Kick-starting the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2013

The third Lisbon Architecture Triennale has already started. Its theme is "Close, Closer", and it's focused as an investigation into the expanding field of contemporary architectural practice. We begin presenting a first installment of their activities. Part of the programme of Close, closer is New Publics, a series of experimental public actions that take place in the city of Lisbon.

Superpowers of Ten © Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation.

"Close, Closer"

Situating itself as an investigation into the expanding forms of contemporary architecture, and using the platform to position questions rather than presenting answers, Close, Closer presents five diverse poles of practice: Speculation, Intimacy, Dispersion, Agency and Pedagogy. Through a diverse, participation driven programme, Close, Closer is considering the condition in which architecture is practiced and the way it is framed, expressed and understood today.

Date: From 12th September to 15th December 201

Opening week.- 12-15 September.
Chief Curator.- Beatrice Galilee .
Curators.- José Esparza, Mariana Pestana, Liam Young.
 Assistant Curator.- Dani Admiss.

New Publics is one of the first programmes that have taken place within Close, Closer - We'll keep bringing you more events in the next few days.

"New Publics"

On a theatrical Civic Stage, New Publics presents a radically new programme of Speech Acts, Body Acts and City Acts that include a brand-new, especially commissioned script for Public Theatre, addresses by the candidates running for mayor of Lisbon in an open-air session, speeches, workshops and guerrilla urban interventions. The programme frames voice as the main medium through which we create civic spaces and explores the theatrical public enactment of inspiring statements to reach broad and diverse audiences. Between 16 and 31 October, the Civic Stage will function as an open venue to host events and programmes from independent agents and associations.

The participants are Andrés Jaque /Office for Political Innovation (ES), Artéria (PT), Daniel Fernández Pascual (ES), Estudio SIC (ES), Fernando García-Dory (ES), Francisca Benítez (CL), Frida Escobedo (MX), Noura Al Sayeh (BH), Pelin Tan (TK), Teatro Praga (PT), Unipop (PT), Victoria Bugge Øye (NO).