As a programme dedicated to the occupation of the AND Space, it positions itself as a meeting place for sustained actions over time, accommodating a range of intersections between disciplines and practices, both its own and those of others, thereby contributing to a tactic of gathering, engagement and the mixing of forces in the composition of a gesture at once singular and multiple: the practice of commoning.

Providing space for work, dialogue, encounter, research and the sharing of practices close to AND Lab, it enables less evident artistic proposals that provoke thought and activate sensitive dimensions threaded through care, using care as a tool for attending to relations between, and with, beings and the world.

The 'Making Common'' Programme, in its distinct programming strands, unfolds into:

1. Residencies/Occupations in the Space

- Regular practices | One-off or periodic meetings | Residencies and rehearsals

2. Unruly Studies (AND Lab curation)

- Research-creation residencies | Research–laboratory transmission residencies

3. AND Lab in Celebration (curation and sharing by AND Lab)

OCCUPATIONS AT AND LAB SPACE

The local artistic community, cultural agents and the public in general are invited to mobilize together in the making (of) common, spreading it from the most immediate surroundings and researching, through frequentation, ways to infiltrate and sustain community modes of coexistence in urban everyday life, combining (self)care, sharing artistic activities and responsible co-participation in the collective plan.

RECEPTION MODALITIES

• Residencies and rehearsals

• Regular classes

• Periodic meetings

• One-off workshops

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

WE OFFER

• Use of the AND Lab Studio, located 5 minutes 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 heater; Sound Column with connection via Bluetooth or Video Projector Cable; Pantry with microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, electric kettle and toaster, in an adjacent room.

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

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

SCHEDULES

• Residencies & Rehearsals - in shifts: morning (10am-2pm) | afternoon (2pm-6pm) | night (6pm-10pm) OR daily (10am to 6pm);

• Open Practices & Regular Classes - morning times 8am to 9am and 9am to 10am | after-work 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 space availability.

COSTS

(for activities that receive financial support and/or that will generate revenue):

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

• Practices & Regular Classes: €5/hour

• Workshops & Occasional Events: €6/hour

FREE APPOINTMENTS

• Unfunded research-creation activities: free hosting of 1 residence per month, guided by a policy of equity and representation, in which projects proposed/led by black and/or trans/transvestite people will be prioritized. Duration of 5 or 10 days (shift to be defined, depending on space availability) + completion of final AND Hap.

APPLICATION

AND Lab Space

Av. Infante Dom Henrique 334, Edifício Expresso, floor 3, rooms 08-09-10, 1800-224 Lisbon, Portugal. More info about the Space here.