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The Materiais Diversos Festival promotes the meeting of different audiences and imaginaries around the arts (dance, theatre, music and performance) with thought, questioning actuality and fostering cultural participation as a condition for citizenship. Born in Minde, in 2009, it spread to Alcanena and Cartaxo (in 2013) and became one of the most representative projects for programming outside the large centres in Portugal, attempting to think and act from the places it originates. It had been occurring annually until 2017 and became a biannual event starting with its 10th edition in 2019.

From the 3rd to the 12th of October 2025, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations.

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Novos Materiais

CI.ca.triz

©Alex Diziolli

The flaw that suspends or transforms the continuity of any surface is like a pattern interrupted by a new element that triggers a new pattern. One of renewal, reconstruction and overcoming.

The visual and emotional effect of a scar creates an asymmetry, a wear and tear that leads us to an idea of impermanence, of constant change. Once present, it takes root and becomes the owner of a story to tell. The trace of damage, harm or simply a limit, is connected to the timeless mark and changing physical and behavioral patterns.

Is it worth hiding? Or to highlight?

CI.ca.triz aims to provide an experience of turning inside out, in other words, giving (new) life to what may be hidden or concealed.

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