Fasunchar is working in Figueiro dos Vinhos until August 18.

From August 10 to August 18 FAZUNCHAR, festival organized by the municipal council of Figueiro dos Vinhosaims to promote art and culture in the municipality. It is an interdisciplinary festival that celebrates art in its various forms, promotes the integration of the public and artists in communication with the environment and generates a greater love and sense of belonging on the part of the residents.

Frescoes, artist residencies, concerts, workshops, visits and exhibitions. continue to be part of the cultural diversity represented by Fazunchar.

Thanks to Fasuncharo Figueiro dos Vinhos, it has become a benchmark in the panorama of national urban art as a living open-air art gallery that makes a great contribution to the development of the region.

The name FAZUNCHAR means “to do”. It belongs to the local dialect of Lainte, which was once spoken in this area by traders, so they could not be understood. And that is what we intend to do, redesign worlds curated by Ricardo Romero.

Schedule

In the middle of the week, August 14it will be at 10 am Excursion for children and at 14:30 Trasos’ WorkshopAn interdisciplinary workshop on artistic research (sculpture/painting) with Ricardo Romero, where concepts of artistic creation will be practiced, as well as activities in public spaces.

Most of the events/programs of Fazunchar take place on the weekend of August 16, 17 and 18.

Knot August 16at 17:45, City Art Route Tour is done on foot during a walk through the historic center, which shows the route that is expanded year after year by adding paintings. This visit introduces the artists who have passed through Fazunčar through the paintings they leave at the festival. On the first evening of the festival, the Museum and Art Center summed up the results Three artist residencies: Inesa Marcava, Jorge Charrua and Silvia Santos. At 9:30 p.m., the results of the artistic residency of Silvia Santos, an artist specializing in Stop Motion, whose creative path is a testament to her versatility and passion for visual expression, will be announced. Immediately after, at 10 p.m., Dance visit with Inesa Markava, for whom contemporary dance, new choreographic languages ​​and other forms of body expression have become her main interest, to discover and develop, and in the specific case of Fazunčar – a dynamic, through non-verbal body language in motion, exploration of the architectural space of the city. At 22:45 the results of the last creative residence are summed up Jorge Charruawhose experience in Figueiro dos Vinhos contributed to the development of artistic creativity through the development of various processes in the physical and immaterial territory. The last moment of the night begins at midnight with DJ Xandy Rehael.

Day August 17the day starts at 9:30 am Customer route by bus. It begins in the morning with a stop for lunch and resumes in the afternoon. It is a visit that takes visitors deep into the municipality, into the parishes and shows picturesque villages where water and streams take shape, places where paintings have also arrived and where the loneliest inhabitants have found company for a whole week. shares.

The evening will take place in the garden of the Museum and Arts Centre and will begin at 9:30 pm Circle of communication with artists in which the artists talk about their time at the festival and share their experiences from the moment they started thinking about what they were going to do in Fazunchara. What they read, what they researched and what they learned about Figueiro and how it influenced what they did. The festival continues at 10:30 pm. Mimikat Concertthe winner of the Kansan Festival in 2023, and at 23:30 with Beatbombersduet DJ Ride and Stereossauro. The night ends with DJs An Alpha Betos.

The last day of Fazunchar, August 18will start in the Municipal Park of Jardim at 12:00 from Community Picnic which engages everyone in the spirit of celebration and unity, thereby strengthening the bonds between community members. At 3:00 p.m. Screen Printing Workshop open to the whole community with Dois Demonios (a creative collective made up of illustrators and graphic designers André and Laura). Dois Demónios brings the magic of screen printing to life in an accessible and fun way with their bold collections that come to life in textiles. And the festival ends at 5:45 p.m. Tour of the works where you can see all the works created in this edition, and also view some works created in previous editions.

Redesign of worlds

This year we intend to continue the work started, projecting it into the future, including new disciplines such as dance, sculpture or animation, which could help develop and continue to project Figueiró dos Vinhos on the art map, as a scene of artistic and cultural activity.

Urban art is a powerful tool for the promotion and development of tourism, social, urban and economic transformation of any territory, and the embodiment of a sense of belonging to a community.

Fasunchar aims to shed light on local identity through artistic expressions, keeping it alive and not forgetting the visit to Figueiró dos. artists Enrique Pinto and Jose Malhoa and from sculptors Simões de Almeida Tio and Sobrinho. The naturalistic movement present in the work of these artists will continue to be the guiding line of all disciplines presented at the festival, with a central focus on community.

This is a new edition of the Festival, now from a different point of view, curator Ricardo Romerowants to renew interest, reviving it in another sense: by expanding the imagination, sharpening sensitivity, experimenting with new points of view, with personal and collective perspectives, creating a space of retreat and evasion, a place of creativity where we find refuge in the proximity of our imagination in an exchange between generations, using fragments of local cultural heritage and rediscovering admiration for the beauty of what surrounds us.

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