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No âmbito da Global University Alliance (Microgravity Research), e na sequência do Memorando de Entendimento assinado entre a U. Porto e a Axiom Space, Peggy Whitson e Emiliano Ventura, colaboradores da Axiom Space, visitaram a Faculdade de Belas Artes e o ID+ U.Porto a 11 de Junho.
Esta parceria nasceu no âmbito da submissão de um Projeto Exploratório em Março passado, sob coordenação da investigadora Eliana Santiago pelo ID+ e do investigador José Pedro Sousa pelo CENP.

Com o mote "Zero Gravity, Infinite Possibilities", a reunião estratégica incluiu apresentações da Axiom e do ID+, bem como um momento informal de perspectivação de colaboração futura acrescida em frentes de I&D passíveis de intersecção.
Além de Eliana Santiago, representaram o ID+ Cláudia Lima, Heitor Alvelos, Lígia Lopes e Susana Barreto.

Peggy Annette Whitson é uma investigadora americana na área da bioquímica e astronauta que trabalha para a Axiom Space. Aposentou-se da NASA em 2018, após ter desempenhado as funções de 13th Chief of the Astronaut Office. Ao longo de todas as suas missões, Whitson acumulou um total de 695 dias no espaço, mais do que qualquer outro americano ou mulher.
https://www.axiomspace.com/team/peggy-whitson

A Axiom Space, líder global em voos espaciais comerciais e infraestrutura espacial, anunciou o português Emiliano Ventura como primeiro elemento do pioneiro Project Astronaut, um programa piloto de treino de astronautas. O fisiologista tem sido responsável pela preparação física da tripulação das últimos missões à Estação Espacial Internacional e vai agora integrar um projeto de um rigoroso protocolo de treino de astronauta de seis meses, com o objetivo de integrar uma missão Espacial. (Diário de Noticias)
https://www.axiomspace.com/release/axiom-space-selects-emiliano-ventura-as-companys-first-ever-project-astronaut

Call for Papers Open for PMIC 2026: Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference until 15 July 2026

The School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, in collaboration with the Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+) and the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference 2026, to be held in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, on 22–23 October 2026.

The conference invites researchers, artists, and practitioners to explore the dynamic intersections between memory, performativity, and contemporary cultural production. Bringing together perspectives from the arts, humanities, and social sciences, the event will address topics such as collective memory, identity, participatory practices, artistic research, digital archives, artificial intelligence, and the evolving role of memory in contemporary societies.

Abstract submissions are open until 15 July 2026. The conference will feature keynote lectures by Ali Matthews (University of Salford, UK), Paloma G. Diaz (Open University of Catalonia, Spain), and Domingos Loureiro (Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto). PMIC 2026 aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and promote innovative approaches to understanding memory as a creative, political, and performative process.

Conference website: https://pmic2026.wordpress.com/
Submissions: https://pmic2026.wordpress.com/submissions/
Email: [email protected]

From 26 to 29 May, ID+ took part in the Innovations Meets Regions event, held in Leiria as part of RUN-EU and the Bienal do Mar.
Represented by IPCA, ID+ contributed to the dissemination of research in design, cultural mediation and innovation, strengthening links between higher education institutions, industry and regional stakeholders.
During the event, the results of the VERSE project (an Erasmus+ initiative) were also presented, fostering dialogue with researchers, students and institutional partners working in sustainability and the blue economy.
This participation reinforced ID+’s commitment to collaborative research and enhanced its visibility within regional and European innovation ecosystems.
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De Casa Para um Mundo… Exhibition coordinated by Olívia Marques da Silva (ID+ IPP)

From 28 May to 2 July at the P.PORTO Cultural Centre

A unique artistic project, conceived by Manuel de Novaes Cabral and Sobral Centeno, which brought together, during the pandemic, well-known figures from the visual arts and contemporary literature. Maria de Fátima Lambert is the curator of this exhibition, which later incorporated music at the suggestion of Paula Freire. It opens on 28 May at 6.00 pm at the P.Porto Cultural Centre, coordinated by Olívia Marques da Silva.

‘De casa para um mundo...’ fulfils one of the Centro de Cultura’s objectives through the travelling extension of this exhibition, featuring 45 artists who have participated in the Cerveira International Art Biennial, which has established itself as a leading venue for the promotion and presentation of contemporary art in Portugal, particularly in the northern region. Thus, the exhibition programme has brought together many prominent national and international artists, making the Cerveira International Art Biennial a meeting place for artists who have influenced the way we view and think about art in today’s world.
The continuity of this exhibition programme has, over time, enabled the creation of a space where significant contemporary artistic practices in drawing, painting, design, illustration, music, literature and curation—among other artistic forms—have come together; their creativity, imagination and experimentation are now showcased in this exhibition ‘De cada para um mundo... ’ curated and programmed by Maria de Fátima Lambert, from the Porto Polytechnic Culture Centre, here at Praça do Marquês.

