The exhibition of Contemporary art and the lectures' program will take place at Lx Factory, Zoot Space, in November of 2013.
The exhibition of Contemporary art and the lectures program will take place at Lx Factory, Zoot Space, in November of 2013.
This place is an industrial building in Alcântara, Lisbon and multi-functional one which allows the project to expand, and also enables the dialogue between artists and scientists: the free and lively reflexions on animality.
The subject of this project "Animais como nós/animals like us" is quite diverse and could raise many interesting questions.
Ideas to be presented and discussed, go from behaviour issues between animal and man; Nature's conservation; animal territory, human territory; animality in our emotions, social animal therapies, biological themes, artificial reefs, nutrition, etc.
This project is a joined venue of 16 artists and 10 researchers which will have the duration of 3 weeks.
About the author
The curator is Elisa Ochôa, a 39 year old museology and curatorial studies expert, who just so happens to be an artist, since 2008.
She has a vast experience in art education and art programs publication in New York, Paris and Lisbon, where she conducted many workshops, classes, childrens' drama projects and has also collaborated with Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Paris, co-teaching a Philosophy and arts programs in many Paris elementary and secondary schools.
Her last professional experience was with the Museu Gulbenkian, in Lisbon, where she developed an online inventory of all temporary exhibitions of the museum and wrote a published essay on museum programation.
She also participated in some conferences about art, museums and heritage, at Lisbon Fine-Arts School.
Funding this project means giving a voice to real issues' information, advertising Nature's conservation; contributing for the discussion of how animals are perceived by human kind, etc.
