CRL – Central Elétrica
2025/26 Programming
Criatório 2025
Artistic Programming Venues
CRL-Central Elétrica’s programme for 2025–2026 is based on a series of cycles dedicated to the interplay of artistic disciplines, namely Watts – Sound Cycle, Short Circuit – Youth Cycle, 26 Volts – Performing Arts Festival and Disjuntor – Training Cycle. Throughout this period, international open calls will be launched, alongside a curatorial process in which Afro-diasporic thought is central.
Housed in the former Freixo thermal power station, in the parish of Campanhã, CRL – Central Elétrica is a centre for artistic residencies and creation that seeks to redefine a part of this decommissioned industrial hub, pulsating with life and generating other forms of energy. Interdisciplinary crossovers are one of the hallmarks of the project, with the performing arts, body arts and movement occupying a central place at the Central.
Artistic direction: André Braga and Cláudia Figueiredo / Production manager: Ana Carvalhosa / Programming at Central Elétrica: Pedro Vilela / Production: Cláudia Santos and Mesquita Alves / Communications: Joana Borges / Technical coordination: Felipe Silva
Other projects
Bilingual Anthology of Palestinian Poetry (Arabic and Portuguese)
Beatriz Félix
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
Arraial de Quimeras
Inês de Carvalho / Visões Úteis
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
Fem Pub 1960–1990: A Visual Compendium of Feminist Periodicals
Nina Paim
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
Space Fictions – Booklets on Architecture and Cinema
Francisco Ferreira
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
fungo, floresta, futuros
Juliana Julieta
Criatório 2025
Projetos de Criação e Investigação Artística
MULΛ – Artes Performativas do Pôr ao Nascer do Sol
bactéria – associação cultural
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
PALPABLE PRESS: Temporada Equestre
Ana Matilde Sousa, Hetamoé, Luís Barreto, Rudolfo da Silva
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
TRESPASSE: práticas de escuta e caminhada para o bairro da Bouça
Beatriz Rola / Inês Luzio
Criatório 2025
Artistic Research and Creation Projects