NOTE: To fully enjoy this exhibition – by reading the texts, contemplating the artworks and listening to the musical compositions – stand close to each of the works (and away from other people) and focus your gaze: read the caption and the text and – using your mobile phone and a QR code reader app – listen to the musical pieces. All of this is happy art.

Artists featured:
• Capicua, Albuquerque Mendes e Ana Seara
• Afonso Reis Cabral, Ana Fonseca e Pedro Pinto Figueiredo
• Daniel Maia-Pinto Rodrigues, Ana Pérez-Quiroga e Sara Carvalho
• Bernardo Pinto de Almeida, António Olaio e Nuno Peixoto de Pinho
• Pedro Eiras, Avelino Sá e Jaime Reis
• João Gesta, Cristina Ataíde e Ângela da Ponte
• Paulo José Miranda, Francisco Laranjo e Inês Badalo
• Francisco Duarte Mangas, Graça Pereira Coutinho e António Pinho Vargas
• Maria do Rosário Pedreira, Isaque Pinheiro e Carlos Marecos
• Rosa Alice Branco, Susana Piteira e Francisco Monteiro
• Nuno Higino, Jorge Abade e Carlos Caires
• Gonçalo M. Tavares, Pedro Calapez e Sérgio Azevedo
• Hugo Mezena, Pedro Tudela e Isabel Pires
• Manuel Novaes Cabral, Sobral Centeno e Luís Soldado
• Filipa Leal, Zulmiro de Carvalho e António Victorino D’Almeida

https://www.agenda-porto.pt/evento/de-casa-para-um-mundo/

On June 2nd, join us at the CCCI Auditorium (DECa, Universidade de Aveiro) for the presentation of projects by the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Design and Health_Care Respons_Able Futures students.

Real challenges. Design responses. Responsible futures in healthcare.

See you there!

DeCA - Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro
Universidade de Aveiro
ResponseAble Futures, MFA in Design and HealthCare

Design&Drinks | Doctor Tiger x6

On 28 May, at 6PM, Exploratório ESAD [headquarters of the Porto Design Biennale] hosts another session of Design&Drinks, a monthly conversation series bringing together different schools, practices and perspectives around the role of design today.

This edition features Heitor Alvelos, Susana Barreto, Paulo Colaço and Mattia Ronconi (ID+ / U.Porto), who will present the Doctor Tiger project and share reflections on design research, critical practice and contemporary creative culture.

The session will be followed by an informal networking and social gathering at the venue’s bar.

📍 Exploratório ESAD
📅 28 May
🕕 6PM

🔗 More information:
https://esad.pt/pt/events/design-and-drinks-conversa-com-fbaup

The exhibition FEED ME opened yesterday at “Cozinha” Gallery and Pavilhão Sul, FBAUP.

In a context shaped by technological acceleration, information overload and the growing presence of Artificial Intelligence within creative processes, the exhibition proposes a critical reflection on the role of Design in shaping the future.

Addressing questions of sustainability, ethics, consumption, automation and visual misinformation, Feed Me interrogates the limits, responsibilities and possibilities of contemporary design:

“Never was it so easy to create. And never was it so difficult to know what to do with it.”

Organised within the Design Editing and Curatorship course unit of the BA in Communication Design at FBAUP, under the supervision of Professor Cláudia Lima.

📍 "Cozinha" Gallery + South Pavilion - FBAUP

MEDIA, ARTS AND INTERACTION
May 20th to 22th 2026

https://intermediartes.com/

Confia is delighted to announce its animation keynote speaker — Wiola Sowa!!!! 🎬✨

Wiola Sowa (Wioletta Sowa) – director of animated films, cinematic VR, and AR projects. She is a Professor at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, where she teaches artistic animation at the Institute of Art and Design. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and the Lodz Film School.

She has twice received the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and is a fellow of the City of Krakow and the Goethe-Institut. From 2008 to 2012, she served as the President of the Polish chapter of ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation). As a curator, she has organized animation exhibitions and film screenings for events such as the Krakow Film Festival and the Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival.
Her films have been screened and awarded at numerous festivals in Poland and abroad, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, the Barbican Centre in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, the Hiroshima Animation Festival in Japan, and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.

This Sunday, 10 May at TUMO, Porto. 2 PM.

Workshop by Heitor Alvelos, exploring hybrid AI-analogue creative processes.

From drawings to prompts, from prompts to photos, this hands-on session will reflect on emerging intersections between artificial intelligence, visual experimentation and material imagination.

Free entry - all welcome.

More information: https://tafest.pt/ -3