Programme “Territories, Resistance, Freedom”

« …e o perú fugiu!»

Atelier Contencioso . Ana Velez . Andrew Esiebo . Ângela Ferreira . Carla Cabanas . Carlos Noronha Feio . Fábio Colaço . Fernando J. Ribeiro . Francisca R. Gonçalves . Graeme Williams . Joana Gomes . Manuel Santos Maia . Marcelo Brodsky . Maria Sassetti . Mónica Calle . Nuno Nunes-Ferreira . Rui Macedo . Turma4A . Ziad Naitaddi

curated by Inês Valle

Centro Cultural Carpintarias de São Lázaro . 25-04 > 29.06.2025

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Exhibition opening 24 April, 5 pm

We are pleased to present “…e o perú fugiu!”, a collective exhibition curated by Inês Valle, unfolding as a reflection on freedom — its meanings, fragilities, and infinite possibilities. Bringing together artists from diverse geographies — Portugal, Morocco, Argentina, South Africa and Mozambique— this exhibition weaves multiple voices and artistic languages to explore freedom not as a fixed idea but as a living, shifting condition shaped by history, memory, and desire.

In a country marked by the revolutionary April of 1974 and the symbolic blossoming of its democracy, “…e o perú fugiu!” takes the legacy of the Carnation Revolution as a starting point — opening up broader conversations about freedom in the present moment. Here, freedom emerges not only as resistance to oppression, but as a poetic space for imagination, an intimate gesture, an act of care, or a shared horizon still in the making.

This exhibition invites visitors to move through stories of emancipation and struggle, migration and belonging, of silence and voice — narratives that resonate far beyond Portugal’s borders, echoing urgent debates across the world about the right to exist, to move, to speak, and to create. Above all, “…e o perú fugiu!” is an invitation to pause — to question what it means to be free today. How do we care for freedom, protect it, and reinvent it — for ourselves, and one another?

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This exhibition is part of the 2023–2026 Cera Project’s program, Territories, Resistance, Freedom. It is presented in partnership with Atelier Contencioso and the Cultural Centre Carpintarias de São Lázaro and with the support of Viarco and Comissão Comemorativa 50 anos 25 de Abril.

  • Title: "… e o perú fugiu!"
    Curator: Inês Valle
    Artists: Marcelo Brodsky, Carla Cabanas, Mónica Calle, Atelier Contencioso, Andrew Esiebo, Ângela Ferreira, Joana Gomes, Francisca R.Gonçalves, Rui Macedo, Manuel Santos Maia, Ziad Naitaddi, Carlos Noronha Feio, Nuno Nunes-Ferreira, Fernando J.Ribeiro, Maria Sassetti, Turma4A, Ana Velez, Graeme Williams.

    Dates: 24/04 – 29/06/2025
    Venue: Centro Cultural Carpintarias de São Lázaro, Lisboa, Portugal
    Partner: Centro Cultural Carpintarias de São Lázaro, Atelier Contencioso Support: Viarco and Comissão Comemorativa 50 anos 25 de Abril.

  • Exhibition Opening:
    Date: Wed, 24 April
    Time: 5-8 PM
    Location: Centro Cultural Carpintarias de sÃo Lázaro, Lisbon, Portugal

    Live Performances: Mónical Calle (May/June) and Francisca Rocha Gonçalves (June).

    Inclusive Meditated Tours with Daniella Figueiredo
    Dates: 24 May and 28 June
    Time: 3 PM

    Workshops for families
    Dates:
    Time:

  • Link for the exhibition leaflet PDF (soon)

  • Marcelo Brodsky, Carla Cabanas, Mónica Calle, Atelier Contencioso, Andrew Esiebo, Ângela Ferreira, Joana Gomes, Francisca R.Gonçalves, Rui Macedo, Manuel Santos Maia, Ziad Naitaddi, Carlos Noronha Feio, Nuno Nunes-Ferreira, Fernando J.Ribeiro, Maria Sassetti, Turma4A, Ana Velez and Graeme Williams

  • Inês Valle works as an art curator and is the founder of The Cera Project, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting contemporary art outside Eurocentric and Western narratives. She co-founded DUSK, an international contemporary art festival in Iberian Peninsula’s ancestral stone sites. Until 2023, she served as the artistic director of insofar, a gallery committed to challenging stereotypes and redefining the relationship between artist, artwork, and audience to address the complexity and aesthetics of diversity. Her curatorial vision earned the gallery’s exhibition programme the recognition by the SNP as one of the “Best Exhibitions of 2023 in Portugal.”

    As an independent curator, she has collaborated with various organisations, including the Centro Cultural de Belém, Portugal; Museu de Arte Contemporânea - Coleção Berardo, Portugal; Canberra Contemporary Art, Australia; the National Museum of Lagos, Nigeria; and Artspace Aotearoa, New Zealand. Inês Valle holds a Master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon.

    Selected exhibitions include The Fire of Ideas at Museu Coleção Berardo; the retrospective And the Trash Goes by António Ole; the group show Red Tape featuring Ai Weiwei, Khaled Jarrar, and Miguel Palma; and Pneumacity Lagos, a public space exhibition with work by Andrew Esiebo in Nigeria, among others. She currently works at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / CAM–Modern Art Centre.

  • Cultural Center Carpintarias de São Lázaro Link

  • Please click here to access

    • the Press Release (EN) / Nota de Imprensa (PT)

    • Exhibition official poster

    • Press images