Azores, Portugal
15-18th April, 2026
2nd Station
General Presentation
Documentation Events
Scientific Production
TRAINING SCHOOL OUTPUT
Artistic Manifestations
Program Lectures & Training Schools
Program Artistic Manifestations
XCIRCUL’ARTS
Solo Exhibition Mariana Lopes
COST CIRCUL’ARTs Working Group Meetings & Training School
COST CIRCUL’ARTs Working Group Meetings & Training School
“The Gesture That Remains: Crafts of São Miguel”
Introduction
CIRCUL’ARTS
Artistic Practices, Critical Pedagogies and Ecological Thinking
Conference,Training School and Photography Exhibition
The European Cost project CIRCUL'ARTs is dedicated to contemporary artistic and creative practices in the fields of urban circularity and critical and innovative pedagogies. Circularity is understood as practices of sharing not only material resources, but historical knowledge, vernacular solutions, solidarity practices, the transmission of memories and know-how. This international and interdisciplinary project involving around 300 members and which is set over 4 years (2024-2028) is based on reciprocal knowledge construction with scholars, artists and other cultural practitioners.
Station#2 will take place from 15 to 18 April 2026 at the Museu Carlos Machado in Ponta Delgada, Azores (Portugal).
The location was chosen because it offers a wide range of local and ancestral material and immaterial circular practices that remain economically sustainable today, making it a unique context in Europe.
The program consist of a conference and a Training School with local craft ateliers and an exhibition of Azorean photographer Mariana Lopes, focused on the material presence, the design and the circulation of the objects produced by the local ateliers.
15th-18th of April, 2026
Conference and Training Schools, MuseuCarlos Machado in Ponta Delgada, Azores (Portugal).
16thof April, 6 pm
Opening Solo Exhibition Mariana Lopes MuseuCarlos Machado in Ponta Delgada, Azores (Portugal).
About Documentation Events
Written press
Television: RTP national TV Azores
2nd Station - Conference photo documentation
2nd Station - Training School photo documentation
About Scientific Production
Coming Soon
2nd Station Final Program
Presentations` Station#2 - WG 02 "Urban rituals, performances, street theatre, music"
Leader & co-leaders: Slavica Janešlieva, Hanna Musiol, Katarzyna Cytlak
Presentations` Station#2 - WG 03 "Urban installations and gathering points"
Leader & co-leaders: Dr Agata Piet,
Dr Isabel Carvalho
Presentations` Station#2 - WG 04 "Urban installations and gathering points"
Leader & co-leaders: Gerald Leindecker,
Presentations` Station#2 - WG 06 "Dissemination and recommendations"
Leader: Rahmin Bender-Salazar
Training School Output
Coming Soon
Publication in preparation
coordinated by Talent Pool Leaders Amanda Tavares and Morana Jarek (coming soon)
Atelier visits and interviews made by the Young Researchers with Azorean Artisans Workshops, field work in local circular practices
About Artistic Manifestations
Coming Soon
Solo Exhibition Mariana Lopes
The Gesture that Remains (16th April- 18th May 2026), Museu Carlos Machado, Azores
Mariana Lopes
About Program Lectures & Training Schools
Coming Soon
COST CIRCUL’ARTs Working Group Meetings & Training School
Location: Museu Carlos Machado, Ponte Delgada, Azores
Inspiring Circular Futures: Territory, Knowledges, and Community
Guiding Question:
How can we envision a circular economy that respects local territories, decentralizes knowledge, and empowers communities?
DATES: April 15-18 , Azores – Portugal
LOCATION: Museu Carlos Machado
Núcleo de Arte Sacra
Largo do Colégio
9500-054 Ponta Delgada
TRAVEL INFORMATION: Travel trips to artisan's ateliers are organized by bus for us by the Museum
Day 1, 2, 3:
9:30-13:00 > Conference at Museu Carlos Machado, Ponte Delgada, Azores
>Training School: Exploring Land, Territory, and Community in Workshops with different local artisans in Ponte Delgada.
