AiR 351

AiR 351 is an international, independent, non-profit organization, a studiobased residency program, operating within the visual arts since 2017.
By bringing together international and national artists, curators and otherselected interlocutors, it opens up a space to share ideas and research,through confluence and dialogue, creating a sense of community.

AiR 351´s mission is to expand
critical mass while furthering
artistic projects and exchanges.
So far we have hosted more than
50 international artists andcurators from over 25 countries.
Gary Hill, Ellie Ga, Vittorio
Santoro, Emily Wardill, VeitStratmann, Ohan Breiding andShoghig Halajian, Katarína
Poliačiková, Thiago Honório,Cécile Bourne-Farrell andMathilde Walker-Billaud areamong our alumni.

AiR 351 builds up collaborations and regularly presents public
programs at our headquarters and in other partnering venues.
Our professional development program anchors itself on the thriving
local art scene and stretches over an international network.
Our team provides daily curatorial and technical expertise, keeping
track of the production of new works. Through institutionalpartnerships, AiR 351´s activities encompass a variety of contexts
such as museums, art centers, universities and art schools.

AiR 351 works actively towards creating grant opportunities forartists and curators through partnering with sponsors and applying
for public funding.
We rely on the expertise of an international Strategic Advisory
Board, from a diversity of cultural backgrounds and also on theassistance of an external International Selection Committee.

Facilities
AiR 351´s headquarters are located in acharismatic building, Escola Monumento D.
Luiz I, a former primary school, which was fully
renovated by the municipality for this purpose.

There are six individual studios with independent access.
Residents may also share common spaces such as a kitchen,a small library and the school yard. Here, spontaneousgatherings and planned meetings occur on a regular basis.

The quiet setting and theproximity to the ocean make ita privileged retreat to think andcreate while having an easy accessto Lisbon, either by car or train(30-45 min away), which is 5minwalking distance.
In the surroundings there is apark (Parque Marechal Carmona),
impressive cliffs in walking or
biking distance (Guincho beachand Boca do Inferno), and a varietyof nice places where to eat justaround the corner.

Many times a residency at AiR 351
is just the beginning of a long term
engagement with AiR 351 and withthe local community that extends
in manifold ramifications.

PROGRAMHighlights
Ellie Ga, Quarries, 2022,
single channel video, sound, 40 min.
Work largely developed at AiR 351.
A review about this work featured in“The New Yorker”.

Performance Newspaper Music,
Alison Knowles, 1962/2022,
Palácio Nacional de Belém, Lisbon.
This event integrated Negócios
Estrangeiros, Affaires Étrangérès, aprogram developed by Art by Translationand AiR 351 within the Saison FrancePortugal 2022, presented in several
venues in France and Portugal.

Photograph: Manuel Martins

Photograph: Paulo Alexandre Coelho / Fundação EDP

Full Circle, performance by Gary Hill
at MAAT, co-organized by AiR 351and MAAT.
A multivalent work elaborated incollaboration with local performers,
derived from early real-time videotapeworks (some of them presented at theAshpit Room) in search of linguisticsecrets between instruments, images,bodies and sounds. This event wasconceived as a public program within theexhibition Gary Hill, Linguistic Spill in
the Boiler Hall, 2018, also co-organizedby AiR 351 and MAAT.

Gatherings following studio visits
at AiR 351 with residents and visitingguests.

Exhibitions— Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon

Souvenirs of Fire –Katarína Poliačiková
Souvenirs of Fire, is acontext-specific project
developed especiallyfor the occasion of thisexhibition. The objects
that survived the Museum
fire in 1978 – the burntfossils – were shown tothe visitors for the firsttime since four decades.
Here, the artist createdher own narrative to tellthe (hi)story of the fire.
Public Event

— Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT)

Linguistic Spill in the Boiler Hall – Gary Hill
“For the first time in this type of work by theartist, the images are free from the physicalconstraints of screens and spread throughout thespace in multiple sequences of abstract drawings,
which appear as spectral and ghostly presences,taking us to a mysterious pre industrial andpost-apocalyptic realm. The dialogue withthe museum space offers the visitor a uniquesensorial experience, particularly with the Power
Station’s Secret Itinerary.”

