CAAA Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura
The CAAA Centre for Art and Architecture Affairs is a nonprofit cultural institution whose mission is to support and encourage artistic creation and application of new methods of production, promoting the interaction between the various fields of artistic expression – visual arts, design, film, literature, media and performing arts – and architecture, generating discussion and collaboration between different artistic and technological platforms, both by sharing a physical space as in the involvement in cultural programming.
The Artistic Residence Program offers the opportunity to emerging artists/architects/curators to propose and curate a project related to CAAA philosophy – the collaboration between different artistic platforms in order to create new interdisciplinary opportunities and confrontations.
The work/research developed should have a public presentation such as an exhibition, lecture, events, etc.
Living/working studio (22m2) with private bath and equipped kitchenette.
4 art galleries; black-box for theater, dance, cinema and presentations; rehearsal room; 2 studios for artists in residence; research library; audio-visual production studio; laboratory for art and architecture.
The CAAA building is a former textile factory in the city center of Guimarães, Portugal, which was fully recovered for the purpose.