VOZ NA MATÉRIA | Pedro Vaz & Rita Pedro
6 Junho 2026 17h30
VOZ NA MATÉRIA | Pedro Vaz e Rita Pedro
Curated by António Olaio
Curated by António Olaio
June 6 at 5:30 PM | Free admission
VOZ NA MATÉRIA is a new talk series born from the gathering impulse of artist António Olaio, transforming personal and professional affinities into a space for critical thinking on contemporary creation. The project aims to map the "artistic making" through a transdisciplinary dialogue that brings together a heterogeneous group of speakers, whose reflections will be preserved in a series of printed publications.
The program stands out for its plurality of profiles, deliberately crossing studio practice with perspectives from curation, architecture, research, and philosophy. This approach allows the "matter" of art to be discussed both in its physical and workshop dimensions and in its theoretical and political aspects. By bringing together artists and those who think, organize, and mediate culture, the series offers an integrated and up-to-date view of the dynamics of the art system.
The program stands out for its plurality of profiles, deliberately crossing studio practice with perspectives from curation, architecture, research, and philosophy. This approach allows the "matter" of art to be discussed both in its physical and workshop dimensions and in its theoretical and political aspects. By bringing together artists and those who think, organize, and mediate culture, the series offers an integrated and up-to-date view of the dynamics of the art system.
Biographies:
PEDRO VAZ is a multidisciplinary visual artist, born in Mozambique and educated in Portugal, who currently lives and works in Lisbon. His artistic practice focuses on understanding the relationship between humans and nature, with a particular emphasis on landscapes and the impact of anthropogenic changes. Working across various mediums, such as painting, sculpture, video, and installation, he creates works that evoke contemplation and invite reflection and dialogue on these themes. Throughout his career, Vaz has developed projects in ecosystems as diverse as the Brazilian Amazon, the Atlantic Forest, the Atacama Desert in the Andes, and the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, having also undertaken long treks across mountain ranges such as Mont Blanc in the Alps and the Himalayas in Indian Tibet. The artist viscerally experiences the environments he focuses on, a process that is fundamental to his practice. Each work conceived in the studio is the result of meticulous documentation and a conscious memory of the place, emerging as a deeply personal translation of his field experience.
RITA PEDRO holds a Master's degree in Philosophy from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, under the guidance of Professor José Gil, and is an associate researcher at the Research Laboratory on Practical and Applied Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of the Aegean. She acts as a consultant and teacher trainer in the field of Philosophy with Children for the National Arts Plan (PNA Academy). At KAIROS – Center for Psychology, Psychosomatics, and Philosophy, she works on designing laboratory spaces dedicated to the co-creation of artistic Philosophy with Children workshops. Additionally, she is an external collaborator at the UNESCO Chair on "Practices of Philosophy with Children: an educational basis for intercultural dialogue and social transformation," leading significant projects in this area, notably in Cape Verde and Senegal.
SUPPORT | Zaratan is an organization supported by República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direção-Geral das Artes