Public Event

Breaking the Code of Silence – Cécile Bourne-Farrell
A project by Cécile Bourne-Farrell, curator
in residency at AiR 351, in collaboration withperformingborders.live.
Participants: Sofia Aguiar, Vasco Araújo, Daniel Barroca, António Bolota, Manuel Botelho,
Luís Campos e Cunha, Márcio Carvalho, Tomás Colaço, Ângela Ferreira, Virgílio Guimarães,João Marçal Carrega, Nuno Nunes-Ferreira, Edgar de Oliveira, Carlos Restolho, JuliãoSarmento, Leonor Veiga, Ana Vidigal and Yonamine.
— AiR 351

Public EventPerformances(selec.)←I Was / But I Am, Vittorio Santoro
06.04.2019 | Jardim da Parada, Cascais
A real-time activity for 2 protagonists,
Version 1b, 30 min.

→Vittorio Santoro in his studio with
Beatriz Batarda, Mariana Brandão andRomeu Runa during the rehearsals forthis public performance.
Photograph: Patrick Lafievre, 2019

Open Studios

Partnerships
Negócios Estrangeiros,
Affaires Étrangérès was aprogram developed by Artby Translation and AiR 351
within the Saison FrancePortugal 2022, presentedin several venues inFrance and Portugal
such as Les Laboratoiresd´Aubervilliers, YGrecENSAPC and Centro deArtes e Criatividade /Torres Vedras.
Participants: Vinit Agarwal, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Keren Benbenisty & João Pimenta Gomes, Mariana Calóand Francisco Queimadela, Jesse Chun, Clémence de Montgolfier, André Guedes, Mark Geffriaud, Laura Genes with
Helder Silva (Impacto Visual), Vir Andres Hera, Géraldine Longueville, Musa paradisiaca, Pratchaya Phinthong,Joshua Schwebel, João Paulo Serafim, João Simões, Maria Trabulo, Fabien Vallos and art students.

Publications
No One Knows— Luísa Jacinto’s book edited by AiR 351

Photograph: Matúš Pisarčík

Talks(selec.)

Curators

ArtistAlexander Burenkov
More-than-human curating.
Reconnection with nature throughqueering and decolonizing
20.7.2022

Mathilde
Walker-Billaud
The World is Gone,
I Must Carry You
20.6.2021

Invited Lecturers
Ugochukwu-Smooth
Nzewi

Sijben Rosa
A little bit like the soul
28.5.2022

MoMA and AFRICA: looking back,Moving forward
3.11.2022

Michael Marder
Diagnosing the Phoenix Complex:
What We Hope for When We Burn theWorld (and Ourselves)27.12.2022

Professional Meetings←Studio visit with José Pedro Croft↙
Ana Vidigal and Cécile Bourne-Farrell→
Alexander Burenkov and Adriana Ramić

Field Trips and Research←Ellie Ga with Jorge at Escola de Calceteiros,Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, 2020.
Work in progress for Quarries, 2022,single channel video, sound, 40 min→Studio visit with artist Fernanda FragateiroPublic Events

