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
Alice Vale de Gato

Production
Caetana Meneses

Programming Segundas na z
Laura Gama Martins

Curator (ZDB Bookstore exhibitions)
Joana Leão

Educational Programme
Cristiana Freitas

Accounting
Contatraduz

Graphic Design
Sílvia Prudêncio

Graphic Design (segundas na z and ZDB Bookstore exhibitions)
Maria Clara Lima

Archive Management
Inês Henriques

Technical Manager
Olga Matviychuk

Bookstore
Alexandre Rendeiro

Electrical Technician
Ricardo Ferreira

Maintenance
Cesário Dias
Ivete Gomes

Installation and Building Maintenance
Vitalyi Tkachuk (Volunteer)

Front of house and bar
Ana Margarida Magalhães, Bernardo Pereira, Carlos Gaspar, Carlos Eça, Delano Queiroz, Francisco Correia, Inês Correia Mendes, Inês do Canto, Mafalda Riobom, Mariana do Carmo, Matilde Basto, Mauro Soares, Sofia Bessa, Sofia Medeiros, Rita Peças

Text Editing
Alexandre Ribeiro, André Santos, Bruno Silva, Miguel Rocha, Nuno Afonso

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 10 concert per year 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

Cinema

Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês

— Session #3 Uma festa para viver

Wed16.07.2507:00PM

Galeria Zé dos Bois

Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês (2022)

Session #3 of the film cycle Uma festa para viver – on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Angola’s independence programmed by Sofia Afonso Lopes.

All sessions take place on Wednesdays at 7PM at ZDB.

99-minutes session followed by a conversation with Ery Claver (virtually).

Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês (2022)
By Ery Claver
(fic, 99’)

The arrival of a plastic statue of the Virgin Mary at a store in Luanda, brought by shopkeeper Zhang Wei, sets the tone for Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês (Our Lady of the Chinese Store) – Ery Claver’s first fiction feature film. The image of the saint is the centripetal force and dramatic driving force of the film, tying together the various threads that make up the narrative: Bessa and Domingas suffer the loss of their daughter Mariana, barber Man Pelle decides to start a new cult, and Zoyo searches the city for his dog, Tobias.

Wed16.07.2507:00PM

Galeria Zé dos Bois

Entrance

3€

Duration

99'

SUPPORT

Agência Nacional das Indústrias Culturais e Criativas (ANICC)

Related Programme

Cinema

Uma festa para viver – on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Angola’s independence

— programming by Sofia Afonso Lopes

Galeria Zé dos Bois (Rua da Barroca, 59)

Next Events

Zé dos Bois

Mission

Activities

History

Team

Sócios

Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês

— Session #3 Uma festa para viver

Entrance

Duration

SUPPORT

Related Programme

Uma festa para viver – on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Angola’s independence

— programming by Sofia Afonso Lopes

Next Events

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Acopia presents ‘Blush Response’ ⟡ c-mm

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Drew McDowall ⟡ Ndr0n

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Sully ⟡ Mix’Elle

Phoebe presents ‘Noites Longas’ ⟡ BLEID ⟡ King Kami

Jack J ⟡ Iguanas

Gabriel Ferrandini – in residence

William Basinski

— ZDB at the Rectory of NOVA Lisbon

Partes Sensíveis

— by David Marques and Nuno Pinheiro

Quem Faz Correr Quim? ⟡ Uma Festa Para Viver

— Session #4 Uma festa para viver

Anna Ferrer ⟡ Marta Fonseca

Uma festa para viver – on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Angola’s independence

— programming by Sofia Afonso Lopes

Fricção Científica (Science Friction)

— exhibition by Beatriz Capitulé

Ao longe endireita

— exhibition by Luís Rocha

Baahahal

— exhibition by Pizz Buin

Pizza Space-Time

— exhibition by João Marçal

Pedreiras/Quarries

— exhibition by Ellie Ga and Karin Monteiro

Workshop to the ‘Pizza Space-Time’ and ‘Baahahal’ exhibitions with the Educational Service