"Retro-Future"
Prominent figure of multicultural dialogue in Portugal, Manuel Clemente, Bishop of Oporto, will introduce the theme Useless, thus launching the 6th edition of the EXD Biennale. Don't miss the opportunity of hearing and experiencing live the creative work and thinking of the most exciting contemporary creators, in the and Open Talks: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Michael Rock, Enzo Mari, Marcelo Rosenbaum, Marcel Wanders, among many others, from September 28 until October 2.
In a creative itinerary through the Lisbon city center, EXD11 invites to the opening of original content, in the form of exhibitions, urban interventions and special projects: the first-ever anthology of Portuguese seminal designer Fernando Brízio, 8 exhibition units in 7 institutions in Sidelines, astounding infrastructural failures in the exhibition Utilitas Interrupta, two systems for measuring and evaluating usefulness in , among others.
The epicenter of the events dynamics in the city, a place for meeting and sharing, all Biennale roads lead to the Lounging Space, housed in the striking AntigoTribunal da Boa-Hora. Hosting the launch of the book Useless/Sem-Uso, the Lounging Space boasts its own program of exhibitions, djsets, projections and other events, as well as a terrace-, bar, shop and info centre. This is the ideal starting point for your experience of the Biennale and the city of Lisbon, until November 27.
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