Open Studio | Workshop with Adriana Arroyo
Microbiome: Organs

Dec 19, 3pm – 5pm
At CAC, Torres Vedras @cactvedras

During her time at CAC Torres Vedras, artist Adriana Arroyo developed her ongoing research on the concept of the microbiome. This body of work relates to the connection between illness, isolation, nutrition, soil, clay, ceramics, and community. While in residency, she focused on the internal organs as repositories for emotions, trauma, healing, and possibility.

For the Open Studio at CAC she will present a series of ceramics, the results of a collaboration with Berlin-based, Costa Rican dancer and psychologist Gabriela Lobo, as well as a contribution from Lisbon-based, Portuguese acupuncturist Maria Moreira. There will be a reading and a movement workshop with Gabriela Lobo which will include shaping clay. Everyone is welcome!

Bios

Adriana Arroyo (b.1981, San José, Costa Rica) is an artist and researcher. She lives and works in Berlin and London. She is currently an MPhil/PhD researcher in the Art Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. Arroyo was awarded the Goldsmiths Generation Delta Doctoral Studentship (2024-2027) and is a Generation Delta Champion, a role in which she advocates for increased access to doctoral studies for racialized women.

Gabriela Lobo Calderón (b.1987, Costa Rica) is a dancer and psychologist. In her work she creates links between somatic practices, other ‘body knowledges’ and contemporary dance. She is interested in pedagogical and artistic approaches to explore issues relating to water and body fluids. She obtained a Masters Degree in Critical Dance Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin.

Maria Moreira (b.1988, Lisbon, Portugal) graduated from ESMTC – School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lisbon. In 2013 she did a four-month hospital internship in China in partnership with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. Since then, she has been practicing in Lisbon, promoting health and longevity through this ancient art.