Open Call – Maré d’estórias [Tide of stories]
What stories can be told from an exhibition?
Are you in 4th grade? Is your class always making up stories? Then this project is for you!
In the 2024-2025 school year, CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian is launching a challenge to create five fictional stories based on the works of art in its collection, with the artists Ondjaki and Tristany Mundu.
These stories will form part of a new audio guide for children that combines text with sound environments and suggest a whole new experience when visiting the CAM Collection.
The eight sessions, lasting a total of 24 hours, to develop the stories and the sound environment will take place in November and December. The project takes place at CAM, between visits to the exhibition and creative work with the artists.
Applications until 15 October! Participation is free.
ApplyFrequently asked questions
- Be the head teacher of a 4th grade class at primary school;
- For the school you belong to be in the Lisbon metropolitan area or to be able to travel with the class to Lisbon on the dates of the project;
- Be available to come with the class on all the scheduled dates;
- Be interested in processes of education and artistic creation, based on works of art;
- Be willing to take part in a participatory project;
- Be willing to have the work done with the class documented through interviews, photography and video captured for dissemination on CAM's social media and website;
- Have the flexibility to adjust your schedule for recording sessions and/or public presentation of results.
You will be contacted by email by 30 October.
The project will take place in person. If the school is located outside Lisbon, the class must be available to take part on all the dates, organising their own travel.
The laboratory will last a total of 24 hours, spread over eight must-attend sessions.
2024
6 November Wednesday, 10:00-12:00
20 November Wednesday, 10:00-12:00
25 November Monday, 10:00-12:00 and 13:30-15:30
27 November Wednesday, 10:00-12:00 and 13:30-15:30
29 November Friday 10:00-12:00 and 13:30-15:30
2 December Monday, 10:00-12:00
4 December Wednesday, 10:00-12:00
6 December Friday, 10:00-12:00
Yes. The project may include some more working hours in addition to those scheduled, to be defined according to the availability of all those involved.
Yes, the sessions will be in Portuguese and a basic grasp of Portuguese is recommended. Participants can express themselves in another language.
The sessions will take place at CAM - Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian.
Yes. In March 2025 there will be a public presentation of the project in the presence of the participants.
Yes. The project will be documented through interviews, photography and video captured for dissemination on CAM's social media and website.
Yes. All you need is to be ready and willing to participate, no prior experience is required.
Biographies
Ondjaki
With a doctorate in African Studies (L'Orientale, Napoli/Italy), Ondjaki (Luanda, 1977) is a prose writer and poet and also writes for cinema. He is a member of the Union of Angolan Writers. Prizes he has been awarded include the Sagrada Esperança prize (Angola, 2004); the Conto – A.P.E. prize (Portugal, 2007); the FNLIJ prize (Brazil, 2010 & 2014); the JABUTI juvenile prize (Brazil, 2010); the José Saramago prize (Portugal, 2013); and the Littérature-Monde prize (France, 2016) for his book Os Transparentes. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, Serbian and Swedish. He occasionally leads creative writing workshops. In 2023, he was awarded the Vergílio Ferreira Prize (University of Évora) for his body of work.
Tristany Mundu
Tristany Mundu is a transdisciplinary artist, musician, performer, visual artist, producer, creative director and curator. He paints with his voice, illustrating the reality in which he lives through his gaze and the gaze of those around him. Born and raised in the Lisbon-Sintra Corridor area, Tristany is of Angolan and Portuguese origin. He is a founding member of the Unidigrazz collective and is currently researching, developing and creating.