The BINNAR Festival is back for its 10th edition. The initiative, which displays various forms of art, kicks off next Saturday, the 8th, and runs until 30 November, with numerous cultural events, all with free admission.
The first day will feature a performance by Desenhos Disjuntos feat. Karim Saadi, at 11:30 p.m., at CRU – Espaço Cultural, in Famalicão, with musicians Diogo Lopes, Nuno Reis and Karim Saadi.
This will be followed by the collective exhibition ‘TEN_Y/25’, with works by artists Filipe Coelho, Karolina Ołownia, McCoy Chance, Natasha Monakhova, Nina Sumarac, Petra Brnardic, Plataforma and Sarah Choo Jing, which will be on display at Casa do Território (Parque da Devesa) from 10 to 21 November. To complement the exhibition, a collaborative album will be released to mark the festival's 10th anniversary.
From 10 to 30 November, the Museu da Indústria Têxtil da Bacia do Ave (Ave Basin Textile Industry Museum) will host another collective exhibition as part of BINNAR - ‘Azul Ciano e Outras Cores’ (Cyan Blue and Other Colours) - an artistic work developed by 11th-year students of the Professional Audiovisual Technical Course at OFICINA - INA Professional School, as part of their photography classes, under the guidance of artist Joel Fonseca.
On 20 November, the festival will dedicate an evening to the seventh art, in partnership with Cineclube de Joane, starting at 9:45 p.m. Three films will be screened: ‘Muqaddimah Li-Nihayat Jidal (Introduction to the End of an Argument)’ (1990), by Jayce Salloum and Elia Suleiman; ‘Film advertisement for the film Drôles de Guerres’ (2023), by Jean-Luc Godard, in collaboration with Jean-Paul Battaggia, Fabrice Aragno, and Nicole Brenez; and ‘C'est Pas Moi - It's Not Me’ (2024), by Leos Carax.
On the same day, the Academia Contemporânea do Espetáculo (ACE Famalicão) will host the performance and workshop “Bicho Papelão”, aimed at school audiences, by the storytelling trio: Inês Sincero, Tomé Nunes Pinto and Tozé Cruz.
On 22 November, the Castro Alves Foundation will host baritone Daniel Knox, who will perform in Bairro at 22h00.
The Arnoso Monastery will also be part of the BINNAR programme, hosting an oriental-inspired performance entitled ‘Gaman (我慢)’, presented by a string quartet composed of students from the Conservatory of Music, Theatre and Dance of Vila do Conde and the Professional School of Music of Espinho. The performance will take place on 23 November at 18h00, featuring Sofia Igreja (1st violin), Mafalda Martins (2nd violin), Marta Monteiro (viola) and Inês Alheiro (cello), with composition by Eduardo Patriarca.
The programme ends with ‘Hyperfriction-Drum’, a performance and masterclass by musician and percussionist Luam Clarindo, which will take place at OFICINA – INA Professional School on 27 November, aimed at students of the institution.
The BINNAR Festival, created and produced by the BINNAR platform, with the support of the City Council, has been held in Vila Nova de Famalicão since 2016 and, over the years, has brought together various partnerships and explored different spaces in the municipality - museums, galleries, foundations and schools - presenting a programme that brings together established and emerging artists.
All BINNAR events and activities are free of charge.
The complete programme for the BINNAR Festival can be found at www.binnar.org.