14:00-17:00 > Visit, interviews, recordings, data collection with Artisans (Conference Members and Trainees)
Day 1
A. Conference
9.30-10-00: Welcome coffee and Introductions
WG 1
10:00 – 10:10 > “Revisiting the Role of Critical Pedagogies in Contemporary Contexts: Insights from Circularts Research and Practice” an introduction to WG1 overall developments 2nd COST year – Carla Inguaggiato, Paolo Do
10:10 – 11:00 > Case Study Presentations – WG1 (5 × 10 min)
10:10 – 10:20 > “SomaGaia: An Embodied Ecological Framework for Dance Pedagogy Evidence from an Art and Movement Workshop with children and the Dance-Drama “The Nine Muses” - Evgenia Gratsouna
10:20 – 10:30 > “Emancipatory transformations towards agroecology: cases in Switzerland” - Johanna Jacobi
10:30 – 10:40 > “The Role of Critical Pedagogies and Applied Arts in Fostering More Just and Pluralistic Classrooms” - Analía Capponi-Savolainen
10:40 – 10:50 > “Flood Embassy: Situated, Imaginative and Performative Learning through the River” - Kitti Baracsi
10:50 – 11:00 > “Radical Care Through Artistic and Intercultural Practices: Transformative Grassroots Pedagogies for Inclusive Sustainability in Tampere, Finland” - Turkan Firinci Orman
11:00 – 11:10 > Coffee Break
WG2
11:10 – 11:20 > Introduction to WG 2 overall developments 2nd Cost year: Slavica Janešlieva (leader) & Katarzyna Cytlak (co-leader)
11:20 – 12:10 > Case Study Presentations – WG2 (5 presentations × 10 min each)
1."Salas-fantasma: an artistic investigation into the early 20th century cinema theatres in Lisbon" - project by Amadea Kovič & Eduardo Prado Cardoso, YR WG2 of trainee at Azores Station & presenter Amadea Kovič
2."Contemporary Carnival as a Participatory Urban Ritual: the Case of the Fluxus Festival in Kaunas", Rūta Mažeikienė
3."Acoustic phonon drag in metals", Burak Bal
4."Mediated texts and the sensitization of public perception on migration", Mirela Imširović
5."Chasing the Invisiblized Heritage. Contemporary Photographers in search of Afro-Argentinian Identities.", Katarzyna Cytlak
12:10 – 13:00 > Q&A and Discussion (WG1 & WG2)
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
B. Training School DAY 1.
9:00 – 10:00 > Travel to the northeastern part of the island
10:00 – 12:00 > Trainees in Workshop at Casa de Trabalho do Nordeste
12:00 – 13:00 >Going back to Ponta Delgada
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
Conference and Training School Members DAY 1.
14:00 – 17:00 > Participants are divided in 2 groups:
1) Group 1: visit ARRISCA (https://arrisca.pt/)
2) Group 2: visit Artisans working with Fish scales ( https://artesanato.azores.gov.pt/catalogodigital/pt/escama-de-peixe
Day 2
A. Conference
WG5
9:30 – 9.35> Introduction to WG 5 overall developments 2nd Cost year - A. Mota & G. Tusa
9:35 – 10:30 > Case Study Presentations – WG5 (6 presentations × 8 min each)
• ‘Woven Ecologies: Textile Art, Ancestral Knowledge, and Circular Futures in North Africa’ - Amine Haj Taieb
• ‘Circular Economy and Biocultural Heritage in Shaping Sustainable Island Livestock Systems’ - Nurinisa Esenbuga
• ‘Regenerative Mourning, Territory and Circularity in Eliana Otta’s Hybrid Art’ - Carla Almanza-Gálvez
• ‘Beda Yatra - traditional boat journeys , a case study for Circul’art WG5’ - Sunny Sandhu
• ‘Civic Engagement and Perceived Social Resilience in Urban Neighbourhoods: Cross-Country Evidence from the UPRUN Project’ - Lina Seduikyte
• ‘Revitalizing Nature through Visual Storytelling: Documenting the Ecological Crisis of Dried Lakes in Turkey’ - Onur Birol
WG3
10:30 – 10:38 > Agata Pięt: “Interfering Urbanisms: Art, Temporality, Inclusion, and Decolonial Pathways Toward Circular Futures” Introduction to WG 3 overall developments 2nd Cost year.
