{"id":23,"date":"2025-08-21T13:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:09:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/\"><strong>Materiais Diversos<\/strong><\/a> is an independent artistic organisation based in Alcanena, with both national and international reach. It develops a plural and decentralised programme in the performing arts, with a particular focus on contemporary dance, affirming itself as a living, inclusive, and dynamic project, capable of meeting the challenges of the present. It is sustained by long-term relationships and essential moments of conviviality that nourish its renewed vision.<\/p>\n<p>Materiais Diversos is a curatorial space committed to transformation \u2014 a commitment carried through the year and amplified by the <strong>materiais diversos festival<\/strong>, held since 2009, now in a biennial format, and unfolding over around ten days across multiple spaces in Minde and Alcanena. It produces and supports artistic projects that circulate within and beyond Portugal, working alongside artists at different stages of their journeys, from research to presentation. It may be considered as a house-laboratory \u2014 a place for experimentation, care, production and sharing.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation is rooted in a territorial and relational ecosystem connecting spaces in Minde, Alcanena and Lisbon, hosting creative processes, residencies, presentations and public activities. It positions itself as a structure of artistic resilience for small and medium-scale works, supporting both established and consolidating artists, affirming their identities in full. It nurtures hybrid formats, mediation and transmission, cultivating a community grounded in care and experimentation. It places the body \u2014 and the construction of a collective body \u2014 at the centre, as a social and political force. With a collaborative and feminist approach, it places artists at the heart of the project, in dialogue with a vibrant community.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2025, with an office at the municipal market in Minde and a new space in Alcanena \u2014 SINDICATO \u2014, the organisation operates through three main strands:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <strong>MATERIAIS DIVERSOS \u2022 presents<\/strong> \u2014 with the Materiais Diversos Festival (odd years) and the Materiais Adversos weekend (even years).<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>MATERIAIS DIVERSOS \u2022 creates<\/strong> \u2014 supporting the creation, production and circulation of contemporary artistic projects, designated as Associated Projects.<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>MATERIAIS DIVERSOS \u2022 engages<\/strong> \u2014 developing activities that bring works, artists and communities into proximity, creating spaces of encounter and participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materiais Diversos is an independent artistic organisation based in Alcanena, with both national and international reach. It develops a plural and decentralised programme in the performing arts, with a particular focus on contemporary dance, affirming itself as a living, inclusive, and dynamic project, capable of meeting the challenges of the present. It is sustained by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sobre.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teste2025.materiaisdiversos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}