Há mais potencial em Bombarda do que se pode ver a olho nu!
Esta foi uma ocasião para a extrapolar a comunidade de todo um quarteirão, expandir horizontes e desafiar o papel da tecnologia no desenvolvimento de comunidades de partilha, como a nossa.
O CRU Creative Hub, o Nova Iskra, o Mecha Studio e a Quarteirão Criativo juntaram esforços no sentido de dinamizarem um evento de partilha de conhecimentos, aprendizagem colectiva e de socialização e networking, tendo como tema o Papel da Tecnologia e Criatividade no Desenvolvimento de Comunidades de Partilha – tal como a que estamos a nutrir em Bombarda.
Este evento iniciou-se com uma sessão de informação à comunidade local sobre as actividades do quarteirão, seguida por uma apresentação de um caso de estudo do Nova Iskra Creative Hub e da cena criativa de Belgrado.
Segue-se o Painel de Discussão que dá nome ao evento – “Brave New World” – moderado por um explorador de tecnologia e um dos membros da comunidade Bombarda – o Pedro Galego.
Por fim, moradores, comerciantes, parceiros e amigos juntaram-se para celebrar a criatividade e a colaboração, acompanhados por boa música, petiscos e umas cervejas.
O evento realizou-se na Galeria Fernando Santos, com entrada pelo Largo da Maternidade, nº66.
programa
18h30 - 19h30 - Visita à Galeria Fernando Santos
A Galeria Fernando Santos foi criada em 1993, no Porto, tendo sido a primeira a estabelecer-se na Rua Miguel Bombarda, hoje conhecida como artéria cultural da cidade.
A sua missão é a divulgação de projectos e artistas contemporâneos, mediando e representando os mesmos perante curadores, instituições e públicos.
No ano em que celebra 30 anos de actividade, a Galeria Fernando Santos volta a expandir o seu espaço expositivo.
Este novo espaço tem entrada pelo Largo da Maternidade, e no dia 13 de Junho prolonga o seu horário de funcionamento para acolher esta iniciativa do Quarteirão Criativo, no qual se insere.
19h30 - 19h45 - O que se passa em Bombarda? - sessão de informação (PT)
Sessão de Informação sobre as recentes actividades da Quarteirão Criativo – Associação para o Desenvolvimento Local.
Esta é uma oportunidade de partilha, em primeira mão, sobre o ponto de situação em candidaturas e parcerias, novas datas de eventos, bem como de iniciativas de cidadania e activismo desenvolvidas pela Associação.
19h45 - 20h15 - Nova Iskra Creative Hub and Belgrade Creative Scene (EN)
Creative Hubs across Europe have become points of convergence for creative and active communities in their local environments.
Collaborative workspaces are safe havens for the independent workforce and for experimentation by creative minds, often being the cradle of many innovative and socially impactful projects and ventures.
Within the scope of the Twin Hubs project, a creative hub from Belgrade (Nova Iskra) and one from Porto (CRU) visit each other and cooperate to understand how they can contribute to contaminating their surroundings with their collaborative dynamics.
Workspace Manager at NOVA ISKRA, Mila is Experienced Executive Producer with a demonstrated history of working in the arts and crafts industry.
Skilled in Corporate Social Responsibility, Communication, Strategy…
Strong professional with a Master’s degree focused in Cultural Management and Policy from Faculty of Drama Arts.
Tânia Almeida Santos was born and is based in Porto, Portugal. She is graduated in Psychology and is a Master practitioner in Economics and Innovation Management.
In 2012 she founded CRU, a Creative Hub dedicated to developing a multidisciplinary and extensive community of professionals from the creative industries. In 2019 Tânia was elected, and reelected in 2022, as vice-president of European Creative Hubs Network, a non-profit organization that aims to connect and support creative hubs across Europe. In 2022 she co-founded Quarteirão Criativo – Associação para o Desenvolvimento Local, a non-profit organization that aims to promote Bombarda – the Creative District of Porto in it’s multi-dimensions: cultural, social, urbanistic, environmental and and economic, in a local, regional and international level.
20h15 - 21h15 - Brave New World - Panel Discussion (EN)
Brave New World — Questioning the Role of Technology in Shared Communities
Welcome to Brave New World, a panel discussion where the intersection of creativity and technology unfold to reveal a panorama of potential and the precipice of overpromise. You’re invited to an open conversation where technology isn’t a silver bullet, creativity isn’t a magical cure-all, and yet, both combined can ignite change and innovation.
This isn’t not about the promise of far-off tech utopias. It’s about the shared future of our neighborhood. Our guides on this journey are Irena Übler, a eco-conscious product designer bringing innovation down to earth, Miguel Gil Marques, a motion designer who channels his ceaseless curiosity and thrill for experimentation into his work, and António Baia Reis, an academic provocateur whose critical gaze dissects the societal repercussions of immersive media.
Moderated by Pedro Galego, a neighborhood tech explorer, this talk promises to be a journey through our hopes, our fears, and the gritty reality in between. Dial down the noise, peel back the hype, and let’s have a critical dialogue about the world we live in, and the worlds we might yet create. An invitation to question, to reflect, and to dream about brave new worlds – can we chart our own course? How will we shape our collective future?
António Baía Reis is an interdisciplinary university professor, researcher, and artist with an unwavering passion for extended reality (XR) and interactive media, along with their boundless potential to connect with broader society. He has been developing a creative and research portfolio at the intersection of digital media, VR, performance, experimental music and film, and art installations. He is currently an Invited Assistant Professor at both Universidad Complutense de Madrid and NOVA University of Lisbon and leads research at the Innovation on Digital Media research lab at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid. He is also the founder of La Cuarta Pared VR, a pioneering virtual reality theatre collective based in Madrid.
Irena Übler is an independent industrial designer and material researcher based in Porto, Portugal. Creating unique design solutions for products, Irena looks to raise awareness of sustainable materials and explore urban territories and creative culture with design. She also works as part of the team with Precious Plastic Portugal, as an eco-conscious product designer bringing innovations down to earth.
Motion Designer with eight years of experience, currently living in the Bombarda district in Porto. Miguel approaches projects with a multidisciplinary mindset, working from concept to production while finding joy in experimenting with new methods for his work and learning new skills.
His experience ranges from advertising and branding to video mapping, VJ and other cultural areas. He is a member of OutSystems’ creative team, a leading software development platform, one of the select few unicorn startups founded in Portugal.
Inspired by the interaction between imagination and the future, Pedro’s career is committed to R&D projects combining art and technology, which understand creativity as a tool affecting human life in extraordinary ways. From exhibition and interaction design of new media art projects, to socially enganed urban-action community workshops, he dedicates his work to the meticulous discovery of true disruptive originality – his primary source of enthusiasm and most ambitious professional skill.
Pedro founded Mecha Studio in 2017, focused on developing interactive media, based in Porto, Portugal. It centres on the contagious enthusiasm of immersive installations, creative coding, virtual and augmented reality, and other innovative audiovisual and design projects, dedicated to an experimental approach that underlines new media art’s potential to create bold concepts and experiences.
Photos by Matilde Cunha
produção
Este evento é realizado pela CRU Creative Hub e Nova Iskra Creative Hub em co-produção com os parceiros locais – a associação Quarteirão Criativo e o Mecha Studio.
apoios
A iniciativa é financiada pela European Creative Hubs Network, através do programa Twin Hubs.
Agradecemos ainda o apoio da Galeria Fernando Santos, da Bardo Creative Ground, do CCBombarda, da Circus Network, da Senzu, da Confeitaria Nandinha, do Café Cantarinha, da Escama Films, da Matilde Cunha .