Lisbon’s international arts festival MANPOWER returns in 2016 with the theme ‘W-MANPOWER: All genders preferred’ encompassing the origins and meanings of both ‘manpower’ and ‘womanpower’ which influence all of the artworks that will once again inhabit the streets, shop windows, restaurants, abandoned and historic venues of Rua Poço dos Negros. With ‘All genders preferred’ we want to celebrate the feminine, masculine and everything in between. To explore the past, present and future in relation to gender (and identity) informing both art and life. This year’s artists’ selection, made through an open call and direct invitations, include ambitious new performances, paintings, sculpture, video and sound installations which will engage with the streets past and present histories for one night only.

Rua das Gaivotas 6 is associated to W-MANPOWER through the open conversations/podcast “Mudança de Estação“, by Susana Gaudêncio and Susana Pomba.

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