encontros do DeVIR festival
encontros do DeVIR was born in 2012, it is a thematic festival, with an international scope, which focuses on the territory and on social and environmental issues, making parallels with other realities and geographies, involving the local community and a set of outstanding national and international creators in the areas of performing arts, image, literature, social sciences and other scientific areas, establishing communication bridges between all.
2nd cycle "Another way"
Opening up cracks, creating discontinuities, breaking through, thinking in an alternative way, promoting the creation of other perspectives, is very much the role of those who create, and it should be the training we don't shy away from. That's why we've chosen to present a series of shows that challenge us to get out of our seats and experiment with other points of view.
In addition to the shows, the 2nd edition of the cycle brings together a series of texts by thinkers who offer us short reflections on the inevitability of acting in a different way when the repercussions of climate change are becoming more and more noticeable and overwhelming on a planet living through an ecological emergency.
Another way is how those we have invited make a difference.
link to programme
Opening up cracks, creating discontinuities, breaking through, thinking in an alternative way, promoting the creation of other perspectives, is very much the role of those who create, and it should be the training we don't shy away from. That's why we've chosen to present a series of shows that challenge us to get out of our seats and experiment with other points of view.
In addition to the shows, the 2nd edition of the cycle brings together a series of texts by thinkers who offer us short reflections on the inevitability of acting in a different way when the repercussions of climate change are becoming more and more noticeable and overwhelming on a planet living through an ecological emergency.
Another way is how those we have invited make a difference.
link to programme
9th edition
it is inevitable, we have to assume the balance of the Planet. It is necessary to recover the complex and diverse Natural World. It's a survival challenge where we all have to be involved.
We can consider that we have almost nothing left, the symbolic, solidarity and little else. However, we know that, in other times, resistance, as well as the will and madness that Art is able to promote, contributed to escape, to invention, to the creation of alternative perspectives that did not let us sink.
- Where do we come from? - Where are we going? are the motto of the 9th edition of this festival, two questions that we addressed to a group of creators from various areas so that they take them as sparks for their work, and return them as challenges, possibilities and reflections.
Having arrived here, we know one thing: we cannot ignore or give up, we must change, demand change and influence those who have the power to decide for the good of Humanity and Nature.
it is inevitable, we have to assume the balance of the Planet. It is necessary to recover the complex and diverse Natural World. It's a survival challenge where we all have to be involved.
We can consider that we have almost nothing left, the symbolic, solidarity and little else. However, we know that, in other times, resistance, as well as the will and madness that Art is able to promote, contributed to escape, to invention, to the creation of alternative perspectives that did not let us sink.
- Where do we come from? - Where are we going? are the motto of the 9th edition of this festival, two questions that we addressed to a group of creators from various areas so that they take them as sparks for their work, and return them as challenges, possibilities and reflections.
Having arrived here, we know one thing: we cannot ignore or give up, we must change, demand change and influence those who have the power to decide for the good of Humanity and Nature.
8th edition
this edition of encontros do DeVIR Festival was divided into 2 phases: from 3 Nov to 3 December 2022 (secondary school students from Loulé, Faro and Quarteira and adults) and from 14 January to 25 February 2023 (cycle “d´Outra maneira/In another way”, aimed at an adult audience).
the first phase included the presentation of performances for school audiences, workshops and an exhibition at Praça do Mar Art Gallery, in Quarteira.
in 2023, the second phase was dedicated to the adult audience, hosting at CAPa the performance Rasante by Joana Levi, partnership TERRA BATIDA/Parasita, concerts by Sean Riley & The Legendary Tigerman and A GAROTA NÃO, dance and music by REDO & Dominique and Lula Pena and words and dance in e(u)co(m)lógica by José Laginha, a new version of the play, now aimed at an adult audience. In another way is how we believe these artists create and develop their work.
ARTEPENSAMENTO&information digital platform continued to play an important role in disseminating and raising awareness of environmental and social Ecology issues, challenging secondary school students to carry out activities related to these themes, within the school context. These challenges can be consulted on the platform, as well as the result of the work of all participants.
this edition of encontros do DeVIR Festival was divided into 2 phases: from 3 Nov to 3 December 2022 (secondary school students from Loulé, Faro and Quarteira and adults) and from 14 January to 25 February 2023 (cycle “d´Outra maneira/In another way”, aimed at an adult audience).
the first phase included the presentation of performances for school audiences, workshops and an exhibition at Praça do Mar Art Gallery, in Quarteira.
in 2023, the second phase was dedicated to the adult audience, hosting at CAPa the performance Rasante by Joana Levi, partnership TERRA BATIDA/Parasita, concerts by Sean Riley & The Legendary Tigerman and A GAROTA NÃO, dance and music by REDO & Dominique and Lula Pena and words and dance in e(u)co(m)lógica by José Laginha, a new version of the play, now aimed at an adult audience. In another way is how we believe these artists create and develop their work.
