«Perpetual movements of immortal seeds – the classics travel to the present in the poetry of Anne Carson and Nunes da Rocha» is the title of the first lecture of the cycle «Amatores In Situ – the Ancient World seen by those who love it», scheduled for 24 April, at 18 pm, at the Roman Ruins of Milreu, in Estoi (Faro).
With speaker Ana Isabel Soares, professor at the University of Algarve, and promoted by Cívis – Association for the Deepening of Citizenship, this is the activity that opens, this year, the DiVaM, program for the dissemination and enhancement of the Algarve's Monuments.
This will be followed, on May 4th, on a Saturday, between 10 am and 17:30 pm, more «A Day in Prehistory», at the Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar (Portimão), promoted by the Municipal Museum of Portimão and its Group of Friends, the GAMP.
In fact, DiVaM has even started, on the 13th, at Castelo de Aljezur, with the signing of protocols between the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve and the 23 participating associations, followed by the performance of the XelbInSax Quartet, from the Artis XXI association, from Lagoa.
In all, there will be 52 activities, taking place from April to December (with interruption in the summer), at the Fortress of Sagres, Hermitage of Guadalupe, Castles of Aljezur, Paderne and Loulé, Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar and Roman Ruins of Milreu, the seven monuments under the tutelage of that regional direction.
There are «52 activities, but at this moment we have less than 52 weeks» until the end of the year, «so we will have more than one activity per week», explained Adriana Freire Nogueira, regional director of Culture of the Algarve, in an interview with Sul Informação and to Rádio Universitária do Algarve.
But the news for DiVaM 2019 does not stop there: this year there is more money and more associations. "We managed to increase the budget a little: we had 55 thousand euros, but we managed to reach 60 thousand, which also allows for this diversity and this boldness of some of the proposals", announced the official.
As for the new associations, there are four: Artis XXI, from Lagoa, Sociedade Filarmónica Lacobrigense 1º de Maio, from Lagos, Cineclube de Faro and Clube Farense, both from the Algarve capital. All others are "repeating".
And why continue to promote DiVaM? The intention of this program, explained Adriana Nogueira, is «to get people off the couch in their house to come to these spaces that are under the tutelage of the Regional Directorate of Culture. The original idea was to bring people closer to monuments and that's the idea we want to keep. DiVaM brought young people to the monuments, and not only through the associations that participate in the program's activities».
The fact is that, underlined the regional director, “we have to know to love and, when we love, we preserve. This is the sequence: knowing, loving, preserving».
For Adriana Nogueira, "the population has already become accustomed to monuments that are close to them", through DiVaM, "which has also brought a lot of people to monuments that are not close to them". The program even created «a network of activities in the monuments of the DRC Algarve, which cannot be missed».
In 2019, the generic theme chosen for the program is «The Journey». The idea is to commemorate the «500 years of the Circum-navigation voyage of Fernão de Magalhães», which this year marks itself.
«All the associations brought themes related to the journey: that it can be an interior journey, a journey through the music of many places», stressed Adriana Nogueira.
And what results has DiVaM given? The regional director of Culture points out that “the numbers [of visitors to the Algarve's monuments] have grown in recent years. I'm not saying that this has to do only with DiVaM, but also with the dynamics of tourism itself».
However, he underlined, “the monuments are not to be closed and anyone who visits them is a tourist, whether national, local or foreign. He is a tourist when he visits, when he leaves his couch». And until December 15th, with the performance of Trio Nelson Conceição, at the Ermida de Guadalupe (Vila do Bispo), there will be many pretexts to leave the divan at home and land in this DiVaM of culture.
What are the DiVaM 2019 projects?
The DiVaM 2019 program includes a total of 26 cultural projects, from 23 entities, organized into 52 activities, to be carried out throughout the year, in the seven monuments assigned to the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve. Here is the list of projects and promoting associations, in alphabetical order:
>>Amarelarte – Cultural and Recreation Association, with the project “Creative Day in Milreu – Viagem no Tempo” – artistic creation project open to the community, based on Land Art and Mosaics, which will result in a collective photographic exhibition.
>>Arquente - Cultural Association, with the project “Concertos ao Entardecer”, in Fortaleza de Sagres – an indie music project, “Concertos ao Entardecer” has been gaining support and attendance by the community of Sagres. This year with the presence of Nádia Schilling, Churky and André Júlio Turquesa.
>>ARTIS XXI – Lagoa Artistic Education Association, with the project “Ciclo Artis XXI – Via.gen(E)s”, a cycle that began on April 13th with the musical moment Viagem de Sons, by the XelbInSax Quartet. This is a recent association that now features on DiVaM. The cycle is a novelty at DiVaM and includes, in addition to the quartet, the commented recital Fantasia Improviso, at the Fortaleza de Sagres, and Entre Dois Mundos, a guitar and violin duo performed by Espamol students, at the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadeloupe
>>Dancenema Cultural Association, with the project “Meus Monstros Marinhos”, at the Fortaleza de Sagres. Dance/performance show, where the depths of the oceans blend with the immensity of human imagination. Directed to schools and families.
