in relation to the Valley – or in more colloquial terms: “cut in half” – the Neighbourhoods end up having little contact with each other, victims of a laceration that is difficult to overcome.
Our activities took place in Quinta do Loureiro, supported by the Community Centre and Paulo Seco Box Association of the latter, moved by the emotion of creating new synergies and leaderships.
VALE DE CHELAS
It is the name of a plan and, in this case, no resident recognizes it or even knows about its existence as a reference. It is the resettlement space of Quinta da Curraleira and Casal do Pinto.
It is the name of a plan and, in this case, no resident recognizes it or even knows about its existence as a reference. It is the resettlement space of Quinta da Curraleira and Alcântara. Many still refer to the space where they live as “Curraleira”, a statement against the end of history and the patrimony that still flows.
The spaces of the old neighbourhoods still exist, almost like a living memory of what used to be, inserted in the today of every day. It is still done. Pointing at a location in the open field and telling a story that is twenty-five, thirty, forty years old.
Around the emptiness of yesterday there is Bairro Horizonte, “Nascimento Costa”, Bairro Branco and Quinta do Lavrado. In this last one lives Geração com Futuro, an associative matriarchy that keeps well alive a legacy that makes sure no one falls for lack of support. It is they who walk with us.
Colophon
Curatorship
Alexandre Farto
AntĂłnio Brito Guterres
Carla Alves (Associação Geração com Futuro)
Carla M. Cardoso
Carlos Silva (Associação de Boxe Paulo Seco)
Eugénio Silva (Associação Passa Sabi)
Joana Mouta (Associação Passa Sabi)
Mauro Wha (Associação Moradores PER 11)
Nuno Barbosa (Associação Bairro da Quinta Grande)
Pauline Foessel
Viviana Martins (Espaço Comunitário do Loureiro)
Margarida Mata (Coordenadora de Programação / Programme Manager)
Artists
Ariyouok, Cássio Markowsky, Colectivo TIL, Dish, Dougie Knight, Eduardo Vanzeler, Fiumani, Gonçalo Cabral, Klemente Tsamba, Luisa Mafei, Márcio Carvalho, Nuno Pimenta, Primero G, Tota Alves, Vhils Studio
Participants
Rego: Gonçalves Monteiro, Inês Sousa, Hugo Monteiro, Edson Gonçalves, Ruben Silva, Janilson Silva, Leonor Monteiro, Raissa Fernandes, Catarina Monteiro, Fernanda Cardoso
Curraleira: Fábia Alves, Iriana Bettencort, Gonçalo Pina, Ariana Keita, Claudia Lucas, Beatriz Pinto, Carolina Sousa, Edson Renato, Josemar Januário, Vanessa Januário, Nais Reis, Lovimy Indalá, Caio Castro, Ana Beatriz Ferreira, Santiago Vaz, Ferdinando Maia, Ionara Maia, Gerson Savedra, Luena Alves, Lyonce Alves, Renato Januário, Dayana Tavares, Lana Reis.
Per7: Ana, Natália, Andreza, Claudia, TaĂs, AntĂłnio, Yasmin, Tchintchu, Rui, Boladex, AntĂłnio, Yara, Daniel, Nara, Gilberto, David, Soraia, Jean, Gil, Mike, Nuno, Lucas, Emely, Leticia, Rafa, Gerson, Igor, Pyas, Lenny, Hollandex, Manchas, AndrĂ©, Mystical, Skody, Santo, Micaela, Pryla, Wine, Abelha, Zoe, Walter, NenĂ©, Iara, Edgar, Márcio, Dido, Didi, Diana, Henry, Claudino, Jair e filhos, Mateus, jovens do per 11.
Per11:Yame Felix, Olivio Belmiro, Rominilson Noronha, Samuel Viegas, Tiago Gomes, Eugénio Félix, Mara Santos, Rafael Santos, Santiago Santos, Santiago W, Diogo Costa, Cristiano Marques, Gerson Gomes, Issac Oliveira, Iuri Tavares, Rafa Santos, Edinha, Zidane, Yuri, Gonçalo, Marculininho, Vitorina.
Vale de Alcantara: Dara Santos, LuĂs Oliveira, Rafael Lopes, Joana EmbalĂł, Matilde Barata, Mariana Rodrigues, Mara Aspeçada, JĂşnior Santos, Carlos Silva, Fábio Garcia, Arthur Francisco, Rodrigo VerdĂş, Leonardo VerdĂş, Bianca Tavares, Brian Gonçalves, Nicole Paulo, Noa Correia, Ariana Santos, Maria Lopes, Maria PĂ©res, SebastiĂŁo Costa, InĂŞs Monteiro, ClaĂşdia Maria, Ana de Carvalho, Afonso Vidal, Mariana Vidal, Ruben Matos, Martim Oliveira, Ines Monteiro, Marcio Cruz, Claudia Maria, Beatriz Marques, Santiago Pina, LuĂs Lavrador, Vicente.
Production
Mafalda Mota (Coordenação / Head of Production)
Inês Vidal (Produção Exposição / Exhibition Production)
Communication
Mafalda Azevedo (Communications Manager)
Mafalda Cid (Communications Assistant)
Miguel CĂ´rte-Real (Content Manager & Copywriter)
Mariana Mesquita (Social Media Manager)
Finance
Ana Amâncio (CFO)
Cláudia Ferreira (Senior Controller)
Francine Fonseca (Administrative & Hr Assistant)
Rodolfo Santos (Accounting & It Assistant)
Account
José Maria Coimbra (Group Account Manager)
Francisco Monteiro
Exhibition Assembly
Stagetec
André Calvão
Design
Diogo Potes
Pedro Cardoso
Website
Adhesive
Photography & Video
Chris Costa
Edits
Filetes
Acknowledgements
Active boys, Alexandra Sabino (CML), Ana Lúcia Costa (Gebalis), Ana Relvas Cacheira (Gebalis), André Silveira (Aga Khan Foundation/AKF), Associação Espaço Mundo, Bela Campos, Carina Alves, Carina Mendes (Gebalis), Carlos Melo (Junta de Freguesia de Santa Clara), Constança Firmino (OZ Energia), Filipa Mesquita (Junta de Freguesia de Campo de Ourique), Gilberto “deejay_emotion“ Barros, Gonçalo Sampaio (Gebalis), Graça Leite (OZ Energia), Helena Neves (Largo Residências), Henrique Luz (CML), Hugo Cardoso (GAU), Igor Brás, Joana Santos (Livensa Living), João Sales (Wasteland), José Maria Monteiro (OZ Energia), Lukano, Margarida Ferreirinha (REN), Mário Maia, Mário Maia (filho), Mário Palma (Junta de Freguesia de Santa Clara), Marlene Almeida (Gebalis), Marta Silva (Largo Residências), Matilde Braga (Fundação EDP), Messias (Mercado Negro), Mikaella Sena de Andrade (Gebalis), Natália Barata (Gebalis), Nélia Graça (Gebalis), Nuno Teixeira (Reymon), Silvina Pinto (JoPinto), Teresa Martins (AKF), Teresa Ramos, Thaise Oliveira (AKF), Victor Santos (Lisboa Futebol Clube), VMBA,
