Contemporânea

It fosters dialogue among various communities with a direct connection to the Atlantic Ocean and its environmental memory by creating an international network of artists, critics, curators, programmers, writers, and scientists. Contemporary art serves as a field of research and production centered on moving images, critique, and ecology, incorporating forms of knowledge and new methodologies that promote environmental awareness, regenerative ways of living, and transformative visions for the future, grounded in participatory practices of care and restoration. Water is viewed as a resource, trade route, force of nature, and medium of transformation, vitality, and creation, as well as a living space deeply connected to the land and biodiversity. From a post-anthropocentric and more-than-human perspective, ATLANTIC focuses on artistic practices that address the connection between art and other fields of knowledge involving research and the construction of thought rooted in social, political, ecological, and technological relations.

The worsening crisis of capitalism, sociopolitical upheaval, new wars, environmental catastrophe, and technological transformation form increasingly urgent and tangible backdrops. This juncture has given rise to a period defined as a "permacrisis" — a state of permanent crisis. Can contemporary art play a critical role in identifying and shaping narratives around ecological degradation, including climate collapse, pollution, biodiversity loss, and environmental and social justice, as well as in the various dimensions of culture, ecology, politics, and economy?