“The methodological basis of the program and phases that I intend to develop for the realization of a sound map in Luz, Mourão, starts from the assumption that the Phonography and Field Recordings are documentary and archival tools. Not only they are registration information, but also ideas, environments, emotions, and that according to a bioacoustical […]
Miguel Claro conducts a two-day workshop in the museum, dedicated to the technical improvement of the night sky photography techniques and with the background of the heavens of Luz and Alqueva.
“What we propose in this project is an inner work that enhances the behavior and characteristics of the community that resides in the village of Luz; Its dichotomy of being today a new village with a past – present. An artist residency project will serve to consolidate the work already developed by Carnide Theatre, with […]
After the organization of the international meeting Cosmic Light, held at ML in September 2014 and organized by astrophysicist Peter Russo of the University of Leiden (Netherlands) / International Astronomical Union, now comes, with the same organization and in partnership with UNESCO, a temporary exhibition related to the International Year of Light and also a scientific […]
Cláudio Reis participated in 2014 on the workshop “From idea to project”, by Virgílio Ferreira. He now returns to Luz to produce a site-specific photo series.
“The construction of the Alqueva dam submerged a vast territory with a particular metric, geometry and scale, which was the matrix and the secular testimony of the symbiotic relationship between man and the environment that surrounds him. Instantly, disappeared a landscape that was simultaneously idea and artifact, a result of the dynamic interplay between the […]
Residency for the promotors of the international meeting Cosmic Light: Explore the night sky takes place at the Museu da Luz on 13 and 14 September, with the organization of the University of Leiden (Netherlands), the Universe Awareness and The World at Night and the participation of 30-50 astronomers and educators including many international guests.
The Association Pé-de-Xumbo features, at the museum’s Days of Culture, traditional dance workshops and ball, for all ages.
The light (Luz) seems to gain multiple meanings in this place: the village and its history, the lake created, the dedicated museum, the sun, astronomy, and street lighting.The town of Mourão has as an heritage one of the darker (unpolluted) skies of all surrounding region of Alqueva. Thus the night represents a knowledge opportunity and […]
Pedro Portugal and 10 students of the Department of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Évora experienced assembling the prototype of a 6m diameter cork dome over the Museum of Luz. On 18 May, International Museum Day, a performance was held, live and open to all public, around the installation. The construction and […]