Atlas: Matrix. Diary of a collaborative practice

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2019.152838

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Collaboration, Art, Anthropology, Lisbon, Colonialism

Abstract

This short, experimental piece, represents one possible way to describe the site-specific installation ATLAS: MATRIX in the Tropical Garden of Belém in Lisbon, Portugal. The text is the narrative of a mindful collaboration, one where the act of collaborating - intentional but not overly planned - resulted in an open-ended installation/dispositive that called for ulterior collaboration, enabling the spectators to play with the elements while generating, at the same time, a reflection around the collaborative endeavour itself. An introductory story in the form of a diary is followed by DIY guidelines, indicating a replicable formula for co-laborating - [from Latin cum (together) + laborare (to practice)] - in transdisciplinary settings.

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Author Biographies

  • Heléna Elias, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Belas Artes

    Heléna Elias is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon (FBAUL), PhD in Public Art, Faculty of Fine Arts of Barcelona (2007), in the area of ​​Sculpture. MArts, Grays School of Arts, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK (2000) and BFA (hons) in Sculpture (1999). FCT Postdoctoral Fellow in Sculpture at FBAUL. As artist, teacher and researcher, she articulates the teaching and artistic practice, exposing and publishing various articles, workshops, book chapters. He coordinates the VICARTE Research in Arts and Sciences line, where he develops the Communities of Practice project - methodological strategies for collaborative research between the arts and sciences. E-mail: hc.elias@gmail.com /  https://vicarte.org/integrated-members/helena-elias/  

  • Francesca De Luca, Universidade de Lisboa. Instituto de Ciências Sociais

    Francesca de Luca is Anthropologist (ICS-ULisboa), works at the intersection between medical anthropology, archives and databases in art-based ethnography. She integrates the project "EXCEL. The pursuit of excellence. Biotechnologies, Valuation and Body Capital in Portugal" (ICS). Member of the EBANO collective, she develops methodological experiments and collaborations in ethnography-based artistic practice. Francesca was a founding member of the Rifrazioni Festival, a site-specific residence and festival in performance and visual arts, based on ethnographic research in southern Rome. Previously, her interest and work in anthropology has focused on cultural psychiatry and the medicalization of undocumented immigrants in both Italy and Canada. E-mail: francesca.luca@ics.ul.pt

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Published

2019-10-24

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)

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Dossier Arts and anthropologies

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Elias, Heléna, and Francesca De Luca. 2019. “Atlas: Matrix. Diary of a Collaborative Practice”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 4 (1): 73-93. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2019.152838.