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BoCA SUMMER SCHOOL 2024: REGISTRATION ARE OPEN FOR THE WORKSHOPS
OPEN CALL FOR THE 2ND EDITION OF PARTICIPATORY PROJECT MUTANTS – BETWEEN THEATRE AND MUSEUM, AT CCB (LISBON)
WATCH NOW THE MINI-DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ODETE & CATY OLIVE’S NEW CREATION
THE PENULTIMATE MINI-DOC IN THE 2023 SERIES IS ONLINE: CHIMERA BY HÉCTOR ZAMORA
DISCOVER THE MINI-DOCUMENTARY ON THE EXPERIMENTAL CREATION “CORPO VISÍVEL” [VISIBLE BODY], OUT NOW
“O BARCO / THE BOAT” BY GRADA KILOMBA, A COMISSION OF BoCA 2021, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BRAZIL
Mini-documentary: “Está Visto” by João dos Santos Martins, Ana Jotta, Joana Sá and Filipe Pereira
Plant your artwork in Lisbon, on 23 March – Open call for “The Defense of Nature”
MINI-DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TERRA COBRE, NEW CREATION BY MARCO DA SILVA FERREIRA AND JOÃO PAIS FILIPE
WATCH NOW THE MINI-DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GABRIEL CHAILE’S NEW CREATION, COMMISSIONED BY BoCA
OUT NOW: MINI-DOC ON BENDIK GISKE AND ROMEU RUNA’S NEW CREATION, AN UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT FROM BOCA 2023
THE FIRST OF 8 MINI-DOCS ABOUT BoCA 2023 IS OUT: WATCH THE FILM ABOUT “THE TALKING CAR” BY AGNIESZKA POLSKA NOW
BoCA IN THE BEST OF 2023 LISTS: THREE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED BY PÚBLICO AND BANTUMEN
Have a look to the video. A LOOK BACK ON THE 4TH EDITION OF BoCA – BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
THANK YOU TO ALL ARTISTS, PARTNERS AND THE PUBLIC who attended the 4th edition of BoCA
6TH WEEK OF BOCA COM ANA BORRALHO & JOÃO GALANTE, ODETE & CATY OLIVE, BOCA SUB21, JOÃO PAIS FILIPE & MARCO DA SILVA FERREIRA, MEL, KING KAMI, DJ NARCISO, GABRIEL CHAILE, SASHA SILVA, SORAIA MORAIS, PILMAIQUÉN AND ALIANÇA VELHA
BoCA’s 4TH EDITION NEARS ITS END – LAST WEEKEND OF PROGRAMME
5th week of BoCA with Paul B. Preciado, Vera Mantero, Teresa Silva, Orquestra do Algarve, Jacira da Conceição, Herlander, Keli Freitas, Podeserdesligado, Héctor Zamora, Marcus Lindeen
The 4th week of BoCA was with Bendik Giske & Romeu Runa, Yvonne Rainer, Pedro Alves Sousa, Frederica Campos & Os Moços da Viola Campaniça, Ntando Cele e Julian Hetzel, A Revolta do Milho, Rui Catalão, João Pais Filipe e Marco da Silva Ferreira, Lisboa Criola x Gabriel Chaile
A 3rd week in company with Agnieszka Polska, Milo Rau, Jacira da Conceição, Julian Hetzel & Ntando Cele, António Poppe, Marina Herlop and Marcus Lindeen
The 2nd week was full of creations by Agnieszka Polska, Paul B. Preciado, Gaya de Medeiros, Zia Soares, Lolo & Sosaku, Lisboa Criola and A Noite das Ideias
The 1st week of BoCA marked by world and national premieres in performance, theater, dance and visual arts
The 4th edition of BoCA launched at MAAT the Invisible Present with sculptures and performance by Gabriel Chaile and music by Batukadeiras X
Register now for the workshops of BoCA Summer School 2023
UPCOMING 4TH EDITION OF BoCA: between 2 september and 15 october, Lisbon and Faro are the stage for the “Invisible Present”
If you are between 16 and 21 years old and you live in Lisbon or Faro, you can be part of BoCA Sub21 in 2023
BoCA goes to Vale da Amoreira, May 5 and 6
Open Call | The Defence of Nature is back in Lisbon
A brief look at 2022. Thank you and Season’s Greetings.
