Portuguese Diary

2008 Events

Madredeus at Barbican, as part of Atlantic Waves 2006

12 Jul–14 Sep
Tue–Sun
11am–6pm
Free

Gallery 2
Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol BS1 6UX

A River Ain't too Much to Love – a group show, including work by Pedro Barateiro, Antonio Bolota, Renato Ferrao, Carla Filipe, Ana Manso, Pedro Neves Marques, Isabel Ribeiro, Andre Romao, Goncalo Sena and Gustavo Sumpta. The show is part of part-ilha – a series of exhibitions and events which capture a moment in an ongoing conversation between artists based in Bristol and Portugal.
Info: 0117 929 2266, www.spikeisland.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

12 Jul–14 Sep
Tue–Sun
11am–6pm
Free

Perimeter Space
Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol BS1 6UX

Substance – a programme of films curated by the Portuguese Video Art Archive, including works by Alexandre Estrela, Andre Goncalves, Francisco Tropa, Joao Penalva, Joao Simoes, Joao Tabarra, Margarida Garcia and Rui Valerio. The show is part of part-ilha – a series of exhibitions and events which capture a moment in an ongoing conversation between artists based in Bristol and Portugal.
Info: 0117 929 2266, www.spikeisland.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

14 Jul–3 Aug

Brouhaha International Street Festival
Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Urban style percussion group Ecludir Azul, women's percussion project Tucanas, and Be-dom, a group which plays everyday objects alongside traditional percussion instruments, perform at the 18th Brouhaha International Street Festival.
Info: 0151 709 3334
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

1 Aug

UK

A complete translation of Camões’s lyrical poetry into English by Landeg White is published by Princeton University Press.
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

10–12 Aug

Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh
Scotland

José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2007, presents My Father’s Wives, recently launched at the New Writing Worlds festival.
Info: www.edbookfest.co.uk

16 Aug

Smithfield Plaza
Dublin 7
Ireland

Portuguese performances at Eurocultured Dublin include music by Tiago Morna and Kalaf & Nastio, plus street art by Paulo Arraiano, Leonor Morais,Vhils, Mar and Ram.
Info: 0161 236 2785
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

22–24 Aug
7pm
£7, £5 conc.

Glasshouse Arts Research Centre
Wollastron Road
Stourbridge
DY8 4HF

The International Glass Festival 2008 and British Glass Biennale present the premiere of Tempestade – a new puppet theatre production created by the Theatre of Glass, a collaborative team formed by S.A. Marionetas and PuppetLink.
Info: 01384 399410, www.ifg.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

24–29 Aug

Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University
Belfast BT7 1NN

Pedro Carneiro and Luis André Ferreira perform at the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music 2008, as soloists and in collaboration with other members of a new ensemble that includes Irish traditional musicians alongside contemporary music specialists.
Info: 028 9097 4829
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Sep 2008– Autumn 2009

Threshold Artspace
Perth Concert Hall
Mill St
Perth PH1 5HZ

Filipa Oliveira curates a year-long programme, including major commissions by Alexandre Estrela and other emerging Portuguese artists and their presentation through a series of events and exhibitions.
Info: 01738 477743, www.horsecross.co.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Sep

UK

A new translation of Eça de Queirós’s The City and the Mountains by Margaret Jull Costa is published by Dedalus.
Info: www.dedalusbooks.com
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

13 Sep
1–6pm
Free

Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol BS1 6UX

Artists' Book & Zine Fair, including the launch of the new publication produced by Braco de Ferro during their residency at Rhys & Hannah Present.
Info: 0117 929 2266, www.spikeisland.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

October

London

Dance Umbrella presents two works by Tiago Guedes as part of its annual festival - the premiere of his signature piece Various Materials and a mini-tour of Matrioska, a piece for children. The programme also includes workshops for children and families.
Info: 020 8741 4040, www.danceumbrella.co.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

25 Oct–2 Nov
Free

Great Yarmouth

Singer Jorge Prendas, percussionist Jorge Queijo, film-maker Maria Pinchas and percussion group Tocá Rufar perform site-specific work as part of Out There – The Great Yarmouth International Festival.
Info: 01493 846550, www.seachangearts.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Nov

Sonic Lab
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University
Belfast BT7 1NN

Adriana Sá & John Klima perform as part of Adriana Sá 's artistic residency at the Sonic Arts Research Centre. The performance includes zither, Portuguese guitar, press/light sensors and their in-development software 'audiographics'.
Info: Tel: 028 90974829, www.sarc.qub.ac.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

1–11 Nov

London

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation presents Atlantic Waves 2008: London International Festival of Exploratory Music.
www.atlanticwaves.org, info@atlanticwaves.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

11–12 Dec

Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS

Fernando Pessoa: Influences, Dialogues, Answers – a conference commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Fernando Pessoa, including Eduardo Lourenço, Fernando Cabral Martins, José Blanco, Richard Zenith, José Carlos Seabra Pereira, Maria Irene Ramalho and Jerónimo Pizarro.
Info: 020 7848 2507
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

     

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