10:38 – 10:46 > Isabel Carvalho: “Collective Memory in Urban Spaces: Reclaiming Women’s Representation through Augmented Reality”
10:46 – 10:54> Matej Nikšič: “Reviving Ancestral Landscapes through Circular Placemaking and Artistic Intervention in Polhograjski Dolomiti Landscape Park, Slovenia, and Pretoria localities, South Africa”
10:54 – 11:02 > Clara Sarmento: “Decolonial Art Practices for Circular Futures: Lessons from the Moliceiro Cultural Ecosystem”
11:02 – 11:10> Inti Bertocchi: “Rethinking Institutions in the Era of Polycrisis to Achieve an Integral Local Development”
11:10 – 11:18 > Yelena Pozdnyakova: “Between Art, Economy, and Care: A Case Study of Intergenerational Skill-Sharing and Circular Economy”
11:18 – 11:30: coffee break
WG4
11:30 – 11:35: Introduction to WG 4 overall developments 2nd Cost year, Gerald Leindecker (LEADER PRESENTING THE WG)
11:35 – 12:15: Case Study Presentations – WG 4 (5 presentations × 8 min each)
• 1. Aleksandra Djukic: Creative Innovative Methodologies in Teaching and Practicing Urban Design: Building Camp as a Result of Interdisciplinary Approach, Circularity and Participation
• 2. Aleksandra Stupar: OVERCOMING URBAN FEARS VIA CIRCULAR PRACTICES
• 3. C. Lambis Baniotopoulos: Upcycling of Wind Turbine Blades to Modern Structures and Infrastructure in the Third World.
• 4. Renee Wansdronk: Zero emission building concept: The building concept knowledge development, and its dissemination and implementation
• 5. Onur Birol: Digital Twin Technology for Circular Heritage Restoration: Kremna Propylon
•
12:15 – 13:00 > Q&A and Discussion (WG3 & WG4 &WG5)
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
B. Training School DAY 2.
10:00 – 12:00 > Trainees in Workshop at Cerâmica Vieira (Lagoa)
(https://juntarosario.org/turismo/patrimonio-cultura-e-ciencia/ceramica-vieira/)
12:00 – 12:30 > Return to Ponta Delgada
12:30 – 13:30 > Lunch Break
Conference and Training School Members DAY 2.
13:45 – 14:30 > Travel to Gorreana
14:30 – 17:00 > Visit at the GORREANA TEA Factory
Day 3
A. Conference
WG6
10:00 – 10:10 > “Creating Bridges in the Transdisciplinary Work of Circul’arts through Systems Thinking, Co-creation, and Learning” an introduction to WG6 overall developments 2nd COST year - Breanne Pitt, Christian Roth, and Rahmin Bender-Salazar
10:10 – 11:00 > Case Study Presentations – WG6 (5 × 10 min)
10:10 – 10:20 > “It’s All About the Vibes: Embedding Creativity and the Arts in Circularity” - Gilberto Morishaw
10:20 – 10:30 > “Contested Circularities: A Collaborative Digital Exhibition on Socio-Technical Systems” - Freyja van den Boom
10:30 – 10:40 > “Workshop Design for Disseminating Working Group Outcomes in Circular City Contexts: A Rapid Prototyping Approach” an interactive session - Banu Yücel Toy
10:40 – 10:50 > “Creating Resonance with Audiences: Igniting sparks of Curiosity in Research and Practice” - Christian Roth
10:50 – 11:00 > “Creative workshops for systemic risk literacy: An open pedagogical methodology for dissemination” - Jonathan Millie
11:00 – 11:20 > Q&A and Discussion
11:20 – 11:30 > Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 > Round-table - How can artistic gestures embody circular abundance5? With Mariana Lopes (RARA and Walk &Talk) e Joana Dias (Centro de Artesanato e Design dos Açores)
12:30 – 13:00 > Q&A and Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
B. Training School DAY 3.
10:00 – 12:00 > Trainees in Workshop at MUSA AZORES (Vanessa Melo)
12:30 – 13:30 > Lunch Break
Conference and Training School Members
Participants are divided in 2 groups:
Group 1:
13:45 – 14:30 > Travel to Água de Pau
14:30 – 16:00 > Wicker workshop of Alcídio Andrade DAY 3.