Video about the last edition of the BoCA Biennial. It took place in Lisbon, Almada and Faro, under the title “Prove You Are Human”
At MAAT Lisbon, the workshop with the French artist ORLAN concludes the edition of BoCA Summer School 2022
It is online the documentary about the powerful performance “Water in a Heatwave” by Miles Greenberg
Theatre director Mónica Calle created “Between Heaven and Earth” at the naturist beach. Watch the documentary.
Take a look at some moments from the workshop with El Conde de Torrefiel at Teatro D. Maria II
BoCA Summer School was in the Monsanto Forest with Mariana Tengner Barros, Gustavo Ciríaco and Pedro Ramos
The workshop with Pilar Albarracín at BoCA Summer School 2022 took place at MAAT
The documentary about the play that Capicua created for BoCA is online
The workshop with Jonathan Uliel Saldanha kicked off BoCA Summer School 2022
BoCA Summer School is back for 5 workshops
Watch here the documentary about “Anjo Solidão” by Gabriel Ferrandini
Mutantes presents “200 Questions each” at D. Maria II
The documentary about Tânia Carvalho and Matthieu Ehrlacher’s musical creation is online
It is now online the documentary about the performance/workshop by the collective LASTESIS
You can now watch the documentary about the concert by António Poppe and La Família Gitana
Registrations are open for “A Defesa da Natureza” in Faro
Have you seen the documentary about “Atavic Machine” by Jonathan Uliel Saldanha? Watch it here
Registrations are open for our new educational project “Mutantes – entre o teatro e o museu”
The documentary about artist Andreia Santana’s creation for BoCA is now online
Documentary about “O Barco / The Boat” by Grada Kilomba. The first of ten documentaries produced by BoCA is now online
Grada Kilomba and the Portuguese representation in the Venice Biennale
It’s online the talk with Agnes Denes, the pioneer of ecological and environmental art
The serie of podcasts “Passeios Verdes” which brings together botanical visits by Diana Policarpo, is now online
Registration for the workshop with the Chilean feminist and artistic collective LASTESIS is now open
What happened in the first days of BoCA 2021
Pictures of the opening performance of the BoCA 3rd edition, “O Barco / The Boat” by Grada Kilomba in collaboration with Kalaf Epalanga
Estão abertas as inscrições para voluntariado na BoCA 2021
If you are between 16 and 21 yo and live in Lisbon, Almada or Faro, you can be part of BoCA Sub21
Save the date: BoCA 2021 with the title “Prove You’re Human”, in Lisboa, Almada and Faro
[EN + ES] Open Call for artists from IBERESCENA member countries. Applications until March 7th.
Interview to Odete, winner of the first edition of RExFORM Performance International Project
Beatrice Leanza (maat), Catherine Wood (Tate Modern), Chloé Siganos (Pompidou) and John Romão (BoCA) elect Odete
An exclusive page dedicated to the international movement of “The Theater and the Plague” by Antonin Artaud
BoCA Summer School: 4 workshops with Dora García (ES), Stefan Kaegi (DE), Gerard & Kelly (USA), João Pedro Rodrigues (PT)
John Romão and Patrícia Portela star the reenactement of “The Theatre and the Plague” at Teatro Viriato
Mónica Calle and Francisco Frazão in the reenactement of “The Theatre and the Plague” at Teatro do Bairro Alto
In an empty São Luiz Municipal Theater, during the confinement, Cucha Carvalheiro and Aida Tavares in “The Theatre and the Plague”
Cecilia Bengolea directs a workshop at BoCA Summer School 2020, combining dance, video and ecosystem
BoCA Summer School 2020: special registration conditions and 3 fellowships with travels and per diems included
The Portuguese Minister of Culture, Graça Fonseca, was our guest to close the last online conversation (in PT)
Open call to RExFORM International Performance Project. A partnerships BoCA and MAAT.
“Embracing the virtual” was the second performance presented by BoCA Sub21 collective, followed by a conversation with the team
Collective BoCA Sub21 closed the performances serie with a flourish. Watch here to “House of”.
Vítor Belanciano was talking with the artist Vhils / Alexandre Farto (in PT)
Interview with biologist and researcher Gil Penha Lopes on Regenerative Cultures (in PT)
HOMEWORK BY LIA RODRIGUES
Grada Kilomba says in an interview to BoCA: “The whole system works to do not know. We have to start to know.”
Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen created a beautiful new solo version for camera of her piece “Manual Focus”
Did you see the interview to the choreographers and visual artists Gerard & Kelly (USA)?
