PROGRAMME
The programme for this 7th edition will once again be eclectic, featuring a number of activities and events of international scale, where textile is the main element of reference in artistic reflection, research and creation.
After six editions and 10 years of activity, we have adjusted and redefined some aspects for the 2024 edition: we have extended the time scale (now 100 days of biennial), strengthened partnerships with other territories of textile culture, reinforced the work with the community through artistic residencies, reinforcing actions that will highlight the various moments throughout the biennial.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
In all six previous editions of CONTEXTILE, the International Exhibition assumed a central role in the artistic program and its capacity for global affirmation. The 2024 edition once again exceeded expectations and records for the participation of artists applying to exhibit their works at the Contemporary Textile Art Biennial – 1530 works, by 1300 artists, from 76 countries. The jury, a multidisciplinary team composed of Lala de Dios, Janis Jefferies, Magda Sobon, Cindy Steiler and Cláudia Melo (artistic director of CONTEXTILE), chose 57 works, by 50 artists from 29 countries, around the theme of this 7th. editing, toTOUCH/TOUCH touch.
Palácio Vila Flor – CCVF
Av. Dom Afonso Henriques, 701
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Tuesday to Friday
10:00 – 17:00
Saturday and Sunday
11:00 – 18:00
INVITED ARTIST
Josep Grau-Garriga
"Los hilos de la memoria"
For the first time, the featured artist at the Contextile biennial will receive a unique and singular exhibition. This is Josep Grau-Garriga ((Sant Cugat del Vallès, España, 1929 – Angers, Francia, 2011)), one of the pioneers of contemporary textile art in the Iberian peninsula. Josep Grau-Garriga participated in the II, III and IV editions of the historic Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie de Lausanne (1965, 1967 and 1969), major references in the development of contemporary textile art and in the tapestry revolution which, abandoning the tradition of mural work, entered the field of expanded sculpture, conquering first volume and then space through the creation of large-scale installations. This exhibition brings together unique and large-scale textile works, produced between 1972 and 1999, whose guiding thread is memory.
CIAJG – Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães
Avenida Conde Margaride, 175
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Tuesday to Friday
10:00 – 17:00
Saturday and Sunday
11:00 – 18:00
INVITED COUNTRY
Canada
ARTISTS IN EXHIBITION:
Anna Torma
Barbara Todd
Carole Simard-Laflamme
Caroline Monnet
Graeme Patterson
Guillaume Brisson-Darveau
Hannah Claus
Line Dufour
Meghan Price
Ruth Scheuing
Sarah Stevenson
PALACETE SANTIAGO
(Museu Alberto Sampaio)
Praça de São Tiago 31
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Monday to Friday
9:00 – 18:00
SOCIEDADE MARTINS SARMENTO
R. Paio Galvão 2
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Tuesday to Friday
9:30 – 12:30 | 14:30 – 17:30
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 – 12:30 | 14:30 – 17:30
ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
For this 7th edition, we will continue in a strategy of cooperation and approximation between the local textile industry, the traditions of the textile know-how of the region and its raw materials, with contemporary textile art, summoning artists, national and internationally, to conduct residencies having as objective the creation and production of artistic works, based on the concept proposed by the Biennial.
Open Call
Angeles Jacobi
Noriko Tomita
Bilp
Marie-José Gustave
Mylene Michaud
Magic Carpets
Claire Amiot
Flávia Vieira
Laura Besançon
PICE
Susana Guerrero
EFFEA
Nikolina Krstičević
12 October – 15 December
Convento de Santo António dos Capuchos
R. Dr. Joaquim de Meira
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Tuesday to Saturday
10:00 – 13:00 | 14:00 – 18:00
“EMERGÊNCIAS”
Artistic Teaching and Textile Creation
Contextile, in the continuity of its previous editions, invites art schools with textile techniques teaching, challenging students (and the schools) to the creation and production of textile artworks, which will be presented in the form of an exhibition, and reflecting the concept of this 7th edition.
Escola Artística António Arroio
Escola Artística Soares dos Reis
Escola Superior de Arte e Design
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
Universidade da Beira Interior
Universidade do Minho
Garagem Avenida
Av. Dom Afonso Henriques 250
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Monday to Friday
10:00 – 18:00
TEXTILE TALKS
Art
A fundamental part of the Contextile 2024 program is based on reflection and debate of ideas, framing textiles and their growing importance and strong presence in artistic events, in the context of international contemporary art. This artistic dimension of textiles in all forms of expression and representation has been explored in Textile Talks, a program for the presentation and discussion of contemporary artistic projects and works.
Participating are Contextile 2024 partners and guests, guest artists and speakers and artists selected through this call. And all those who watch are also invited to participate in the conversations.
The meetings and conversations in 2024 will develop around the theme of this 7th edition of Contextile, TOUCH/Toque.
AUDITÓRIO CCVF
Av. Dom Afonso Henriques, 701
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8 Setembro | 10h às 18h
TEXTILE TALKS Hook Up!
Art & education
Educational TEXTILE TALKS_Hook Up!, explora possíveis conexões para os estudantes das áreas artísticas e projetivas, tanto na vida como no trabalho após a graduação, visando o potencial cruzamento de construção sustentável de redes interdisciplinares, do envolvimento em programas públicos que os integrem em contextos profissionalizantes e nos esforços criativos colaborativos e empreendedores.
Com comissariado de Janis Jefferies e Joana Cunha, foram convidadas oradores especializados, escolas artisticas nacionais e projetos inovadores na área criativa, que em mesas redondas conversarão de forma aberta sobre esta temática.
Scientific Committee:Janis Jefferies (president), Joana Cunha, Natacha Antão e Susana Milão
AUDITÓRIO CCVF
Av. Dom Afonso Henriques, 701
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18 October | 10h – 18h
WORKSHOPS
“To experiment Textile”
They are foreseen a set of technical and creative workshops in different artistic areas, destined to artists and the general public.
Ateliers Cruz de Pedra
R. das Lameiras 55
"O Têxtil"
September 7 – 21h30
A Film by Pedro Bastos
with original music by Rui Sousa
SOCIEDADE MARTINS SARMENTO
Cloister Garden
R. Paio Galvão 2
GUIDED VISITS
They are foreseen a set of oriented and guided visits, with artists and curators, around the exhibitions and destined to artists, schools and the general public.
Parallel Activities
. Exposição “Dans le Toucher – Racines et ontologie”
. Weave Up
. Talk HyperTextile
