'Do Common' Programme: Call for the Occupation of the AND Lab Space

FAZER COMUM ('DO COMMON') PROGRAMME

CALL TO OCCUPY THE AND LAB SPACE

Season 2025

Fazer Comum ('Do Common') is a programme for the habitation of the Espaço AND Lab, in Lisbon, whose main objective is to contribute to the dynamisation of Lisbon's artistic and cultural fabric, providing a space for work, dialogue, encounters, research and sharing of practices within the scope of AND Lab's work - Art, Politics, Community. Practices of (self)care and extensive expression-creation are welcomed, such as regular classes/sessions, one-off workshops and artistic residencies. There is also space for event proposals such as study groups, book launches, conferences and lectures, meetings and gatherings, exhibitions and informal presentations, among others.

The local artistic community, cultural agents and the general public are invited to mobilise together in doing (the) common, spreading it from the most immediate surroundings and researching, through attendance, ways of infiltrating and sustaining community modes of coexistence in urban everyday life, combining (self)care, sharing of artistic activities and responsible co-participation on a collective level.

TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

1- Have on hand - Texts:

• Text presenting your Activity/Proposal (title, synopsis, explanation, characteristics, etc.) | Up to 1700 characters;

• Text describing how your Activity/Proposal works (prerequisites, target audience, restrictions/contraindications, what to bring, etc. | Up to 400 characters;

• Brief Bio | Up to 600 characters;

• If you are interested in a moment of public sharing in the AND Space, in our AND Hap(*) Exhibitions: Presentation/Synopsis of this event | Up to 1700 characters

• Texts above also in Portuguese.

2- Have on hand - Photos:

• Up to 3 photos of the person/group proposing the proposal;

• Up to 5 photos of your activity/proposal.

Attention:

• Photos with good focus/framing, preferably in the following formats: 3:4 (or 4:3), 4:5 (or 5:4), square;

• Minimum resolution: 150 dpi | Ideal size for each image: 1 to 3 MB;

• In both cases, we kindly ask you to number the photos from most to least preferred, with the title pattern Name Proponent_Photo-01.jpg and Name Activity_Photo-01.jpg, 02, 03...;

• If possible, send your favorite photo for your professional profile in black and white.

Choose carefully :)

The images will be used to create graphic material for your activity on the AND website and in social posts, if your application is approved.

Choose images that also apply to the AND Hap Exhibition, if you are interested (however, other records can be made while the space is occupied).

3- Click on the button on this page to fill out and submit the application.

A confirmation email will be sent and we will get back to you shortly with the result of the analysis of the application.

(*) The text of AND Hap can be the same as the Synopsis of the Activity/Proposal, if applicable, or a variation of it.

The 'AND Hap' exhibitions are temporary meeting areas that periodically open the AND Lab Space to the outside. They are activated several times a year and host, in the form of 'happening', different types of events, from open rehearsals and process displays of the residencies hosted, to interventions, performances, lectures, conferences, gatherings, parties, among others.

SUPPORTED MODALITIES

• Residencies and rehearsals

• Regular classes

• Periodic meetings

• One-off workshops

• AND Haps (a temporary meeting area that periodically opens the AND Lab Space to unique proposals and events, presentations and sharing of creations in progress)

WE OFFER

• Use of the AND Lab Studio, located a 5-minute walk from the Cabo Ruivo metro station (Red Line). It has a 74m2 studio with black vinyl flooring, suitable for movement practices. It has air conditioning and heating; a sound system with Bluetooth connection or a video projector cable; a kitchen with a microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, electric kettle and toaster, in an adjacent room.

• Support for publicity: inclusion of the activity in the monthly newsletter, AND Lab website, poster of the space's monthly schedule and other communications about the schedule. Possibility of creating an e-flyer.

• Possibility of holding a public presentation/sharing, integrated into the AND Hap process displays. 

SCHEDULES

• Residencies & Rehearsals - by shifts: morning (10am-2pm) | afternoon (2pm-6pm) | evening (6pm-10pm) OR daily rate (10am-6pm);

• Open Practices & Regular Classes - morning hours 8am-9am and 9am-10am | evening hours 6:30pm-7:30pm, 7:30pm-8:30pm, 8:30pm-9:30pm | Possibility of other times, depending on space availability;

• Workshops & Occasional Events - days and times to be defined, depending on the proposal and availability of the space.

COSTS (for activities that have financial support and/or will generate income)

• Residencies & Rehearsals: 17€ per shift (4h) or 25€ per day (6h). Negotiable for residencies lasting more than 3 days.

• Regular Practices & Classes: 5 €/hour

• Workshops & Events: 6 €/hour

FREE HOSTING

• Research-creation activities without funding: free hosting of 1 residency per month lasting 5 or 10 days (shift to be defined) + realization of AND Hap final.

The AND Hap exhibitions are temporary meeting areas that periodically open the AND Lab Space to the outside, inviting the public to be accomplices and participants in unique situations of sharing what is happening here in terms of creation and research. The AND Hap exhibitions are activated several times a year, hosting, in the form of happenings, different types of events, ranging from open rehearsals and process displays of the residencies hosted at the Space to proposals such as interventions and performances, lectures and conferences, gatherings and parties, etc. In addition, we also activate the AND Hap interface to periodically share our emerging artifacts and to mark the beginnings and ends of each season of our programming.