(https://www.facebook.com/acores.hoje/videos/artesanato-vimes/647252147591502/)
Group 2:
13:45 – 14:30 > Travel to Vila Franca do Campo
14:30 – 16:00 > Handicraft and Social Solidarity Cooperative Senhora da Paz DAY 3.
(https://www.facebook.com/CooperativaArtesanatoSra.daPaz/)
Group 1 +2:
16:00 – 16:30 > Visit to the Furnas (https://www.saomiguelguide.com/en/furnas)
16:30 – 19:30 > Visit to Furnas Lagoon to see the activity of removing the pots from the holes where the stew is prepared; visit to the Furnas Calderas watching the cooking of corn and wicker (and talk to those who carry out this work).
19:30 > Joint Dinner (MC + WG + TS) – traditional dinner with local gastronomy.
Day 4
10:00 – 12:30 Management Committee Meeting
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 Core Group Meeting
16:30 Departure – Home Sweet Home!
OVERVIEW ARTISANS WORKSHOPS
COST CIRCUL’ARTs Working Group Meetings & Training School
Location: Museu Carlos Machado, Ponte Delgada, Azores
Inspiring Circular Futures: Territory, Knowledges, and Community
Guiding Question:
How can we envision a circular economy that respects local territories, decentralizes knowledge, and empowers communities?
DATES: April 15-18 , Azores – Portugal
LOCATION: Museu Carlos Machado
Núcleo de Arte Sacra
Largo do Colégio
9500-054 Ponta Delgada
TRAVEL INFORMATION: Travel trips to artisan's ateliers are organized by bus for us by the Museum
Day 1, 2, 3:
9:30-13:00 > Conference at Museu Carlos Machado, Ponte Delgada, Azores
>Training School: Exploring Land, Territory, and Community in Workshops with different local artisans in Ponte Delgada.
14:00-17:00 > Visit, interviews, recordings, data collection with Artisans (Conference Members and Trainees)
Day 1
A. Conference
9.30-10-00: Welcome coffee and Introductions
WG 1
10:00 – 10:10 > “Revisiting the Role of Critical Pedagogies in Contemporary Contexts: Insights from Circularts Research and Practice” an introduction to WG1 overall developments 2nd COST year – Carla Inguaggiato, Paolo Do
10:10 – 11:00 > Case Study Presentations – WG1 (5 × 10 min)
10:10 – 10:20 > “SomaGaia: An Embodied Ecological Framework for Dance Pedagogy Evidence from an Art and Movement Workshop with children and the Dance-Drama “The Nine Muses” - Evgenia Gratsouna
10:20 – 10:30 > “Emancipatory transformations towards agroecology: cases in Switzerland” - Johanna Jacobi
10:30 – 10:40 > “The Role of Critical Pedagogies and Applied Arts in Fostering More Just and Pluralistic Classrooms” - Analía Capponi-Savolainen
10:40 – 10:50 > “Flood Embassy: Situated, Imaginative and Performative Learning through the River” - Kitti Baracsi
10:50 – 11:00 > “Radical Care Through Artistic and Intercultural Practices: Transformative Grassroots Pedagogies for Inclusive Sustainability in Tampere, Finland” - Turkan Firinci Orman
11:00 – 11:10 > Coffee Break
WG2
11:10 – 11:20 > Introduction to WG 2 overall developments 2nd Cost year: Slavica Janešlieva (leader) & Katarzyna Cytlak (co-leader)
11:20 – 12:10 > Case Study Presentations – WG2 (5 presentations × 10 min each)
1."Salas-fantasma: an artistic investigation into the early 20th century cinema theatres in Lisbon" - project by Amadea Kovič & Eduardo Prado Cardoso, YR WG2 of trainee at Azores Station & presenter Amadea Kovič
2."Contemporary Carnival as a Participatory Urban Ritual: the Case of the Fluxus Festival in Kaunas", Rūta Mažeikienė
3."Acoustic phonon drag in metals", Burak Bal
4."Mediated texts and the sensitization of public perception on migration", Mirela Imširović
5."Chasing the Invisiblized Heritage. Contemporary Photographers in search of Afro-Argentinian Identities.", Katarzyna Cytlak
12:10 – 13:00 > Q&A and Discussion (WG1 & WG2)
