playtheground exhibition 2025 activities

PLAY(THE)GROUND:
(In)visible territories

ACTIVITIES

Spring Residency | Centro de Dia Nossa Senhora dos Anjos, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa

— exhibition duration
OCTOBER 13th - NOVEMBER 13th 2025

Where? Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, pavilion 29
Address Av. do Brasil 53, 1700-063 Lisboa, Portugal

Monday to Sunday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Where? Centro de Dia da N Sra dos Anjos
Address R. Andrade, n.º 13G, Lisboa, Portugal

Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

— curatorial team
Lígia Fernandes
Nicole Sánchez
Ricarda Oldekop
Frederike Antonia Ohnewald
Lyuba Hrisimova
Natalia Bošković
Ludmila Nawrotzki

— exhibiting artists
Catarina Neves (PT), Sofia Kamergorodski (NL), João Malato Correia (PT), Filipa Batista (PT), Gwendolyn van der Velden (NL), Sara Lourenço (PT), Leíze de Sá (BR), José Taborda (PT), Adriana Santos Lopes (PT), Julee Pinto (PT), Henrique Andrade (PT), Joana Nunes (PT), Berfin Alyeşil (TR), Carina Espadanal (PT), Graça Santos (PT), Laura Liventaal (EST), Joana Tomás (FR/PT), Vincent Rault (FR), Vardit Goldner

PUBLIC PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

Align with the exhibition (In)visible Territories at the Centro de Dia Anjos & Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa from the 13th October - 13th of November we invite you to a diverse public program (seminar, workshops, roundtable & film screenings).
→ TO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (SEE BELOW)

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OCTOBER 16
5.30 PM - 6.30 PM
ReWorkshop
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, pavilion 29, Av. do Brasil 53, 1700-063 Lisboa, Portugal
→ no registration needed

This workshop offers alternative methods of creating a piece of art from natural materials. The artist Julee Pinto will guide you through the one hour exploration on decay and composting and how these materials can be the highlight of your artistic process.

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OCTOBER 18
10.30 AM - 1.00 PM
Drawing session
Centro de dia - Centro de Dia da N Sra dos Anjos, R. Andrade, n.º 13G, Lisboa, Portugal
→ register here

We invite you to a drawing session in collaboration with Lisbon Drawing Club, where residents of Centro de Dia Nossa Senhora dos Anjos will be our models. All levels of experience are welcome! Join us for a warm morning with a creative drawing community. We will also meet Catarina Neves one of the PLAY(THE)GROUND resident artists with her project from the residency programme.

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OCTOBER 19
10.30 AM - 1.00 PM
Drawing session
the Hospital - Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, pavilion 29, Av. do Brasil 53, 1700-063 Lisboa, Portugal
→ register here

We invite you to a drawing session in collaboration with Lisbon Drawing Club, where the residents of Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa - Pavilhão 29 will be our models for the session. All levels of experience are welcome! Join us for a warm morning with a creative drawing community. We will also meet Julee Pinto one of the PLAY(THE)GROUND artists and hear about their project during her residency.

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OCTOBER 20 - 21 (9.00 AM - 6.00PM)
PLAY(THE)GROUND SEMINAR
Universidade Lusófona - Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
→ register here

PLAY(THE)GROUND seminar includes two full day of activities which you can join fully or partially, including presentations, conversations, performances, around the topics of art, ageing and mental health with the residents artists, university and partners involved in this year's PLAY(THE)GROUND edition (IN)VISIBLE TERRITORIES.

FULL DETAILLED PROGRAMME HERE

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OCTOBER 22
5.30 PM - 6.30 PM
Watercolor Painting Workshop
Centro de Dia da N Sra dos Anjos, R. Andrade, n.º 13G, Lisboa, Portugal
→ no registration needed

Gwendolyn van der Velden, an artist in residency at the Centro de Dia and invites you to an Aquarel workshop under the title I see, I see, What you don't see. All levels of experience are welcome!

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OCTOBER 23
5.30 PM - 6.30 PM
Video Screening/Performance
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, pavilion 29, Av. do Brasil 53, 1700-063 Lisboa, Portugal
→ no registration needed

A performance act with the video installation Amor Fati by the artist Berfin Alyeşil created during the artist’s residency, exploring the visual and spatial echoes between Lisbon and Istanbul. The two seven-hilled cities, divided by water, are bound by memory, myth, and longing.

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OCTOBER 30
5.30 PM - 6.30 PM
Handmade Collage Workshop
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, pavilion 29, Av. do Brasil 53, 1700-063 Lisboa, Portugal
→ no registration needed

I’m still here is an artistic creation workshop in handmade collage, by the artist Graça Santos. Participants are invited to start a “Self-Recognition Notebook,” which will function as a graphic diary, using the manual collage technique from elements taken from the materials they will have available.

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November 6
5.30 PM - 6.30 PM
Video Screening
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, pavilion 29, Av. do Brasil 53, 1700-063 Lisboa, Portugal
→ no registration needed

On Being Human of artist Laura Liventaal will be screened at the balcony of pavilion 29. Join us for the outdoor cinema!

All activities are free of charge and materials are included.

See you soon!
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ReWorkshop