WORKSTATION NEW MEDIA

10 — 13 OCT 2024
SOCIEDADE NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES
FREE ADMISSION

WORKSTATION NEW MEDIA, an exhibition organized by Associação ModaLisboa with the support of the Portuguese Republic — Culture / Directorate General for the Arts and curated by ZABRA, explores the intersections between Digital Art, New Media and Fashion.

“In this exhibition, we invite the public to cross boundaries where humans are not the only creators, and where life forms are not limited to the organic. Here, beings born of code inhabit digital universes, floating in a new ecosystem where life manifests not in flesh, but in data. The selected works explore the creation of digital entities—autonomous beings endowed with emergent behaviors. These beings, like echoes of a near future, bring us questions we cannot ignore: What does it mean to “live” when life unfolds in pixels and algorithms? How do we define “alive” when the non-human coexists in virtual spaces? Who will we become when our own biological boundaries become permeable to the technologies we create?”
ZABRA – Post-Human Art Research Center

Guest artists look at technology, the questioning of reality and the concept of the human being in today’s intricate information system to reflect on innovation, sustainability and the boundaries of artistic creation, alongside three winning projects from our community open call competing for the 2,000 euro prize. The winning project will be chosen by the jury, made up of Eduarda Abbondanza, Manuel Bogalheiro and ZABRA, taking into account criteria such as conceptual relevance, technological innovation, promotion of intercultural dialogue and inclusion of one or more Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a response to the climate crisis.

This free-admission exhibition, which takes place during Lisboa Fashion Week, aims to open up the discussion about new media, which have strengthened the dilution of the formal boundaries of artistic practice, accelerating a hybridization of the territories of thought and also of the material concretization of Fashion.

OPENING SCHEDULE
OCT 10 – 11: 12PM – 7PM
OCT 12 – 13: 2PM — 7PM

PROGRAMME
GUIDED TOUR in Portuguese Sign Language: by appointment to workstation@modalisboa.pt

OCTOBER 10
9PM OPENING

OCTOBER 11
5PM MASTERCLASS with Guest Artists
WORKSTATION NEW MEDIA’s invited artists will share the creative processes behind their works. In an immersive session, they will discuss the concepts that inspired their pieces, detailing the use of technological tools, both hardware and software. Additionally, the masterclass will provide space to discuss how these emerging technologies are expanding the boundaries of art and life.

Carincur, João Pedro Fonseca, Gonçalo Guiomar

Carincur, João Pedro Fonseca, Gonçalo GuiomarWorkstation New MediaCarincur and João Pedro Fonseca, transdisciplinary artists, have been collaborating as a duo since 2020. In addition to their extensive backgrounds as independent creators, they have co-created several...

Rodrigo Gomes

Rodrigo GomesWorkstation New MediaRodrigo Gomes (Faro, 1991) is a Portuguese-Brazilian artist. He lives and works in Lisbon. Through sculpture and the use of new media, his artistic work focuses on how contemporary techniques and hypermedia technologies filter reality...

Tupac Martir

Tupac MartirWorkstation New MediaTupac Martir is an awarded, multi-disciplinary, digital artist with a portfolio that ranges from lightning design to performative reality using ad-hoc, fast-forward technological solutions in music, theatre, fashion, opera and...

Camila Mila

Camila MilaWorkstation New MediaCamila Mila is a multidisciplinary designer who began her academic journey at the University of Lisbon, where she studied Fashion Design. After completing her studies, she moved to London, where she spent several years working in the...

Empório Aragão

Empório AragãoWorkstation New MediaThe duo Empório Aragão, composed by designers, artists, and entrepreneurs Sílvia Raposo and Mónica Kahlo, is an innovative fusion of art, fashion, and technology. Their journey has advocated for the implementation and exploration of...

Soft’Wear

Soft'wearWorkstation New MediaDaniela Nascimento is a Digital Fashion Designer. She has collaborated with well-known brands such as Sport Zone, Mo, Zippy and Prozis. Her training took place at ESART, Central Saint Martins, Modatex and The Digital Fashion Group....

EDUARDA ABBONDANZA

The President of Associação ModaLisboa and founder of Lisboa Fashion Week has an extensive career that encompasses numerous projects and diverse fields of specialization. She combines the direction of the ModaLisboa project with Fashion Design teaching, creative brand direction and design consultancy. She’s a member of several international boards, elevating and promoting Portuguese fashion in the international context over more than 30 years.

MANUEL BOGALHEIRO

Manuel Bogalheiro is a professor at Universidade Lusófona and FCSH – UNL, and a PhD in Communication Sciences – Contemporary Culture and New Technologies (FCSH-UNL). He is a researcher at CICANT (Centre for Research in Applied Communication) and a member of the Philosophy of Communication section at ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association). He has edited Criticism of Total Mediations – Expanded Media Perspectives (Documenta, 2021), Disruptive Visual Expressions in Public Space (Edições Lusófonas / CICANT, 2021) and Evaluation of Design-Driven Research (2022).

ZABRA

WORKSTATION NEW MEDIA CURATORS

ZABRA is a post-human artistic research and creation center that explores post-nature for contemporary creation through a transdisciplinary approach and interspecies dialogue. The center encourages each artist-researcher to develop their own interpretation of art, technology, and science, transforming it exploratorily to delve into unknown terrains. The individual research of each team member forms the basis of ZABRA's concept. By combining innovative technologies with a social and artistic mindset, a network and community are built that contribute to greater democratization of artistic, technological, and scientific access.

Previous Editions

OCTOBER 2023