ARTEPENSAMENTO&information digital platform continued to play an important role in disseminating and raising awareness of environmental and social Ecology issues, challenging secondary school students to carry out activities related to these themes, within the school context. These challenges can be consulted on the platform, as well as the result of the work of all participants.
7th edition
DeVIR meetings a month for the FUTURE
In 2022, this festival has a hybrid format, with programming from March 14th to April 14th, aimed at students of the 2nd and 3rd cycles of Quarteira. It includes face-to-face actions in the school context, performances for all audiences, but also a digital platform for the dissemination of ARTEPENSAMENTO&informação.
With Art as a support for communication and awareness, we want to contribute to alerting, to stimulate reflection and action and to promote the creation of critical thinking about the Future of Life on the Planet, facilitating short videos, artistic interventions that result from readings of the World by national and international creators in the areas of Performing Arts, documentary, animation, photography, music, comics, Urban Art, short films, food, fashion, short-films and cartoons, as well as information for the future. It is intended to facilitate both access to video recordings of an informative and scientific nature, as well as to excerpts of artistic productions that fall within ARTIVISM as a movement and expression. We want to contribute to the empowerment and involvement of EVERYONE, with regard to common issues related to the CLIMATE CRISIS and HUMAN RIGHTS, which lack the empowerment of citizens, in the face of a class of political and economic decision-makers that maintains a merely reactive posture , despite the appeals of scientists, based on irrefutable evidence. It matters EVERYONE's commitment to the defense of a future that is promising, particularly for the youngest, they are an important element in communication and action for an auspicious future, which belongs to them and to which they are entitled.
DeVIR meetings a month for the FUTURE
In 2022, this festival has a hybrid format, with programming from March 14th to April 14th, aimed at students of the 2nd and 3rd cycles of Quarteira. It includes face-to-face actions in the school context, performances for all audiences, but also a digital platform for the dissemination of ARTEPENSAMENTO&informação.
With Art as a support for communication and awareness, we want to contribute to alerting, to stimulate reflection and action and to promote the creation of critical thinking about the Future of Life on the Planet, facilitating short videos, artistic interventions that result from readings of the World by national and international creators in the areas of Performing Arts, documentary, animation, photography, music, comics, Urban Art, short films, food, fashion, short-films and cartoons, as well as information for the future. It is intended to facilitate both access to video recordings of an informative and scientific nature, as well as to excerpts of artistic productions that fall within ARTIVISM as a movement and expression. We want to contribute to the empowerment and involvement of EVERYONE, with regard to common issues related to the CLIMATE CRISIS and HUMAN RIGHTS, which lack the empowerment of citizens, in the face of a class of political and economic decision-makers that maintains a merely reactive posture , despite the appeals of scientists, based on irrefutable evidence. It matters EVERYONE's commitment to the defense of a future that is promising, particularly for the youngest, they are an important element in communication and action for an auspicious future, which belongs to them and to which they are entitled.