>>Music XXI Cultural Association, with the project “A Viagem, other margins, other journeys”, in the Roman Ruins of Milreu – poetic-musical presentation, which will travel through poetry, with critical reflection in questioning our worldview.
>>International Association of Paremiology, with the project “Traveling through distant lands: another look at the heritage universe”, in the Roman Ruins of Milreu – a project aimed at the school community, consisting of a set of pedagogical workshops, which will result in the construction of a mural about the journey of Magellan's circumnavigation and the proverbs associated with these places.
>>GarveFole Accordion Association, with the project “João Palma & Nelson Conceição”, in the Fortaleza de Sagres, and the “Trio Nelson Conceição”, in the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe. Two projects that exalt the accordion, whose practice constitutes a unique musical heritage of the Algarve.
>>Loulé House of Culture, with the project “Grafonola Voadora & Napoleão Mira”, a music, audiovisual and declamation project that re-builds new visual and musical paintings related to two monuments, at the Fortaleza de Sagres and Castelo de Loulé.
>>Algarve Living Science Center, with the project “From going to coming: a journey through scientific-historical experiences in the ruins of the Villa Romana de Milreu” – a set of practical activities related to the history of the place, which will unveil scientific techniques and principles used by the people Roman, in an innovative pedagogical approach.
>>Lagos Living Science Center, with the project “NOVA Escola de Sagres III” – a set of practical activities of a scientific and technological nature. Greatly successful project in previous editions (for schools, families and the general public) at the Fortaleza de Sagres.
>>Film Club of Faro is a first in the DiVaM program, with the project “Discoveries, Migrations and Travel – Film Cycle and Debates”, taking place at the Fortaleza de Sagres, and the project “Oficina de Viagens”, which brings a set of exploration activities, from writing and drawing, which will lead to the creation of a design object for personal use, in the Roman Ruins of Milreu.
>>Civil – Association for the Deepening of Citizenship, with the lecture cycle “Amatores in Situ – The Ancient World seen by those who love it”, in collaboration with the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the University of Algarve – project to take place in the Roman Ruins of Milreu, which is coordinated by Ana Isabel Soares and João Pedro Bernardes.
>>Club Farense is another entity that makes its debut on DiVaM with two musical projects: “Riding a Meteor”, a show closely related to Ponta de Sagres, where “a meteorite lost in the galactic void is the main character and its trajectory is the plot”, and “Esfinge”, a travel show inspired by the musicality of traditional Portuguese songs and influenced by countries in the Mediterranean basin, in the Roman Ruins of Milreu.
>>Blue Fungus – Cultural Association, with the project “When the Earth became round”, at the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Based on the reports of António Pigafetta and an artistic residency, several artists will be invited in various places on the planet where Magalhães sailed. A project will be presented that brings together music and sound design, history and literature, video narration and performance
>>Group of Friends of the Portimão Museum, with a series of workshops integrated in “A Day in Prehistory”, a project by the Municipal Museum of Portimão in Alcalar's Megalithic Monuments, which is a reference for the region.
>>O Corvo ea Raposa Cultural Association, with the project “Dias D'as Virgens Negras II – All the wealth of the world: traveling objects and other outlandish stories”, in the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe. Chanting and dancing workshops, which will prepare the community for the presentation of a final show alluding to Afonso de Albuquerque's devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe.
>>QRER – Cooperative for the Development of Low Density Territories, with the project “Travel in Time in Milreu through Numbers, Flavors and Arts”, in the Roman Ruins of Milreu. A set of various pedagogical workshops aimed at the Estoi school, ASMAL and the general public – clay workshops, to create coins inspired by the Roman cities in southern Portugal, plaster carving workshops, for the construction of Roman millenary landmarks, and puls (papas) preparation workshops inspired by ancient recipes.
>>Alternative sharing association, with the project “Message for a Future Time. The Journey of Words”, aimed at the school community. A group of young people will be invited to reflect on the theme of travel, the seas that unite them (and that separate us) and migratory flows, and create flags to throw in the wind, in a "message" that intends to spread the intentional force to the construction of a new world.
>>Philharmonic Society Lacobrigense 1st of May, with the project “Viajando na Música”, at Castelo de Aljezur, which will bring us a musical project alluding to the journeys of Portuguese navigators in the discovery of new worlds.
>>Paderne Musical Society, with “Fado Navegado”, a community project, which intends to travel through the world of Fado, reinterpreting this musical style in an innovative way, through wind instruments.
>>Experimental Theater of Lagos, with the project “Sótão SA” – Theatrical project aimed at families, schools and the general public, which aims to enhance the importance of the relics stored in the trunks of the past. This is a trip to Memory.
>>Teia D'Impulsos – Social, Cultural and Sports Association, with the “7 Ventos” project, at the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe – an interdisciplinary project that puts the public at the center of the stage and challenges them to adopt a more active role in the preservation of cultural heritage.
>>Tertúlia – Aljezur Socio-Cultural Association, with the project “Viagens na Minha Terra – a bicycle ride with readings staged in the Barlavento Algarvio landscape” – a route that starts at the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe and ends at the Fortress of Sagres and includes the presentation of small reinterpreted stories about different cultures whose traces still persist in our everyday gestures and words.
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