Literally, it means being crossed (atravessada) by something, by many things. To be intersected. To be mischievous, to unsettle. To serve myself on a platter. To be a street crossing between two larger streets. To be a crossing.

Literally, it means being crossed (atravessada) by something, by many things. To be intersected. To be mischievous, to unsettle. To serve myself on a platter. To be a street crossing between two larger streets. To be a crossing.

Literally, it means being crossed (atravessada) by something, by many things. To be intersected. To be mischievous, to unsettle. To serve myself on a platter. To be a street crossing between two larger streets. To be a crossing.

Literally, it means being crossed (atravessada) by something, by many things. To be intersected. To be mischievous, to unsettle. To serve myself on a platter. To be a street crossing between two larger streets. To be a crossing.

Gaya de Medeiros’ residency at La Briqueterie.

Boba da Corte (2027) by Gaya de Medeiros is a project born from the desire to look at a generation of children of working-class parents who have achieved social mobility into the middle class and allowed themselves the luxury of dreaming.

Materiais Diversos maintains a partnership with Estúdios Victor Córdon (EVC) for the hosting of artistic residencies, providing the artists it supports with the conditions to research, create and develop their projects in Lisbon. Filipe Pereira was the artist invited by Materiais Diversos to lead Clube das Flores, which took place between February and June 2026 in Minde and Alcanena.

Full programme will be announced in September.

Artists in residency from 14 to 25 October 2026:
❦ Bibi Dória
❦ Connor Scott
❦ Grilo & Inês Campos
❦ Luísa Saraiva
❦ Marga Alfeirão
❦ Miguel Bonneville & Sofia Dinger
❦ Natacha Campos
❦ Pedro Barreiro
❦ Reina del Mar

FUTURΛ is an invitation to reinvent curatorial practices: a peer-to-peer space for imagining possible futures with courage, care, and an openness to what has yet to be named. A seminar for programmers, artists and cultural practitioners, FUTURΛ offers a space for listening, critical exchange and experimentation, responding to the urgent need to rethink curatorial practice today. From an intersectional feminist perspective, it brings together professionals from the performing arts in a gathering dedicated to curating as an artistic, political and social practice.

The European project DRIFT – Dance and Research In the Future Time is a programme dedicated to research, support and artistic development for mid-career choreographic and interdisciplinary artists. It is led by an international consortium of festivals and cultural institutions, of which Materiais Diversos is a partner.

Marga Alfeirão will be in residence working on her new creation, KITADA.

Marga Alfeirão will be in residence working on her new creation, KITADA.

Marga Alfeirão will be in residence working on her new creation, KITADA.

KITADA (2026) is a new choreographic work by Marga Alfeirão that explores female desire and eroticism, as well as intergenerational connections between women.

KITADA is a new choreographic work by Marga Alfeirão that explores female desire and eroticism, as well as intergenerational connections between women.

KITADA (2026) is a new choreographic work by Marga Alfeirão that explores female desire and eroticism, as well as intergenerational connections between women.

KITADA is a new choreographic work by Marga Alfeirão that explores female desire and eroticism, as well as intergenerational connections between women.

Other dates with Neon Lobster

Other dates with Neon Lobster

Materiais Diversos maintains a partnership with Estúdios Victor Córdon (EVC) for the hosting of artistic residencies, providing the artists it supports with the conditions for research, creation and development of their projects in Lisbon. Luísa Saraiva is one of the artists taking part in materiais adversos weekend, which will take place in October 2026 in Minde and Alcanena.

Matéria Viva is Materiais Diversos’ new programme, developed in partnership with Alkantara (Lisbon) and O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), with the support of Fundação GDA.

Matéria Viva is a training, mentoring and capacity-building programme aimed at performer-creators and emerging cultural practitioners working in contemporary performing arts and their more hybrid expansions. Conceived as a space of care, exchange and critical thinking, the programme seeks to strengthen the autonomy of those at the beginning of their professional journeys, providing practical tools to help make their artistic practices more sustainable, structured and resilient over time.

Matéria Viva is Materiais Diversos’ new programme, developed in partnership with Alkantara (Lisbon) and O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), with the support of Fundação GDA.

Matéria Viva is a training, mentoring and capacity-building programme aimed at performer-creators and emerging cultural practitioners working in contemporary performing arts and their more hybrid expansions. Conceived as a space of care, exchange and critical thinking, the programme seeks to strengthen the autonomy of those at the beginning of their professional journeys, providing practical tools to help make their artistic practices more sustainable, structured and resilient over time.

Matéria Viva is Materiais Diversos’ new programme, developed in partnership with Alkantara (Lisbon) and O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), with the support of Fundação GDA.

Matéria Viva is a training, mentoring and capacity-building programme aimed at performer-creators and emerging cultural practitioners working in contemporary performing arts and their more hybrid expansions. Conceived as a space of care, exchange and critical thinking, the programme seeks to strengthen the autonomy of those at the beginning of their professional journeys, providing practical tools to help make their artistic practices more sustainable, structured and resilient over time.

November — Lisbon, with and during Alkantara Festival
The third gathering, taking place within the framework of Alkantara Festival, focuses on artistic circulation, exploring festivals as strategic infrastructures for visibility, value creation, a fairer distribution of resources, and sustainable international cooperation.

Materiais Diversos maintains a partnership with Estúdios Victor Córdon (EVC) for the hosting of artistic residencies, providing the artists it supports with the conditions for research, creation and development of their projects in Lisbon. Natacha Campos is one of the artists taking part in materiais adversos weekend, which will take place in October 2026 in Minde and Alcanena.

A dreamlike army of void and presence, where the boundaries between political and social intervention dissolve, giving rise to a space charged with silence, noise, non-linear information, weight, and the fluctuation of time.

A dreamlike army of void and presence, where the boundaries between political and social intervention dissolve, giving rise to a space charged with silence, noise, non-linear information, weight, and the fluctuation of time.

Application form available here.

The construction of what it means “to be a man” and the pressure to conform to that ideal are revisited in an intimate way. Between an intimate encounter and the magic of the stage there is a lot, but what is the shortest distance between these two realms? Pai para Jantar is a game with the audience that seeks to unpack masculinity in a poetic and humorous way.

Gaya de Medeiros and Piny pitch during the materiais adversos weekend.

In the autumn of 2026, three professional gatherings will take place as part of a cultural cooperation strategy between France, Spain and Portugal, co-curated by Materiais Diversos and the Institut français du Portugal.

Who Gets to Leave for Mars?
Mobility, Institutions and Cultural Futures

18 September 2026
10:00–18:00

Free admission, subject to venue capacity and registration via the link.

Conceived as a utopian conference, this inaugural gathering, co-organised with Culturgest, uses art as a critical catalyst to reflect on the present and the possible futures of European cultural institutions, fostering strategic imagination and long-term cooperation. Taking La Distance by Tiago Rodrigues as its point of departure, the event proposes a collective exercise in anticipation, imagining a world shaped by precarity, climate change and the prospect of exile to Mars, shifting institutional thinking away from short-term imperatives.

DRIFT research process sharing

Materiais Diversos maintains a partnership with the Estúdios Victor Córdon (EVC) focused on hosting artistic residencies, providing the artists it supports with conditions for research, creation, and the development of their projects in Lisbon.