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
B. Training School DAY 1.
9:00 – 10:00 > Travel to the northeastern part of the island
10:00 – 12:00 > Trainees in Workshop at Casa de Trabalho do Nordeste
12:00 – 13:00 >Going back to Ponta Delgada
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
Conference and Training School Members DAY 1.
14:00 – 17:00 > Participants are divided in 2 groups:
1) Group 1: visit ARRISCA (https://arrisca.pt/)
2) Group 2: visit Artisans working with Fish scales ( https://artesanato.azores.gov.pt/catalogodigital/pt/escama-de-peixe
Day 2
A. Conference
WG5
9:30 – 9.35> Introduction to WG 5 overall developments 2nd Cost year - A. Mota & G. Tusa
9:35 – 10:30 > Case Study Presentations – WG5 (6 presentations × 8 min each)
• ‘Woven Ecologies: Textile Art, Ancestral Knowledge, and Circular Futures in North Africa’ - Amine Haj Taieb
• ‘Circular Economy and Biocultural Heritage in Shaping Sustainable Island Livestock Systems’ - Nurinisa Esenbuga
• ‘Regenerative Mourning, Territory and Circularity in Eliana Otta’s Hybrid Art’ - Carla Almanza-Gálvez
• ‘Beda Yatra - traditional boat journeys , a case study for Circul’art WG5’ - Sunny Sandhu
• ‘Civic Engagement and Perceived Social Resilience in Urban Neighbourhoods: Cross-Country Evidence from the UPRUN Project’ - Lina Seduikyte
• ‘Revitalizing Nature through Visual Storytelling: Documenting the Ecological Crisis of Dried Lakes in Turkey’ - Onur Birol
WG3
10:30 – 10:38 > Agata Pięt: “Interfering Urbanisms: Art, Temporality, Inclusion, and Decolonial Pathways Toward Circular Futures” Introduction to WG 3 overall developments 2nd Cost year.
10:38 – 10:46 > Isabel Carvalho: “Collective Memory in Urban Spaces: Reclaiming Women’s Representation through Augmented Reality”
10:46 – 10:54> Matej Nikšič: “Reviving Ancestral Landscapes through Circular Placemaking and Artistic Intervention in Polhograjski Dolomiti Landscape Park, Slovenia, and Pretoria localities, South Africa”
10:54 – 11:02 > Clara Sarmento: “Decolonial Art Practices for Circular Futures: Lessons from the Moliceiro Cultural Ecosystem”
11:02 – 11:10> Inti Bertocchi: “Rethinking Institutions in the Era of Polycrisis to Achieve an Integral Local Development”
11:10 – 11:18 > Yelena Pozdnyakova: “Between Art, Economy, and Care: A Case Study of Intergenerational Skill-Sharing and Circular Economy”
11:18 – 11:30: coffee break
WG4
11:30 – 11:35: Introduction to WG 4 overall developments 2nd Cost year, Gerald Leindecker (LEADER PRESENTING THE WG)
11:35 – 12:15: Case Study Presentations – WG 4 (5 presentations × 8 min each)
• 1. Aleksandra Djukic: Creative Innovative Methodologies in Teaching and Practicing Urban Design: Building Camp as a Result of Interdisciplinary Approach, Circularity and Participation
• 2. Aleksandra Stupar: OVERCOMING URBAN FEARS VIA CIRCULAR PRACTICES
• 3. C. Lambis Baniotopoulos: Upcycling of Wind Turbine Blades to Modern Structures and Infrastructure in the Third World.
