Fio Condutor – Territory Cycle
The Territory Cycle focuses on contexts and communities neighbouring the Central Elétrica. The cycle’s programming intends to set a new look at the surrounding maps, recognizing ways of life, values, beliefs and traditions of different social groups.
In 2022/2023, the programming of the Territory Cycle was supported by Porto City Council, through the program Criatório.
In 2023/2024, the programming was financed by the European Union – Creative Europe, through the PLANT project.
Fio Condutor 2025
12 and 26 July
São Pedro de Azevedo and Contumil, Campanhã, Porto
Fio Condutor continues to cross São Pedro e Azevedo with meetings that celebrate creation and sharing.
On 12 July, Soalheira leads us through the local terrain on a walk to discover PANCs – unconventional food plants – which we will cook together for dinner. At the table, we’ll serve feijoada and then watch a lively musical film with Cliff Richards, in a special screening by the Campanhã Cinema Club.
On 26 July, Chilean playwright Paula Aros, in residence for the month, presents -ō-sis, a project that combines art and science, linking the metamorphosis of insects to the transformations of women’s bodies and minds. Then the Brazilian collective Pavilhão da Magnólia presents Há uma festa sem começo que não termina com o fim, a show that invites celebration and resistance. The evening ends on a high with the contagious energy of Batucada Radical.
Fio Condutor – Territory Cycle 2024
4, 5 & 6 october
Azevedo, Campanhã, Porto
On the 4th, 5th and 6th of October, in various locations in São Pedro de Azevedo, a peripheral place in the parish of Campanhã, in Porto, Circolando – Central Elétrica held the 2nd edition of Ciclo Território, a program dedicated to artistic creation in dialogue with the places and communities neighbouring the Plant. In a desire to bring art closer to life and anthropology, contextual artistic practices were the core of the program, which included several upcoming projects, both in the field of performing arts, cine-concert and visual arts. The meeting and socializing were other central ingredients of the cycle, with several moments of conversation, snacks and a party promised with shows by Dona Armênia and Marante.
Territory Cycle 2023
7 & 8 october
Azevedo, Campanhã, Porto
In the 2023 edition, we brought to the program the presentation of Rio Torto, by André Braga, Cláudia Figueiredo, Gonçalo Mota e Nuno Preto, we brought together in a picnic the recipes and stories collected by Rebecca Moradalizadeh in R/Espigar and we include an opening of the process of Landra collective through the Caminhada do Carvalho.