6th edition
rescue
RESCUE was the word from which we built a diversified program, which recovers / rescues works and creators that are landmarks in the history of contemporary dance, national and international in the last three decades, and instigates a critical reflection on climate change. Xavier Le Roy, Raphaëlle Delaunay, Jérôme Bel (Fr), Emanuel Gat (IL/Fr), Roger Bernat (Es), Bassam Abou Diab (Lb), Gregory Maqoma (ZA), Eduardo Fukushima (Br), Tabea Martin, Francesca Foscarini (Sz), Vera Mantero, Francisco Camacho, Jacinto Lucas Pires, Marc Parchow, João Tordo, Mantraste, Vasco Célio (PT)
rescue
RESCUE was the word from which we built a diversified program, which recovers / rescues works and creators that are landmarks in the history of contemporary dance, national and international in the last three decades, and instigates a critical reflection on climate change. Xavier Le Roy, Raphaëlle Delaunay, Jérôme Bel (Fr), Emanuel Gat (IL/Fr), Roger Bernat (Es), Bassam Abou Diab (Lb), Gregory Maqoma (ZA), Eduardo Fukushima (Br), Tabea Martin, Francesca Foscarini (Sz), Vera Mantero, Francisco Camacho, Jacinto Lucas Pires, Marc Parchow, João Tordo, Mantraste, Vasco Célio (PT)
5th edition
to de(a)nounce
de(a)nounce is a dubious word that, when decomposed, can have different meanings and different readings. Discussing the present and denouncing the Future - this was the starting point for a comprehensive reflection that also involved thinking about our territory, reflecting on the works of those who walked around here, honoring those who distinguished themselves in their time and who are still remembered for the pertinence and timeliness of their legacy. IKOQWE (An/Pt), Shobana Jeyasing Dance (In), Erna Ómarsdóttir (Is), Redouan Ait Chitt/Jeroen van der Linden (Nr), Chey Jurado (Es), Hélia Correia, Fabio Froiedli, Fabio Pelmieiri, DOT504 (CZ ), Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz, Samuel Lefeuvre (BE), Florencia Demestri (BE), Hillel Kogan (IL), Collective Loss of Memory (Rc) Luaty Beirão, Jayga Rayn, Aristid Rontini (It)
to de(a)nounce
de(a)nounce is a dubious word that, when decomposed, can have different meanings and different readings. Discussing the present and denouncing the Future - this was the starting point for a comprehensive reflection that also involved thinking about our territory, reflecting on the works of those who walked around here, honoring those who distinguished themselves in their time and who are still remembered for the pertinence and timeliness of their legacy. IKOQWE (An/Pt), Shobana Jeyasing Dance (In), Erna Ómarsdóttir (Is), Redouan Ait Chitt/Jeroen van der Linden (Nr), Chey Jurado (Es), Hélia Correia, Fabio Froiedli, Fabio Pelmieiri, DOT504 (CZ ), Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz, Samuel Lefeuvre (BE), Florencia Demestri (BE), Hillel Kogan (IL), Collective Loss of Memory (Rc) Luaty Beirão, Jayga Rayn, Aristid Rontini (It)
4th edition
segregation
segregation and its effects, not from a strictly local perspective but proposing a broader reflection that went through addressing the tensions experienced in the Arab territories, in Palestine. For the refugees, the slaves of our days, for the gypsy communities, for the diseases that steal our lives and the world, but also, looking at our recent history, the Portuguese colonialism of the 60s and 70s. Freedom Theater (Ps), Belén Maya ( Es), Tim Casson (Gb), Cie KHAM (La/Fr), Spitfire Cie (Cz), Roni Chadash (IL), Cie Sun of Shade (Fr), Vincent Mantsoe (Za), JAS, Dulce Maria Cardoso, Manuela Pimentel, João Pinto Coelho, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Hotel Europa, Bruno Vieira Amaral, Fidel Évora, Elisabete Maisão, Frey Faust (workshop) (Us/De)
segregation
segregation and its effects, not from a strictly local perspective but proposing a broader reflection that went through addressing the tensions experienced in the Arab territories, in Palestine. For the refugees, the slaves of our days, for the gypsy communities, for the diseases that steal our lives and the world, but also, looking at our recent history, the Portuguese colonialism of the 60s and 70s. Freedom Theater (Ps), Belén Maya ( Es), Tim Casson (Gb), Cie KHAM (La/Fr), Spitfire Cie (Cz), Roni Chadash (IL), Cie Sun of Shade (Fr), Vincent Mantsoe (Za), JAS, Dulce Maria Cardoso, Manuela Pimentel, João Pinto Coelho, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Hotel Europa, Bruno Vieira Amaral, Fidel Évora, Elisabete Maisão, Frey Faust (workshop) (Us/De)
3rd edition
de-characterization of the Algarve coast
