Porto Summer School on Art & Cinema
in association with XVI Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture
Disobedience
29 JUN - 03 JUL 2026
 

Guests
Ato Quayson (Stanford University)
Ângela Ferreira (Artist)
Marco Scotini (Curator)
Markus Messling (University of Saarland)
Sergei Loznitsa (Film Director)
More to be announced soon.

From June 29 to July 3, the eighth edition of the Porto Summer School on Art & Cinema will take place. In a special edition organized in partnership with the Lisbon Consortium, the Summer School will be held at the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon and will be dedicated to the theme of Disobedience as an artistic practice and idea, exploring its multiple forms, dynamics, and limits.

In this context, the School of Arts is organizing the exhibition Archive of Disobedience, in Lisbon, a curatorial project initiated by Marco Scotini in Berlin in 2005 as a traveling exhibition of videos, graphic materials, and ephemera. Since then, it has developed into an ongoing multiphase film archive and a platform for discussion dedicated to the relationship between artistic practices and political action. Over the last few years, the Archive of Disobedience has been presented at international institutions such as the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), Nottingham Contemporary, Raven Row (London), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston), Bildmuseet (Umeå), and Castello di Rivoli (Turin), with one of its most recent presentations taking place at the 2024 Venice Biennale.

Over the course of a week, in parallel with the Summer School's program of lectures, masterclasses, and doctoral sessions, the curator—together with guest artists, including Ângela Ferreira—will lead an intensive program of workshops, film sessions, talks, and activities.

This edition offers an immersive workspace, taking the project beyond its exhibition context and focusing on its educational, investigative, and collaborative potential.