Confluence Laboratory
Maria Giulia Pinheiro
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Date
- 18:00 / Cancelled 18:00 / Sold out Saturday, 18:00
- 18:00 / Cancelled 18:00 / Sold out Saturday, 18:00
Location
Main GalleryPricing
10% – Cartão Gulbenkian and Cartão Gulbenkian Mais
Proposed by Maria Giulia Pinheiro, the Confluence Laboratory brings together five Brazilian artists living in Portugal – Gaya de Medeiros, Joyce Souza, Keli Freitas, Okan Kayma, and Tales Frey – who participate in a shared creative process.
The project proposes encounters between artists and works from the complexo brasil exhibition: each participant will select a piece to dialogue with, reinterpret or confront, developing short-term creations in free languages.
The focus is on a horizontal space for listening and exchange, in which collective reverberations add to individual proposals, fostering the emergence of new perspectives on the historical and cultural relations between Brazil and Portugal.
In both sessions, the public is invited to traverse this path, accompanying the creations that emerge from the confluences – small artistic drifts that, when intertwined, reveal new ways of looking at and inhabiting the common space of the exhibition.
This event is part of the complementary programme for the exhibition complexo brasil, curated by José Miguel Wisnik, Guilherme Wisnik and Milena Britto.
Biographies
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Gaya de Medeiros
Gaya de Medeiros is a dancer and director. She created the shows Atlas da Boca (2021), BAqUE (2022), Pai para Jantar (2023), Cafezinho (2024) and Corre, bebé! , which have toured more than 15 countries and 26 cities. She founded BRABA with the aim of promoting actions led by trans and non-binary people. Gaya’s research focuses on the expansion of autobiographical narratives and the tension between the body, the word and the audience.
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Joyce Souza
Joyce Souza is a transdisciplinary artist and art educator. She is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art (UC), holds a master’s degree in Performing Arts (IPL) and a bachelor’s degree in Art Education (FPA) and Theatre (USP). She teaches courses and has published works on theatrical, educational and anti-racist practices. She has performed in several shows, notably descobri-quê, winner of the 2024 Acesso Cultura Award. She is a performer and co-director of the video performance Kabeça, which has been shown in nine countries and won awards at international festivals. She recently joined Æffective Choreography, by André Uerba (TRANSBORDA and DDD festivals).
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Keli Freitas
Keli Freitas (Brazil, 1983) is a playwright, director and actress. She has a degree in Performing Arts from CAL (Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras), a bachelor’s degree in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC – Rio) and a master’s degree in Portuguese Studies from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her most notable works include Volta para a tua terra (2024), Madrinhas de Guerra (2024), Outra Língua (2022), Adicionar um lugar ausente (2020), fábrica de matar baleia (PANOS, 2021) and Osmarina Pernambuco não Consegue Esquecer (2019).
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Maria Giulia Pinheiro
Maria Giulia Pinheiro (São Paulo, 1990) is a creator, playwright, director and cultural agitator. A doctoral student at the University of Coimbra, she received the New Female Playwright Award in 2022. She is the author of six books of poetry and drama and serves as artistic director of FALA. Creator of shows such as Viemos Roubar os Vossos Maridos (2025) and performance projects such as Todo Mundo SLAM (2019-2025) and Slam no CAM (2025-2026) and Ginginha Poética (2019-2025), she also develops training spaces such as Núcleo de Dramaturgia Feminista (2017–2025) and ZONA lê (2014-2025). Her work has been presented in Brazil, Europe and Africa.
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Okan Kayma
Okan Kayma is a transdisciplinary Afro-Brazilian sound artist and craftsman who works at the intersection of various artistic languages, with an emphasis on percussion and sound performance. He currently works at the intersection of artistic creation, research, and art education, conducting research in traditional contexts, sound design for theatre, dance, and performance, and workshops that combine creation, research, and knowledge sharing.
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Tales Frey
Tales Frey is a transdisciplinary artist represented by Galeria Verve (São Paulo) and Shame Gallery (Brussels), a postdoctoral researcher and professor at the University of Minho. He holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies (Coimbra), has presented works in museums and international biennials, and has works in collections in Brazil, Portugal, Iceland, and Argentina. He is the author, curator, and founder of Performatus magazine.
Credits
Conception
Maria Giulia Pinheiro
Artists
Gaya de Medeiros, Joyce Souza, Keli Freitas, Okan Kayma and Tales Frey
Image
Photo from the first session of the Confluence Laboratory, on 13 December 2025. © Ricardo Lopes
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