epipiderme, encontros à volta da performance (meetings around performance), started in November 2009, in Lisbon. It’s a regular programme focused on performance as artistic framework and a way of questioning contemporary art, aiming to encourage the practice and fruition of this real time expression.
By the lack of festivals and spaces to present Performance Art and/or Action Art in Portugal, they have been feeling the need to create a continuous programme that gathers and channels different proposals coming from people interested in developing this kind of artistic practices.
They have decided to create a monthly presentation cycle, which will offer the possibility, in a regular basis, of Portuguese and foreigner artists, emergent and established artists.
The project covers not only the diffusion of the event but also the documentation and the theoretical framework of the actions.
They welcome proposals for the presentation of performances, video performance, performance workshops or artistic residences.
They guarantee the spreading and presentation of the work to the Portuguese and international audience, as well as, the logistic accompaniment necessary for the accomplishment of the event. They do their best to take care of the accommodation and transfer of the artists (on demand).
