The Lisbon Consortium and BoCA - Bienal de Artes Contemporâneas organised a talk about the newly launched book BoCA - Bienal de Artes Contemporâneas. The crossing is possible, to mark the project's tenth anniversary. The event will take place on 26 May at 5 pm in room 131, with Cláudia Galhós as the guest speaker.
The book BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts. The crossing is possible marks the culmination of a ten-year cycle of activity, offering a reflection on multi-, inter-and transdisciplinary artistic practices. Featuring a foreword by Tiago Rodrigues, the publication brings together commissioned texts by Claudia Galhós, Cláudia Madeira, Raquel Lima, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Gaya de Medeiros, Odete, Delfim Sardo, and Sara Franqueira, alongside a collaborative multi-voice interview, documentation of creative processes, artist interviews, and a series of original visual works commissioned from Gus Van Sant, Agnieszka Polska, Romeo Castellucci, and Tânia Carvalho.
BoCA is a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 and based in Lisbon. Dedicated to transdisciplinarity, it fosters a dynamic cultural ecosystem by creating synergies between cities (beginning in Lisbon and expanding to other Portuguese and international locations), cultural spaces (theaters, museums, cultural centers), and natural environments. Its work bridges diverse artistic fields, including performing arts, visual arts, music, and cinema, while engaging with their respective audiences.
Cláudia Galhós is a journalist, writer and researcher covering performing arts for Expresso since 2005. Previously, she edited RTP2’s "Artes de Palco" (2004–2006) and the cultural weekly "AGORA". Since 1994, she has contributed to newspapers, magazines, radio, and digital platforms in Portugal and internationally. Her editorial work includes There Is Nothing Beyond Your Imagination (2015), part of the EU network Imagine 2020 – Art and Climate Change, and Colher para Semear (2021), chronicling 25 years of GDA Foundation. She has documented festivals, residencies, and artistic experiments, and in 2022, won the 7th Literary Residency Prize in Berlin (awarded by the Portuguese Embassy in Germany/Camões Berlin).