ZDB

Mission

Created in 1994 as a nonprofit organization by a civic initiative, Galeria Zé dos Bois (ZDB) is an art center based in a 2.500m² palace in the heart of Bairro Alto, Lisbon. A creation, production and promotion structure for contemporary art, ZDB instigates the research and investigation of artists involved with visual and performing arts, as well as film and music. The center produces and presents exhibitions, and hosts more than 150 arts events per year, including residencies, educational programs, theater, dance performances, lectures, and music concerts. Driven by the desire to intensify and exchange knowledge with artists through creative practices, ZDB promotes international and local residencies and establishes long-term relationships with artists, aiming to produce unique projects.

Activities

Visual Arts
ZDB stimulates the artistic research and creation by providing means of production and visibility to national and international artists. All ZDB’s exhibitions are accompanied by actions of the Educational Department such as cinema cycles, debates, guided tours and workshops.

Negócio – Performative Arts
ZDB develops and hosts more than 30 artistic residencies and/or plays per year. Focusing on co-productions and on-site creation, our team assists all the creation process, supporting design, production, communication, presentation and promoting its circulation. In addition to supporting independent creators, ZDB has been welcoming and developing synergies with a significant number of associated structures.

ZDBmüzique – Music
ZDBmüzique seeks to give space to creative manifestations in music and it aims to promote transgressive and exploratory music acts, with different techniques and languages: improvised music, electroacoustic, jazz, modern pop, rock and noise. ZDBmüzique also promotes the creation (with artistic residencies) and circulation of music through partnerships with other institutions such as: Casa da Música, Serralves, Teatro Maria Matos, Teatro Aveirense, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Gnration, Teatro Municipal da Guarda amongst others.

Department of Education
ZDB’s department of education was born in 2005. It aims to stimulate the reflection on the field of artistic production in a constructive and participative way. The department of education conducts regular guided tours to exhibitions, settled by appointment; it also carries out programs in the scope of public education and provides access to a specific program of performing arts.

History

ZDB started in 1994 as a non-profit association. Its purpose, was to “promote exhibitions, installations, video shows, performances, musical performances and other activities” in the artistic field. The primordial aim of ZDB’s fifteen founders was to create an alternative structure to the institutional and commercial panorama that they faced in the beginning of the decade of 1990. At present, ZDB still retains the identity that made its history, a transversal idea of public service who values the spirit of collaboration and empathy, constantly searching for new audiences, but always maintaining a strong relationship with the surrounding community, while stimulating debate and participation.

Team

Art Curation and Visual Arts Management
Natxo Checa

Programming and Performative Arts Management
Marta Furtado

Programming and Music Production
Marcos Silva

Communication
Catarina Rebelo

Production
Caetana Meneses

Programming Segundas na z
Laura Gama Martins

Accounting
Contatraduz

Graphic Design
Sílvia Prudêncio

Text Editing
Alexandre Rendeiro, Alexandre Ribeiro, André Santos, Bruno Silva, Nuno Afonso

Assistance and light design
Olga Matviychuk (Internship)

Bookshop
Alexandre Rendeiro

Electrical Technician
Ricardo Ferreira

Maintenance
Farzana Issumalgy

Installation and Building Maintenance
Vitalyi Tkachuk (Volunteer)
Luís Lopes (Volunteer)

Front of house and bar
Ana Flor Galvão, Carlos d’Eça, Carlos Gaspar, Inês do Canto, Mafalda Riobom, Margarida Magalhães, Mauro Soares, Pedro Leitão, Rita Peças, Sílvio Oliveira

Sócios

To enjoy ZDB’s membership status and have the membership card we propose an annual fee of 30€. The ZDB Membership Card offers:

⟡ Free entrance to all exhibitions

⟡ Free entrance for 1 concert per month to be designated by ZDB *

⟡ Free entrance for 3 concerts at ZDB at the members’ choice *

⟡ Free entrance to 2 performing arts sessions at members’ choice *

⟡ Free access to ZDB Terrace and 49 Bar

To be a ZDB Member or renew your annual membership simply fill out this membership form. Payment can be made at the entrance of ZDB on working days or by transfer via mail: reservas@zedosbois.org

* upon reservation with 48h in advance

Visual Arts

Experiência Mexível

— André Costa

02.06 — 31.08.22

Livraria ZDB

OPENING
June 2 ~ 6pm

June 2 ~ August 31
Monday to Saturday
6pm ~10pm

Free Entrance

CURATED BY
Joana Leão

© Bruno Lopes

© Bruno Lopes

© Bruno Lopes

© Bruno Lopes

© Bruno Lopes

© Bruno Lopes

André Costa presents Experiência Mexível at Livraria Zé dos Bois, a project born from a specific experimental position, fundamental to the theoretical and experiential understanding of the work. The artist defines this experience by bringing together all the modes of self-expression that can be propositions for the spectator’s participation. Participation that involves manipulation or just semantic participation. The intention is not to work the manipulation itself – handle. The intention is the creation of a new meaning to the artistic object, which is opposed to traditional contemplation. It is an open work, objectified by the proposition of this active participation.

André Costa

Education

Communication Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Painting, Faculty of Fine-Arts of the University of Lisbon.

Exhibitions

Vamos Colorir?. Lisboa, 2021. Cíclo de Amizades.
Suspenso – Um lugar de contemplação. Lisboa, 2021. Central Gerador. Curadoria POUSIO. Reflections Uppon Space. Lisboa, 2021. LX Lapa. Curadoria Carolina Pelletier/Delfina Sena.
I Will Take de Risk. Lisboa, 2020. AZAN Space. Curadoria Thomaz Hipolito.
Três Tempos Num. Lisboa, 2020. Cosmos.
Não Contes Comigo!. Lagos, 2019. ALGA Gallery. Curadoria João Madureira
Garganta. Lisboa, 2019. Esqina. Curadoria Pedro Batista.
Festival SOMA. Lisboa, 2019. Faculdade de Belas-Artes.
Contra-Tempo. Lisboa, 2018. Curadoria Joana Leão/Bárbara Freire Cruz.
A Casa Ocupada. Lisboa, 2016. Curadoria Francisca Aires de Mateus.
Há Crocodilos no Tejo, Espaço AZ. Lisboa, 2016. Curadoria Rita Afonso.
XXIX Salão de Primavera, Casino do Estoril Art Gallery. Lisboa, 2016. Curadoria Isabel Sabino.

Artistic Residencies

Cíclo de Amizades. Em colaboração com Inês Brites (PT). Lisboa, 2021. GARGANTA. Em colaboração com Guillermo Mora (ES). Lisboa, 2019. ZONA Art Residency. Lamego, 2016.

Awards

Prémios Paula Rego, 2a edição (finalista). Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, 2017.

02.06 — 31.08.22

Livraria ZDB

OPENING
June 2 ~ 6pm

June 2 ~ August 31
Monday to Saturday
6pm ~10pm

Free Entrance

CURATED BY
Joana Leão

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