VideosMárcio Carvalho
Artist in Residence
21.06.2021

Sijben Rosa

talk

Artist in Residence
28.05.2022(selec.)talkCammisa BuerhausAlexander Burenkov

Artist in Residence
11.2020 – 10.2021

Curator in Residence
20.07.2022

No One Knows

Thiago HonórioBook Launch
13.05.2022

Artist in Residence
11.2020 – 01.2022

talkResidencies
08.2022 – 09.2023			 ANAMARY BILBAO																	Artist | PT									09.2022 – 12.2022			IAN SOROKA																					Artist | USA									09.2022 – 12.2022			 DAPHANE PARK																		 Artist | USA									06.2022 – 07.2022			 MATHILDE WALKER-BILLAUD									 Curator | FR								05.2022 – 07.2022 			 OHAN BREIDING & SHOGHIG HALAJIAN 		 Artist Duo and Curator | USA
05.2022 – 08.2022			 MÁRCIO CARVALHO															 Artist & Curator | PT				
05.2022 – 07.2022			 IRYNA KUDRIA																			Artist | UKR								04.2022 – 07.2022			 SIJBEN ROSA																					Artist | NL									04.2022 – 07.2022			 ALEXANDER BURENKOV												Curator | RUS								04.2022 – 04.2022			 JOSHUA SCHWEBEL															Artist | CA									02.2022 – 04.2022			 VINIT AGARWAL																		Artist | IN										02.2022 – 03.2022			 GÉRALDINE LONGUEVILLE										Artist | FR									01.2022 – 02.2022			 MARK GEFFRIAUD																	Artist | FR									11.2021 – 04.2022				 ADRIANA RAMIĆ																		Artist | USA, PL							10.2021 – 01.2022				 NATALIE HÄUSLER																Artist | GER								09.2021 – 12.2021				 KEREN BENBENISTY															Artist | IL										08.2021 – 11.2021				 RODRIGO GARCIA DUTRA												Artist | BR									07.2021 – 08.2021 			 MARIE F. KRISTENSEN & MATILDE S. RASMUSSEN Artist Duo | DK, SWE				
07.2021 – 09.2021 			 VEIT STRATMANN																	Artist | GER								06.2021 – 07.2021				 JENNY BROCKMANN															Artist | GER								03.2021 – 06.2021			 CATARINA PINTO LEITE													Artist | PT									02.2021 – 06.2021			 LORENZO BORDONARO													Artist & Curator | IT					02.2021 – 05.2021				 LUÍS LÁZARO MATOS															Artist | PT									12.2020 – 05.2021				 MARIA TRABULO																		Artist | PT									11.2020 – 10.2021				 CAMMISA BUERHAUS														Artist | USA									10.2020 – 01.2021				 THIAGO HONÓRIO																Artist | BR									10.2020 – 02.2021			 JODY WOOD																					Artist | USA									09.2020 – 07.2022			 EMILY WARDILL																		Artist | UK									07.2020 – 02.2021			 JOÃO ENXUTO & ERICA LOVE									Artist Duo | USA						06.2020 – 10.2020			 JURGA ZABUKAITĖ																Artist | LT										11.2019 – 02.2020				 NICHOLAS KNIGHT																 Artist | USA									11.2019 – 02.2020				 ELLIE GA																							 Artist | USA
09.2019 – 07.2020			 DIOGO BOLOTA																		 Artist | PT
07.2019 – 10.2019 			 KATARÍNA POLIAČIKOVÁ												 Artist | SK
06.2019 – 09.2020			 HENRIQUE PAVÃO																	 Artist | PT

06.2019 – 07.2019			 NIDAA ABOULHOSN															 Artist | LB, USA
05.2019 – 08.2019			 ÖZGE TOPÇU																				 Artist | TR
05.2019 – 07.2019				 MICHAEL JOHN WHELAN												 Artist | IE
05.2019 – 07.2019				 GABRIELA MACHADO 														 Artist | BR
01.2019 – 07.2019				 SARA BICHÃO																				 Artist | PT
10.2018 – 03.2019				 VITTORIO SANTORO															 Artist | IT
10.2018 – 11.2019				 ANNABELLE MOREAU														 Artist | IT, FR
09.2018 – 04.2019			 SUZANA QUEIROGA																 Artist | PT
07.2018 – 07.2018				 CHRISTOPHER SPERANDIO										 Artist | USA
07.2018 – 01.2019				 SHON KIM 																						 Artist | KOR
06.2018 – 07.2018				 TIAGO MADALENO 																 Artist | PT
06.2018 – 07.2018				 PIPPA MOTT																					 Curator | AUS
05.2018 – 02.2019			 CÉCILE BOURNE-FARRELL											 Curator | FR
05.2018 – 07.2018				 RAFAEL YALUFF																		 Artist | CL
05.2018 – 07.2018				 JOHAN BUSKOV ROMME													 Artist | DK
04.2018 – 07.2018				 MARCO MARIA ZANIN														 Artist & Curator | IT04.2018 – 04.2019			 LUÍSA JACINTO																			 Artist | PT03.2018 – 04.2018			 ESZTER BIRCSÁK																	 Curator | HU
11.2016 – 01.2017				 GARY HILL																						 Artist | USA

Team
AiR 351 operational team gathers
art professionals specializedin curating, production andmanagement.
• Luís Campos e Cunha
Founder and Chairman• Luísa Especial
Founder and Artistic Director• Heitor Fonseca
Production Manager

AiR 351 relies on the expertiseand advise of an international
Strategic Board, from a diversityof cultural backgrounds and also
on the assistance of an externaland rotating International
Selection Committee.
• Isabel Carlos (PT)Independent Curator (Portugal)• Nathalie Anglès (FR/USA)
Executive Director and Founder ofResidency Unlimited, Brooklyn• Sébastien Pluot (FR)Curator, Co-Director of Art byTranslation programCONTACTS
Avenida Vasco da Gama nº 112750-509 Cascais, Portugal
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