only balanced territorial development, attentive to reality, fragilities and potentialities, will allow us not to mortgage what we still have and are. In this way we will be taking care of ourselves and what is ours and ensuring a quality of life that lasts and “feeds” us. Pedro Penim, Miguel Castro Caldas; Gonçalo Duarte Gomes, Filipe Pinto, Francisco Camacho, Lídia Jorge, Luís da Cruz, Rui Neto, Vera Mantero, Nuno Graça, Miguel Cardoso, Sara Feio, Miguel Mendes, Rui Neto, Afonso Cruz, JAS, Fernando da Silva Grade, Gonçalo Pena Perigo Público, Mithkal Alzghair (Sy), Maholra Company (Kr), Panaibra Gabriel Canda (Mz), Abhilash Ningappa (In), Marcela Levi & Lúcia Russo (Br/Ar), Simon Mayer (At), Cosmin Manolescu (Ro) , Faustin Linyekula (CD)
de-characterization of the Algarve coast
only balanced territorial development, attentive to reality, fragilities and potentialities, will allow us not to mortgage what we still have and are. In this way we will be taking care of ourselves and what is ours and ensuring a quality of life that lasts and “feeds” us. Pedro Penim, Miguel Castro Caldas; Gonçalo Duarte Gomes, Filipe Pinto, Francisco Camacho, Lídia Jorge, Luís da Cruz, Rui Neto, Vera Mantero, Nuno Graça, Miguel Cardoso, Sara Feio, Miguel Mendes, Rui Neto, Afonso Cruz, JAS, Fernando da Silva Grade, Gonçalo Pena Perigo Público, Mithkal Alzghair (Sy), Maholra Company (Kr), Panaibra Gabriel Canda (Mz), Abhilash Ningappa (In), Marcela Levi & Lúcia Russo (Br/Ar), Simon Mayer (At), Cosmin Manolescu (Ro) , Faustin Linyekula (CD)
2nd edition
where do we come from? where are we going?
edition dedicated to children and youth. It brought together 196 activities carried out in parallel with the school curriculum, emphasizing information and training, starting from issues related to the development and sustainability of the Planet, allowing the experience of different artistic languages and stimulating the creation of a civic and ecological conscience in the youngest , stimulating the debate about our place in the construction of the Future. Afonso Cruz, Aldara Bizarro, André E. Teodósio, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Miguel Cardoso, Miguel Castro Caldas, Laurinda Silva, João Fazenda & Pedro Martins, José Laginha, 5ª Punkada, Ana Rostron & João Caiano, Patrícia Portela, Susana Menezes, Vera Mantero
where do we come from? where are we going?
edition dedicated to children and youth. It brought together 196 activities carried out in parallel with the school curriculum, emphasizing information and training, starting from issues related to the development and sustainability of the Planet, allowing the experience of different artistic languages and stimulating the creation of a civic and ecological conscience in the youngest , stimulating the debate about our place in the construction of the Future. Afonso Cruz, Aldara Bizarro, André E. Teodósio, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Miguel Cardoso, Miguel Castro Caldas, Laurinda Silva, João Fazenda & Pedro Martins, José Laginha, 5ª Punkada, Ana Rostron & João Caiano, Patrícia Portela, Susana Menezes, Vera Mantero
1st edition
human desertification of Serra do Caldeirão
we want this festival to contribute to pointing different directions towards a reality that everyone, especially decision-makers, persist in ignoring. We are not interested in reflecting on what has no return, we want to encourage meetings where, with realism and wisdom, false inevitabilities are dismantled. We want to say that the people of the mountain range, despite being abandoned, maintain the pride of being from the mountains, and that the coast, constantly adulterated, is increasingly inhospitable for those who live there. Carlos Bica, Norberto Lobo, Abel Neves, José Laginha, Marlene Vilhena, Amélia Muge, José Martins, José Maria Vieira Mendes, Patrícia Silva, Vera Mantero, João Paulo Estevas da Silva, Mickael Oliveira, Mariana T. Barros, Maria João Luís, Daniela Gorjão, Cláudia Dias, Cecília Laranjeira, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Rui António, André e. Theodosius
human desertification of Serra do Caldeirão
we want this festival to contribute to pointing different directions towards a reality that everyone, especially decision-makers, persist in ignoring. We are not interested in reflecting on what has no return, we want to encourage meetings where, with realism and wisdom, false inevitabilities are dismantled. We want to say that the people of the mountain range, despite being abandoned, maintain the pride of being from the mountains, and that the coast, constantly adulterated, is increasingly inhospitable for those who live there. Carlos Bica, Norberto Lobo, Abel Neves, José Laginha, Marlene Vilhena, Amélia Muge, José Martins, José Maria Vieira Mendes, Patrícia Silva, Vera Mantero, João Paulo Estevas da Silva, Mickael Oliveira, Mariana T. Barros, Maria João Luís, Daniela Gorjão, Cláudia Dias, Cecília Laranjeira, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Rui António, André e. Theodosius