PLÁKA encompasses a set of projects that underpin policies designed to support contemporary artistic activity in Porto, including the initiatives, Aquisição, Colectivo Pláka, Anuário, Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize, Criatório and Shuttle.
Through mediating processes of creation, reflection and research in different fields of art, PLÁKA is a platform that stimulates synthesis and analysis of artistic production in Porto, in articulation with the city council’s cultural policy.
The PLÁKA platform is an initiative of Porto City Council.
Through mediating processes of creation, reflection and research in different fields of art, PLÁKA is a platform that stimulates synthesis and analysis of artistic production in Porto, in articulation with the city council’s cultural policy.
The PLÁKA platform is an initiative of Porto City Council.
- TEAM
Mayor and Head of Culture
- Rui Moreira
- Artistic Direction
- Guilherme Blanc
- Executive Direction
Sílvia Fernandes
- Coordination
Sílvia Escórcio
Editorial Coordination
- Lídia Queirós
Criatório
- Projetos de Criação e Investigação Artística
Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz
Carla Nobre Sousa
Rita Barbosa
Ana Carvalho
André Sousa
André Sousa lives and works between Porto and Frankfurt am Main. He studied Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) and since then has regularly presented his work in solo and group exhibitions in Portugal and abroad. Together with Mauro Cerqueira he was the joint coordinator of the space, Uma Certa Falta de Coerência, and in 2016 co-directed the film "Na Selva das Cidades" with João Sousa Cardoso.Samuel Leuenberger