Festival Aqui Acolá

Hanamaro Chaki

Thursday | 29th of May | 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday | 30th and 31st of May | 3 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Sunday | 1st of June | 11 a.m – 4:30 p.m. | Visual Arts | Stage Chapel of Saint Anthony

Born in Tokyo and living in Madeira since 2015, Hanamaro Chaki has a vast cultural experience, the result of her experiences in different countries, such as Japan, England, Spain and Mexico.

Her work, focused mainly on drawing and painting, explores the inner world of the artist, revealing emotions, dreams and symbolism. In "Harmony of opposites", the installation addresses the duality between life and death, light and darkness, and other essential elements for existence. The artist reflects on the continuity of life and the interconnection between all, inspired by her experience of a dream with her late mother and the realization that true peace lies in enjoying life in the present.

aNÙ - Erotic Punch Collage

Thursday | 29th of May | 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday | 30th and 31st of May | 3 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Sunday | 1st of June | 11 a.m – 4:30 p.m. | Installation | Stage Antiga Esquadra da PSP

The installation Erotic Punch Collage, from the Association aNÙ and Oh Soda Estúdio, is bringing to the Festival Aqui Acolá a sensory experience that aims to deconstruct myths about eroticism by exploring its many dimensions through poetry, sons, collagens, and textures. The installation will be an interactive journey that explores the role of erotics in modern society.

In addition to the installation, a workshop with three distinct moments will be held: a literary and artistic writing office, an introduction to psychotherapy with Oh Soda Estúdio, and a culinary experience led by chef Victor Momberg.

Inspired by Maria Teresa Horta's poetry "Modos de Amar", the installation offers a reflection on eroticism in modern society and challenges the public to remember this language in contemporary communication.

Rodrigo Costa

Thursday | 29th of May | 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday | 30th and 31st of May | 3 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Sunday | 1st of June | 11 a.m – 4:30 p.m. | Painting | Stage Átrio Centro Cultural John dos Passos

Visual artist born in Funchal, Rodrigo Costa explores in his work the concepts of play and childhood applied to everyday life.With a multidisciplinary approach — integrating painting, sculpture, video, installation, and performance — he creates "amateur" and "DIY" objects and situations that invite reflection and social behavior change.

With a multidisciplinary approach — integrating painting, sculpture, video, installation, and performance — she creates "amateur" and "DIY" objects and situations that invite reflection and social behavior change. Her latest project, the celestial garden IIi>. safe places and (still) too many considerations, focuses on the image of the "playhouse" and the creation of relaxation and connection spaces.Her latest project, the Celeste Garden II: Safe Places and (Still) Too Many Considerations, focuses on the image of the "playhouse" and the creation of spaces for relaxation and connection.Through assemblages inspired by the children's song O Jardim da Celestei>, the installation reflects on childhood, happiness, freedom, and security, proposing a space where essential human concepts can grow and thrive.

José Santos

Thursday | 29th of May | 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday | 30th and 31st of May | 3 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Sunday | 1st of June | 11 a.m – 4:30 p.m. | Installation | Stage Antiga Esquadra da PSP

He was born on the island of Madeira in 1959, but it was in Venezuela that he grew up among wires, circuits and frequencies, where he completed the Technical Course in Electronics. Over the years, between repairs and sales, he kept alive a creative restlessness — the desire to transform everyday life into art.

His hands, accustomed to technical precision, began to set up installations where electronics intersect with visual poetry. Old televisions, cables, lights and sounds come to life, reconfigured in works that provoke, question and celebrate. Each piece is a silent — or noisy — manifesto where social criticism pulsates in images, where culture lights up on recycled screens.

Marcela Lirio Campo - SOL – MATÉRIA

Thursday | 29th of May | 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday | 30th and 31st of May | 3 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Sunday | 1st of June | 11 a.m – 4:30 p.m. | Installation | Jardim Loja do Munícipe

Winning Proposal of the Open Call for the Aqui Acolá Festival 2025

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and with a lasting connection to Madeira since 2008, Marcela Lirio Campo is a visual artist, craftswoman, and educator. Her international training and experience are reflected in an artistic practice rooted in the intersection of art, sustainability, and cultural identity.

Her work, marked by experimentation with organic and repurposed materials, explores the boundaries between art and craft, nature and culture, tradition and contemporaneity. In Sol – Matéria, the artist presents an installation composed of sculptures made from biomaterials derived from agricultural waste, evoking cairns and totems as ancestral symbols connecting the earthly and the spiritual. The piece transforms waste into artistic language, inviting reflection on the passage of time and ecological urgency.

Through her practice, Marcela encourages a thoughtful and sensitive view of the relationship between human beings, territory, and the environment, embracing art as a space for dialogue and transformation.