Banha da Cobra is a research and sound intervention project formed by Mestre André and Carlos Godinho. Their area of investigation includes field recordings that explore the electroacoustics of specific places in cities but also outside of them. The field recordings primarily consist of the sounds produced by the elements present in these places and, secondarily, the resonances of the percussion instruments played there. The imagery of the project explores the idealization of soundscapes that touch upon the qualities of the ritual, the artisanal and the traditional. These characteristics are materialized in Carlos Godinho's instruments: a diverse set of percussions and woodwinds including shells, rattles, horns, flutes and small bongos.

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Evgenia Emets is an artist and poet whose work focuses on environmental issues. Passionate about the forest, ecology, biodiversity and community, she conveys her artistic practice through her visual works, poetry, installations, performances and site-specific art. Since moving to Portugal in 2017 and witnessing forest destruction caused by fires exacerbated by the presence of monocultural tree cultivation, she has started her Eternal Forest project, a multidisciplinary artistic initiative to create forest sanctuaries around the world.

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Fernando Roussado studied sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, where he teaches now. In recent years he has dedicated himself to research and is about to conclude a doctorate in sculpture, where he reflects on the importance of carving in sculptural thinking, both in theory and in practice. His interest stems directly from the employment of the material as a possibility of relating to the world, exploring specifically the latent tension between will and power; the power of the matter; the care implied by practical intention; the importance of time in the production of a work of art.

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Gustavo Ciríaco is a Brazilian choreographer and multimedia artist who lives between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro. A former political scientist, Ciríaco has developed over the years a multiform set of works that occupy the space between visual theater and conceptual dance, including live exhibits and responsive artworks in places where architecture, landscape and fiction meet in conversational performances.

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Joana Bértholo is a writer and has published novels, short stories, children's literature and non-fiction. In parallel with literary creation, she writes for dance and theater. In her poetic imagery, Bértholo travels between lines of fictional narratives, always eliciting reality and from all its possible perspectives. While immersing us in stories that are also ours, she takes us on the path of questioning, doubt, lucidity and hope.

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Maja Escher's artistic practice has a collective and hybrid dimension in which drawings, found objects, collaborative practices and fieldwork methods are part of the process to develop site-specific installations and research projects. Establishing a relationship with places and people is essential to her work process. Her projects often arise from a moment of sharing, a conversation, a song or an object found or offered. Her growing concern with water scarcity and the subsequent risk of desertification, led the artist to focus her research on water and rain, seeking to connect popular wisdom – stories, popular sayings and riddles – and scientific data.

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Sérgio Carronha is a visual artist whose artistic practice often includes the use of materials of natural origin, through which he demonstrates his relationship with the landscape and with walking. The search for the origin and function of the elements that surround him is the motivational axis of his inquiry. His sculptures cross concepts of archeology, history and technologies of materials to create poetic spaces and works of timeless nature.

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