• 4. Renee Wansdronk: Zero emission building concept: The building concept knowledge development, and its dissemination and implementation
• 5. Onur Birol: Digital Twin Technology for Circular Heritage Restoration: Kremna Propylon
•
12:15 – 13:00 > Q&A and Discussion (WG3 & WG4 &WG5)
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
B. Training School DAY 2.
10:00 – 12:00 > Trainees in Workshop at Cerâmica Vieira (Lagoa)
(https://juntarosario.org/turismo/patrimonio-cultura-e-ciencia/ceramica-vieira/)
12:00 – 12:30 > Return to Ponta Delgada
12:30 – 13:30 > Lunch Break
Conference and Training School Members DAY 2.
13:45 – 14:30 > Travel to Gorreana
14:30 – 17:00 > Visit at the GORREANA TEA Factory
Day 3
A. Conference
WG6
10:00 – 10:10 > “Creating Bridges in the Transdisciplinary Work of Circul’arts through Systems Thinking, Co-creation, and Learning” an introduction to WG6 overall developments 2nd COST year - Breanne Pitt, Christian Roth, and Rahmin Bender-Salazar
10:10 – 11:00 > Case Study Presentations – WG6 (5 × 10 min)
10:10 – 10:20 > “It’s All About the Vibes: Embedding Creativity and the Arts in Circularity” - Gilberto Morishaw
10:20 – 10:30 > “Contested Circularities: A Collaborative Digital Exhibition on Socio-Technical Systems” - Freyja van den Boom
10:30 – 10:40 > “Workshop Design for Disseminating Working Group Outcomes in Circular City Contexts: A Rapid Prototyping Approach” an interactive session - Banu Yücel Toy
10:40 – 10:50 > “Creating Resonance with Audiences: Igniting sparks of Curiosity in Research and Practice” - Christian Roth
10:50 – 11:00 > “Creative workshops for systemic risk literacy: An open pedagogical methodology for dissemination” - Jonathan Millie
11:00 – 11:20 > Q&A and Discussion
11:20 – 11:30 > Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 > Round-table - How can artistic gestures embody circular abundance5? With Mariana Lopes (RARA and Walk &Talk) e Joana Dias (Centro de Artesanato e Design dos Açores)
12:30 – 13:00 > Q&A and Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 > Lunch Break
B. Training School DAY 3.
10:00 – 12:00 > Trainees in Workshop at MUSA AZORES (Vanessa Melo)
12:30 – 13:30 > Lunch Break
Conference and Training School Members
Participants are divided in 2 groups:
Group 1:
13:45 – 14:30 > Travel to Água de Pau
14:30 – 16:00 > Wicker workshop of Alcídio Andrade DAY 3.
(https://www.facebook.com/acores.hoje/videos/artesanato-vimes/647252147591502/)
Group 2:
13:45 – 14:30 > Travel to Vila Franca do Campo
14:30 – 16:00 > Handicraft and Social Solidarity Cooperative Senhora da Paz DAY 3.
(https://www.facebook.com/CooperativaArtesanatoSra.daPaz/)
Group 1 +2:
16:00 – 16:30 > Visit to the Furnas (https://www.saomiguelguide.com/en/furnas)
16:30 – 19:30 > Visit to Furnas Lagoon to see the activity of removing the pots from the holes where the stew is prepared; visit to the Furnas Calderas watching the cooking of corn and wicker (and talk to those who carry out this work).
19:30 > Joint Dinner (MC + WG + TS) – traditional dinner with local gastronomy.
Day 4
10:00 – 12:30 Management Committee Meeting
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 Core Group Meeting
16:30 Departure – Home Sweet Home!
OVERVIEW ARTISANS WORKSHOPS
About Program Artistic Manifestations