Crafting critical responses: writing workshop

Facilitated by Cláudia Galhós and performingborders, this workshop is open to writers and artists whose practices explore writing–in both traditional and experimental ways. It focuses on collectively developing creative approaches to writing in relation to performance and live art in Porto and beyond. This is a chance to delve into practice and connect with others working in this space while engaging with performance and writing in new and thoughtful ways. A space to share, learn, and reflect. Attendees are invited to bring notebooks, pens, and any tools they need to write. — performingborders

performingborders returns to DDD with a new edition of Live Art Writers Network (LAWN), gathering conversations around experimental writing in dialogue with performance and live art. Centering writers and artists whose practices are shaped by lived experiences of intersectional borders, this year’s LAWN programme is co-curated with director, researcher and curator Pedro Vilela. 

This year, the artists-writers Hilda de Paulo and Claire Sivier are co-commissioned to engage with the festival and produce multidisciplinary critical texts reflecting on their experiences and the performances. These works will be shared publicly after the festival. 

Marking DDD’s ten-year milestone, the project also engages with the festival’s archive, exploring its trajectory and its relationship with Porto, Matosinhos, and Gaia, while reflecting on performance’s role in the urban context and how critical writing can help articulate this connection. 

Tiziano Cruz’s participation is made possible by the “Cidades Fragmentadas” residency programme, an initiative that brings together architecture, research and art, developed by the Frame Colectivo studio. Further information is available on the social media pages of Frame Colectivo and performingborders.