HOMEWORK BY NOÉ SOULIER
It’s online the performance “Hyperactive Apathy” by Luísa Saraiva & Carlos Azeredo Mesquita, followed by a talk
Filmmaker and artist Salomé Lamas in interview (in PT): “Those who have an artistic practice also can produce knowledge.”
The performance “Yawning” by François Chaignaud was banned from Youtube. Then we published it on PornHub.
HOMEWORK BY CLARA ANDERMATT
Performance time change: François Chaignaud will perform at 9pm (West)!
Interview with Gabriel Abrantes, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. Watch here.
Interview (in PT) to the Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues: “It’s more than time to look at other knowledges.”
HOMEWORK BY CAO FEI
The sound piece performance “Modular Dreams” by Paulo Furtado / The Legendary Tigerman for BoCA Online
Interview (in PT) to Linn da Quebrada: “I have no hope. Hope keeps us waiting. I’ve anger and indignation that are productive. We have to invent new affections. Without hope.”
“The alternative is thinking, it is not to forget.” refers the writer, curator and professor André Lepecki in interview
Homework by Marinella Senatore
A performer e coreógrafa Mariana Tengner Barros abriu a porta da sua casa-de-banho para uma performance em casa. Vejam a performance e a conversa.
The indigenous leader Ailton Krenak proposes “to fill the voids with affection”. It’s essential to hear him! Interview (in PT).
Interview to visual artists João Pedro Vale & Nuno Alexandre Ferreira
HOMEWORK BY DORA GARCÍA
“Be creative but not too much in order to do not break the rules”. Watch the interview to the scientist Maria Mota.
Homework by Alexandra Pirici
Tânia Carvalho surprised us, once more, with a new stun live performance for our cycle of Live Streaming Performances. Watch it on our Youtube, followed by a conversation with the artistic director John Romão
Já está disponível no Youtube a entrevista que fizemos a Ana Gomes
Homework: “Solo Scores For Now” by Meg Stuart
Live Streaming Performance by ODETE, followed by conversation with John Romão
Bill T. Jones in interview: “CAN WE HAVE A DEMOCRACY WITHOUT A GROUP OF MAD PEOPLE?”
Homework by Cecilia Bengolea: “The Time For an Idea”
BoCA Online: editorial by John Romão
New old news. We got news. Past stuff.
Exclusive interviews in BoCA Video Library. Take a look!
BoCA of Os Espacialistas / Masterclass at Lisbon’s Fine Arts Faculty
BoCA 2019 / Lisbon, Porto, Braga – video
BoCA 2019: “Cattivo”, new work by Marlene Monteiro Freitas, until 20 APR
BoCA 2019: two questions to Marina Abramovic
BoCA 2019: video of the second week
Cancellation of WOLFGANG TILLMANS ‘participation in BoCA 2019
BoCA 2019: video of the first week
BoCA 2019: video of the first 3 days
BoCA 2019 launching program
BoCA 2017 Overview
Interview to ANGÉLICA LIDDELL – BoCA Summer School
Interview to GARY HILL – BoCA Summer School
Interview to THIERRY DE MEY – BoCA Summer School
Romeo Castellucci talks about BoCA
TANIA BRUGUERA’S FIRST THEATRE DIRECTION: “ENDGAME”
Montagem de “Nowhere”, a casa temporária concebida por Ricardo Jacinto para Marino Formenti
Live streaming de “Nowhere” de Marino Formenti
Um olhar sobre a BoCA: Romeu Castellucci
SEMANA 1 // MAAT, TNDM II, Casa da Música, Maus Hábitos e Fontória Club
Bosque 21
A filosofia como instrumento para reencontrar a liberdade e a felicidade, segundo Romeo Castellucci
O teatro como dispositivo contra a realidade, segundo Romeo Castellucci
SUGESTÕES PARA A SEXTA QUE PASSOU (HÁ ALGUM TEMPO)
Inauguração de “Casa-animal” e de “Toledo”
ABERTURA BoCA 2017 / MNAA, Teatro da Politécnica, Lux/Frágil
REgISTOS
Desapareceu e deixou rasto
Marimbando-me pr’á Programação em Várias Línguas Automaticamente
BoCA colada
TRANSFORMA
2H45
Open Call Musa paradisiaca
O que vi e ouvi no lançamento da programação
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