Community as Immunity

Community as Immunity is a transdisciplinary project committed to research and artistic production on the various critical dimensions of the present times in its inevitable relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Created by the contemporary art magazine Contemporânea, the project promotes the creation and edition of unpublished contents developed by 20 guest artists, curators, academics, journalists, musicians and other authors. Community as Immunity aims to build community as a form of social and cultural immunity, in the face of challenges, uncertainties and different precariousness that are installed by the crisis.

The program of the project is developed in partnership with a network of cultural organizations and includes a cycle of five thematic workshops, the edition of a special issue of the magazine – linked to an online program with publications, conversations and performances –, and the launch of a printed journal. All activities and contents of the program will be open and free and will take place, mostly online, between March and November 2021.

With the participation of Alejandro Alonso Díaz, Ana Margarida Abrantes, Andreia Santana, António Poppe, Carolina Ellis , Cátia Sá, Diana Policarpo, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, Gisela Casimiro, Hugo Canoilas, Jack Mugler, Miguel Mesquita, Odete, Pedro Barateiro, Peter Hanenberg, Rita Natálio, Rodrigo Ribeiro Saturnino, Sofia Lemos, Tita Maravilha, Vítor Belanciano.

Workshop Programme

24.03.2021: Proximity from a distance: (pre)existing models
31.03.2021: Participation in and beyond the Presence
07.04.2021: Community and Immunity - from Paul B. Preciado
14.04.2021: Curating and Healing: Virulence and contagion in contemporary thought
21.04.2021: The Power and Action of Cultural Programming: manifestos and manifestations

Partners:
Alkantara, CECC - Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Cultura | Universidade Católica Portuguesa, DuplaCena, Fluent, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Guimarães, Hangar – Centro de Investigação Artística, maat – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática, O Armário.

Supported by:
Direção-Geral das Artes / Ministério da Cultura