Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
UK Branch
Portuguese Diary
2008 Events
Madredeus at Barbican, as part of Atlantic Waves 2006
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12 Jul–14 Sep |
Gallery 2 |
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. |
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12 Jul–14 Sep |
Perimeter Space |
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. |
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14 Jul–3 Aug |
Brouhaha International Street Festival |
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. |
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1 Aug |
UK |
A complete translation of Camões’s lyrical poetry into English by Landeg White is published by Princeton University Press. |
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10–12 Aug |
Edinburgh International Book Festival |
José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2007, presents My Father’s Wives, recently launched at the New Writing Worlds festival. |
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16 Aug |
Smithfield Plaza |
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. |
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22–24 Aug |
Glasshouse Arts Research Centre |
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. |
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24–29 Aug |
Sonic Arts Research Centre |
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. |
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Sep 2008– Autumn 2009 |
Threshold Artspace |
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. |
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Sep |
UK |
A new translation of Eça de Queirós’s The City and the Mountains by Margaret Jull Costa is published by Dedalus. |
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13 Sep |
Spike Island |
Artists' Book & Zine Fair, including the launch of the new publication produced by Braco de Ferro during their residency at Rhys & Hannah Present. |
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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. |
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25 Oct–2 Nov |
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. |
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Nov |
Sonic Lab |
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'. |
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1–11 Nov |
London |
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation presents Atlantic Waves 2008: London International Festival of Exploratory Music. |
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11–12 Dec |
Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies |
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. |
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This list is published by the UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as part of the activities of its Anglo-Portuguese Cultural Relations Programme. It provides only an indication of forthcoming Portugal-related cultural events and is not necessarily exhaustive. The Foundation cannot be held responsible for any changes to the events scheduled.
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