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ATOS for Cultural Democracy

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The ATOS para a Democracia Cultural conference brings together implementing agents with other actors who play an active role in promoting cultural participation. The programme includes a keynote with Marcus Faustini, a Brazilian theatre director, filmmaker and cultural mediator, and two round tables discussing the different models of participatory art and cultural democracy as a public policy.

The publication ATOS – Arte, participação e território and the video essay Alcanço documenting the ATOS journey in 2023 will also be presented, summarising the experience of implementing the programme and bearing witness to its campaign to promote cultural democracy.

Programme

10:00 / Opening session

Martin Essayan – Executive Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationRui Catarino – Director of the D. Maria II National Theatre

10:15 / Keynote – People-centric culture so we don't give up on democracy: Ideas for activating cultural participation, cultivating democracy and enhancing diversity in the arts

In his opening speech, Marcus Faustini addresses the need for a new wave of actions and investments in socio-cultural and artistic practices in the more sought-after territories in big cities, as a core building block for revitalizing ties with democracy.
Marcus Faustini – Director, filmmaker, cultural mediator
Moderator:
Carla Fernandes – Cultural producer— Intermission 15 min —

11:45 / Presentation of the publication ATOS – Art, participation and territory

Paula Varanda – Editorial coordinatorNarcisa Costa – Project Manager of the Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPedro Penim – Artistic Director of the D. Maria II National Theatre
Moderator:
Cláudia Galhós – Journalist, performing arts expert and writer— Lunch 90 min. —

14:30 / Participatory art: angles and tensions of an identity

Ana Bragança – Cultural Manager and Co-founder of OndamarelaLara Soares – Co-founder of BURILAR and artistic and cultural mediator Victor Hugo Pontes – Choreographer and Artistic Director of Nome PróprioAna Isa Coelho – Coordinator of the Culture Promotion and Development Department (CIMAC)
Moderator:
Carla Cardoso – Cultural manager and teacher— Intermission 30 min —

16:30 / Cultural democracy as a public policy

Ana Paula Amendoeira – Vice-President of CCDR AlentejoDália Paulo – Municipal Director of the Loulé City CouncilRui Matoso – Researcher and professor of cultural managementCátia Terrinca – Actress, director and playwright
Moderator:
António Brito Guterres – Social Worker and Researcher at Institute for Urban Intervention and Action (IAU)— Intermission 30 min. —

18:30 / Film "Alcanço" by André Dias Carrilho

Approximate duration: 50 min.
«Alcanço» (Reach) documents the participation projects promoted in 2023 by ATOS and coordinated by various artistic organisations, implemented across the country.
Based on the various proposals and artistic processes developed with very diverse communities, this video essay outlines the commonalities, universal problems, solutions and thought-provoking cross-cutting issues that ATOS faced as a whole, creating a mesh of the many voices involved in the project.
«Alcanço» is a film that documents the project, its reach and legacy, while at the same time painting a portrait of the country from the perspective of its heterogeneous landscape, culture, art and people.

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