artistic processes lab (LPA)
Luiza Baldan
What?
The Artistic Practices Laboratory (LPA) is a nine-month training and project development program aimed at artists and those interested in experimenting and developing projects for new artistic works, regardless of academic background or career stage. The laboratory promotes horizontal exchanges in which each participant shares the work process from the first sparks to uncertainties, tests, production, and completion. At the end of the period, the works will be presented in the collective exhibition AMOSTRA, hosted by the NowHere space in Lisbon. In its 4th edition, the LPA will be held in partnership with the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts and will take place in a hybrid format, in person at the NowHere Lisbon facilities and online through the platform provided by EAV Parque Lage.
Structure and method
The course is based on observation, discussion, and collective collaboration.
Months 1 to 3: research, sorting desires, and designing proposals to start projects.
Month 4: break.
Months 5 to 8: production, critical monitoring, and preparation of the collective exhibition AMOSTRA.
Month 9: assembly and opening of the collective exhibition AMOSTRA.
Content and dynamics
The meetings are hybrid, with in-person sessions at NowHere Lisboa and online for participants from other cities.
The theoretical and practical references follow the participants' lines of research and include the contribution of artist Nico Espinoza in the introduction to sound practices.
The curatorship and exhibition design are by Cristiana Tejo, who monitors the development of the projects and designs the collective exhibition, and Rafael Moretti and Victor Gonçalves, who assist with assembly and presentation solutions.
​Audience
Artists at any stage of training, including self-taught artists, interested in creating new projects with collective guidance.
When and where?
HYBRID COURSE
Thursdays - October 16 to June 6 (break in January)
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EXHIBITION'26 | JUNE 6​
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(Rio de Janeiro time)
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(Lisbon time / except in October, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. due to daylight saving time)
NowHere Lisboa in partnership with the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (EAV Parque Lage)
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For questions:
(send with copy to): lbaldan@gmail.com
nowherelisboa@gmail.com​ensino.eavparquelage@gmail.com
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IMPORTANT
Selected participants must commit to the entire program period, as no new entries will be accepted after December. Those who do not reside in the Lisbon metropolitan area and cannot be present for the AMOSTRA setup must develop a work that can be shown online, sent, or finalized in Lisbon.
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How much?
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Residents EUR / 9 x €140
Residents BR / 9 x R$500
*For residents in other locations, the amount will be converted according to the local currency.
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**We do not offer full scholarships, but partial scholarships are available upon review. Please send your justification along with your letter of intent.
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Team
Luiza Baldan, coordination and critical monitoring
Visual artist. PhD and Master's in Visual Languages from UFRJ, 2020 and 2010, and BA in Visual Arts from FIU, 2002. Researches relationships between housing, place, and memory. Work featured in public and private collections. Author of Como olhar junto (Fotô Editorial, 2025), Derivadores (with artist Jonas Arrabal, Automatica, 2016) and São Casas (Automatica, 2012). Has mentored artists since 2009, notably through the course Exercício de Observação com Fotografia (Exercise in Observation with Photography), EAV Parque Lage, 2011 to 2017. Co-manager of NowHere since 2022.
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Cristiana Tejo, curator
Independent curator and researcher at the Institute of Art History at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. PhD in Sociology and Master's in Communication from UFPE. Former director of MAM Recife, worked at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation's Institute of Culture and at the 10th Havana Biennial, Paulo Bruscky Special Room. Co-curator of the 37th Panorama of Brazilian Art at MAM São Paulo and curatorial advisor to MAM SP in 2023. Collaborating curator at HANGAR, Lisbon.
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Nico Espinoza, sound practices
Composer and transdisciplinary artist. M.A. in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts from UdK Berlin. Researches self-organized systems and relationships between scales of reality. Has presented performances and installations in Latin America and Europe. Collaborates with NowHere in the guidance of sound projects.
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Rafael Moretti, production and editing
Producer and master's student in Criticism, Curatorship, and Art Theory at the University of Lisbon. He worked at the Sesc Videobrasil Biennial from 2005 to 2018, leading executive production in two editions and touring exhibitions. He produced exhibitions such as Bill Viola: Visions of Time, Kader Attia: Irreparable Repairs, and Raquel Trindade: Queen Kambinda, held by SESC São Paulo, and coordinated the installation of the Museum of the Portuguese Language. He is part of NowHere as co-manager and production coordinator.
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Victor Gonçalves, exhibition design
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Visual artist and production manager for Mãos à Obra. He studied Geography at UNESP and Visual Arts and Drawing at Ar.Co Lisboa. He has taught in Brazil and coordinated cultural and educational projects in Heliópolis, São Paulo. He has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Brazil, Spain, and Portugal, including the 2022 Cerveira Biennial. He has been a member of the NowHere groups since 2020 and currently collaborates in the guidance of expographic projects.