THE COMMON
The next edition of MEXE focuses on the theme "The Common". How do we situate ourselves in a collective experience contaminated by the ecstasy of success and the imperialism of the individual and his needs? After the disappointment with different political configurations what inspires us in today and in the future?
Contemporary artistic practices have plunged into these and other concerns of the world of the here and now. In its most different geographies art connects with the real rehearsing poetic productions that make us believe that a future is drawn by many different hands. Considering the complexity of the participatory creation processes, with several voices, with constant advances and setbacks, the challenges are essentially related to the construction of renewed ways of doing and being.
In a moment of urgency to desecrate what has been established to reach what is yet to come, MEXE proposes a meeting of the artistic, social, political and ethical dimensions in celebration of the courage and inevitability of being together to think and to make worlds.
HUGO CRUZ
artistic direction
NEWS
OUR PARTNERS
OUR PARTNERS
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the first partners of the 2019 edition.
Moving with us in the construction of this edition are:
- Academia Contemporânea do Espetáculo;
- Câmara Municipal do Porto;
- Direção Geral das Artes;
- Embaixada de Espanha;
- Junta de Freguesia do Bonfim;
- Metro do Porto;
- Queo;
- Teatro das Figuras - Faro;
- Teatro Nacional São João.
We believe that these entities are the beginning of a strong network of partners who, in collective, will challenge us to build renewed ways of doing and being.
MEXE HOUSE
MEXE HOUSE
MEXE House is a new proposal for the 2019 edition. It is an opportunity for non residents of Porto to live the closest with the collectives, artists, team and community that each year builds MEXE.
MEXE House integrates lodging, food and special price tickets in a challenge of living in Common.
Very soon more news.
Together we are MEXE.
FARO EXTENSION
FARO EXTENSION
From the 12th to the 15th November, the Faro extension of MEXE - International Art and Community Festival took place. The Teatro das Figuras was taken over as a space for reflection around memories, identities and feelings of belonging, through the construction of two shows with the population of the city. The challenge was the creation of two moments that, crossing the performance and music, thought the citizenship and the pertinences of the day by day of the inhabitants of Faro. The first of the workshops, led by Edith Scher, focused on the community theater practices that she has been developing in Argentina for more than 35 years, the second, by Josep Borrás, proposed the creation of a musical show with basket balls. Both shows were presented to the public. The program for this extension of MEXE in Faro ended with a conversation between Hugo Cruz, artistic director of the festival, and Edith Scher under the theme Community Artistic Practices in dialogue.
OPEN CALL
EIRPAC
The applications for the next edition of the International Meeting of Reflection on Community Artistic Practices are open from 15.02.2019 until 15.03.2019
This 3rd edition of EIRPAC will take place on the 16th , 17th and 18th of September 2019, in Porto, integrated in the 5th edition of MEXE, in a co-organization between:
- Centro de História da Arte e Investigação Artística da Universidade de Évora (CHAIA/UE)
- Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas da Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (CIIE/FPCEUP)
- Centro de Investigação em Comunicações Aplicadas e Novas Tecnologias da Universidade Lusófona do Porto (CICANT/ULP)
- Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espetáculo do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESMAE/ IPP)
- Faculdade de Ciências Humanas da Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Lisboa (FCH-UCPL)
- Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IELT/FCSH/NOVA)
- Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL)
- i2ADS da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (i2ADS/FBAUP)
- PELE.
EIRPAC
CHAIA
Universidade de Évora
CIIE / FPCEUP
Universidade do Porto
CICANT
Universidade Lusófona
do Porto
ESMAE
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
FCH
Universidade Católica
Portuguesa de Lisboa
IELT / FCSH
Universidade Nova
de Lisboa
IPL
Instituto Politécnico
de Lisboa
i2ADS / FBAUP
Universidade do Porto
TEAM
Hugo Cruz
artistic direction
Fernando Almeida
executive direction
Carina Moutinho
production direction
Maria João Mota
EIRPAC coordination
Wilma Moutinho
technical direction
Sara Cunha
press office
Irina Pereira
graphic design
Patrícia Barbosa
social media management
Patrícia Poção
video and photography
Salvador Gil
fundraising
Cristina Queirós
volunteers
Maria Gil
host
INFO
encontro.mexe@gmail.com
(+351) 915 920 764
Organization
Co-financed
