Experimental Photographers celebrates photography as a field of experimentation and creative resistance.
From February to November, in the café next to the Amor&Farinha bakery, ten female photographers will present their visual investigations through exhibitions, talks and workshops. Each artist brings their own unique approach, from pre-industrial techniques to the reuse of modern technologies, exploring photography as a political and poetic gesture.
The initiative is driven by TiroLiroLab, an art and technology collective that proposes sustainable and innovative practices. The project strengthens the role of women in experimental photography and dialogues with Braga’s rich photographic tradition.
Curator: Guilherme Maranhão
Experimental Photographers is part of Braga 25 Portuguese Capital of Culture as part of the Todo-o-Terreno programme.
Seeking to support and contribute to the flourishing of a greater number of independent cultural initiatives in the city of Braga, the Todo-o-Terreno programme aims to support projects that envisage a proposal for regular artistic programming in venues in the municipality of Braga throughout the year 2025.
From June 19 to September 12, 2024, this programme’s call for projects took place in the following artistic areas: Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Speech and Thought, Performing Arts and Cinema and Moving Image. The call received a total of 46 applications, which were assessed by a jury made up of Elisabete Paiva, artistic director of Materiais Diversos; Marta Bernardes, coordinator of the education and cultural mediation service of the museums and libraries of the City of Porto and Luís Sousa Ferreira, deputy artistic director of TNDMII. Eight projects proposed by the city’s cultural agents were selected to form part of the official programme of the Portuguese Capital of Culture.