Guild Name: Plantasia LX DAO
Guild Leader: @plantasia
DAO: to be created on astro dao after approval and funding
Location : Lisbon and Beja (Alentejo)
Council members: @plantasia (plantasia.near), @migueloliveira (migueloliveira.near) @vivanjx (vivanjx.near), @vicentetbh (vgb.near)
Advisory members: Vandal (@vandal) Helena Inverno, Fernanda Liberti, Vitor Domingos
Hello Creatives!
We were hoping to write this complementary introduction earlier this month but we were waiting for our fourth member. Now we’ve finally gathered our dream council! Here is a link to our intro and the council bios:
INTRO
Our community is in constant expansion and now we’ve partnered with more collectives, festivals and artists. The festival is still our main plan-we’ve just pushed it to the end of the year as we will are still confirming some of the acts.
Alice Turnbull / @plantasia
Founder and curator of Plantasia LX, since its origin as a physical gallery, Alice (1990) is a scottish/brazilian multidisciplinary artist with a B.A in Audiovisual at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Art M.A’s in different continents, UNA-Buenos Aires and the latest at FBAUL-Lisbon. In 2015 lived in Mexico for a year after being awarded with the government-funded mobility programme Conexão Cultura Brasil to coordinate and exhibit at the Museo del Chopo, in Mexico City. Later moved to London where she worked with music production and film editing until 2020, but ended up choosing the Portuguese sunny life. Arts researcher, crypto preacher and sonic voyager. Moving constantly, but based in Lisbon.
Vivanja (@vivanjx)
Originally from Nova Iguaçu-Brazil, Vivanja moves between Rio de Janeiro, Paris and Lisbon building a varied career within the fields of art and history. Her investigative career began in two renowned institutions: the Museum of Modern Arts of Rio /MAM-RJ and the Museum of Image and Sound / MIS - RJ. Studied Museology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and graduated in theatre, Vivanja dedicated herself to exhibition, play productions, acting and co-directions.
In her Master in Art History at the Sorbonne Universités - Paris, 2020 researched the relations between Brazil’s said Empire, the Portuguese court and the French statuary model implemented in the end of the 19th century.
Through her journey, Vivanja connects her personal history to that of the world in movement, without losing the fixed point of her narrative : the ever changing places where she came from.
Miguel /@MiguelOliveira
Currently based in Lisbon, Miguel is oriented towards a left field way of thinking and expression. He finished his academic studies with a bachelor degree in Electronic Music and Music Production, giving him the basis to keep nourishing his interest in the sonic and digital arts. He is now associated with the Plantasialx collective as an events producer and music researcher.
Vicente Booth /@vicentetbh
Musician/sound artist Born in Lisbon 1995, raised in Ferreira do Alentejo where he began his studies of guitar and composition. He had his first contact with improvised and experimental music in Lisbon and had jazz lessons in Brussels where he studied for 2 years. Co-founded Mazarin, band where he has been playing and composing since 2016, they have performed over major venues and festivals in Portugal. His interests have also grown towards fields such as events production, blockchain technology, permaculture, organic farming and contemporary sculpture.
Helena Inverno
Helena Inverno – Expoente M Helena Inverno - IMDb
Helena lives in Ferreira do Alentejo. She has participated in several artist residencies, in Europe, Morocco and Japan, and has a vast videographic work: animation, documentaries, educational and heritage promos, video art and for stage.
The artist has received awards in Film, Video Art Film Montage, Music and Drawing. Her works can be seen internationally in film festivals, galleries and art museums.
Fernanda Liberti https://www.fernandaliberti.com
Growing up in Rio de Janeiro, she was surrounded by the rain forest and the beach whilst also living within a chaotic metropolitan city; this contrast between the natural and man-made world is a recurring theme that she explores in her work. Her photographs, videos, and collages invite the viewer to immerse themselves in the constructed realities that they offer.
From forests and waterfalls to human bodies and surreal settings: her work is an attempt to understand our relationship to the ever-shifting environments in which we live. A study to explore post-colonial roles and experiences of people of colour, women and LGBTQ+ people in the twenty-first century.
Vandal @Vandal
Rapper, community leader and founder of VanDAO, Vandal was always ahead of his time. A true guide who led us as a collective into the web3 and currently collaborates with us broadcasting concerts from his studio at Arroz Estudios.
Vitor Domingos
Founder of the Festival MUPA: Music in the plain lands, and QuĂmica, a electronic music party in Alentejo, Vitor is also a DJ and a fire starter with more than 10 years of experience in the field. A visionary from and to Alentejo.
Mission:
- Transition of our physical gallery into virtual gallery, via Mintbase, in May
- Putting on physical and virtual exhibitions starting in June
- Art and sonic residencies in partnership with the new Arts Palace of Beja and Helena Inverno starting in July
- Creation of a festival by the end of this year in Alentejo (more details in the intro link)
- Hosting regular music events and talks in different venues across the country IRL and on CryptoVoxels/Telegram starting in June
- Collaborations with national and international multidisciplinary artists mainly from outside traditional circuits
- Web3 tools and Near ecosystem education of artistic initiatives/collectives through workshops and onboardings
- Integration of local food and wine producers from Alentejo into our events
Many thanks!