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 5th to the 15th of October 2023, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations. Slowing down and making people, places and processes visible are the mottos of the 12th edition of the festival.
The flaw that suspends or transforms the continuity of any surface is like a pattern interrupted by a new element, triggering the emergence of a new pattern—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 keeper of a story to tell. The trace of damage, harm, or simply a boundary is connected to a timeless mark and the shift in both physical and behavioural patterns. Is it worth hiding? Or highlighting? “CI.ca.triz” aims to provide an inside-out experience, giving a (new) life to what might be hidden or concealed.
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