1st Utopian Workshop

SYNOPSIS

There is always an idea of what a place can be like if there is no restraint on the imagination. We always have a less conventional fantasy about how a space could be inhabited if we were given free rein to think about it. This is how MALACATE's impossible workshops come about - if the power of transformation were all of the people, and there were no budget limits, what would those places look like? What alternatives do we imagine for the ruins, the bridges, the roofs?  This utopian workshop will take place next to the ruins of the Mina de S. Domingos mining complex, in the area known as Achada do Gamo.   It is here that, the participants, and with the guidance of Nádia Torres and Miguel Maia of MALACATE's artistic direction, will be given the opportunity to think about the place with the support of the artisti…