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Manual of Resistance for 2050 presents itself as a performance-lecture that transforms collapse into a political and poetic gesture. Between body, word, and darkness, Borralho & Galante explore failure as a space for listening, collective reinvention, and resistance. Manual of Resistance for 2050 was created within the project Ideas for the Future, organized by Festival Cumplicidades / Eira and Fundação Champalimaud, following an invitation to artists and scientists to share with the public their visions for the next 10, 20, or 30 years — a horizon so distant that any fidelity to the real must be compensated by imagination and fiction.
This program is presented by the Self-Uncensored project and includes a debate with the artists and guest Ricardo Lafuente, in collaboration with the Performance and Cognition Group of ICNOVA (FCSH/NOVA), moderated by Carla Fernandes, Cláudia Madeira, and Raquel Madeira. The discussion will focus on the aims of Self-Uncensored and on the themes raised by the performance-lecture, offering a reflection on “Resistances to Technological Surveillance in Art.”
(20min + 90min)
Ana Borralho (b. 1972, Lagos) and João Galante (b. 1968, Luanda) are Portuguese artists whose singular, transdisciplinary path merges visual arts, performance, theatre, dance, and sound. They have worked in partnership since 2001, creating works distinguished by formal experimentation, ethical and political engagement, and a close relationship with the audience. Their artistic practice positions the body as a site of questioning and as a critical tool for examining social, cultural, and economic systems.
Both have backgrounds in visual and performing arts: Ana studied Sculpture at Ar.Co, and João Painting and Dance at Fórum Dança, having collaborated with various choreographers and directors in the Portuguese contemporary scene. They were members of the OLHO group (1992–2002), led by João Garcia Miguel, as actors and co-creators.
Together, they have developed projects such as Mistermissmissmister (2002), sexyMF (2007), World of Interiors (2010), Atlas (2011), Gatilho da Felicidade (2012), and Manual de Instruções (2016), presented at major festivals and institutions in countries including France, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Scotland, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Slovakia, Slovenia, among others. Their work often integrates collaborative and participatory practices, challenging structures of power, identity, and community.
They founded and run the artistic structure casaBranca, based in Lagos, and are the artistic directors of Festival Verão Azul, a transdisciplinary project for the creation and dissemination of contemporary art in southern Portugal. In 2024, they launched Escola Verão Azul, a training program in the performing arts. In addition to artistic creation, they are dedicated to curation, pedagogy, and engagement with local contexts, affirming a practice committed to decentralization, diversity, and cultural ecology.
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