OKNA – Espaço Cultural

STOP MOTION ANIMATION WORKSHOP

5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Kreida Group – We are just numbers

Rendez-vous with monotype. Workshops

⛰️ SAVE THE DATE! 🌊 Fri. 25 May. 19h00 MAR

⛰️ SAVE THE DATE! 🌊

Fri. 25 May. 19h00
MARGENS DA MEMÓRIA (Sea Sleepers)
Vanessa Fernandes, Ivo Reis, Miranda Vukasovic
video-art project, 2023

"Like the submerged sculptural layers, we bring the testimonies of the margins and invite reflection on marginality, power relations and memory."

MARGENS DA MEMÓRIA is the title of the audiovisual work connected to SEA SLEEPERS*, conceived by the directors of the project Espectro Visível, Vanessa Fernandes and Ivo Reis, to be screened on May 25, at 7pm, at OKNA Gallery.

*Sea Sleepers is a musical project by Miranda Vukasovic exploring the boundaries between water (element), architecture (practice and matter) and place (space, concept). Taking as inspiration the landscape of the Campo de Gerês and the submerged village of Vilarinho das Furnas, Sea Sleepers proposes the sonic reconstruction of these narratives.

@miranda_vukasovic
@v_de_sotavento
@animatekvisuals

Free Entry.
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As the result of the 3 days stop-motion animation

As the result of the 3 days stop-motion animation workshop in OKNA, the team of participants developed an animation short, EGO SYSTEM, under the guidance of Alla Dmitrievna @white.galactic.wizard

EGO SYSTEM
Animation | 1 min. | 2023
Lívia Barts, Ala Nunu, Zoe Bod, Lana Casco, Ana Lutes, Stav Levi, Olwen Collis

Becky is a hardworking bacteria that produces nutrients for the veggies in a garden. After understanding that all of the rewards are going to the Gardener and she is left without anything, Becky decides to leave the garden and start her superstar carrier.

During the three days, the participants were involved in activities such as: learning basic knowledge about stop-motion and cut-out animation, brainstorming, exercises to unlock fantasy. Besides these, they developed their skills in scriptwriting, storyboarding, character and background development, and film shooting.

Special thanks to Alexandra, André, Olga and Radu.

CO-MIX Porto Tue, 02 May from 6pm. Register - inf

CO-MIX Porto
Tue, 02 May from 6pm.

Register - info@okna.pt

A creative game invented by Stav Levi - @croovman

CO-MIX is a game where artists and storytellers create different pieces of a visual story, and then connect the pieces together into a completely unexpected result. Often hilarious, always satisfying, the resulted story is a masterpiece born of different individuals with their unique voice and style.

Open to all levels, and any number. 1.5 to 2 hours. Participants may bring their favorite tools, as long as everyone is on the same format (ie A4 paper.) Some tools should be provided.

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Cinema Surpresa ✨ LAST SCREENING

The next Surpresa of the season will close with a bang 💥 Come early, stay late!

• Sunday, 30 April
• Film: Unknown
• Doors open: 19:00h /Screening: 20:00h
• Entry: 3* (free for OKNA Members)
• RSVP - Mandatory

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Some moments from the last two weeks at OKNA. ✨T

Some moments from the last two weeks at OKNA. ✨This week, we’re closing our celebration month with a full-on BAKERY on Wednesday and a CINEMA SURPRESA on Sunday.

1 - 3 > Visual Poetry Workshop with Wera Grześ.
4 > Juice Bar
5 > “BREAK” Exhibition - Olga Wardęga & Wera Grześ.
6 > Piotr’s Birthday
7 > Pierogi Dining Room

📸 Alexandra Esteves, André Ribeiro

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Cinema Surpresa! • Sunday, 23 April • Film: U

Cinema Surpresa!

• Sunday, 23 April
• Film: Unknown
• Doors open: 19:00h /Screening: 20:00h
• Entry: 3* (free for OKNA Members)
• RSVP - Mandatory

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*REMINDER* Last 3 days to visit an exhibition! La

*REMINDER*
Last 3 days to visit an exhibition!

Last Friday we opened the exhibition BREAK by Olga Wardęga and Weronika Grześ. During the opening, we could enjoy a poem reading by Wera and Sam and an experimental concert by Christoph.

If you couldn´t join us last time, visit the exhibition this week.

Pass by OKNA on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday from 15.00 to 19.00.
Do here a break for a coffee, as the artists did! Stop for a while and absorb colorful textiles 🙂

BREAK encourages visitors to embrace the present moment, explore new possibilities, and connect by creating together. Olga @evvivalarty and Wera @alloewero are known for sharing their coffee breaks, which becomes the impulse for their creative process. They make sketchy notes and transfer them to large textiles using batik techniques. From a series of sketches based on mutual reactions, painting gestures, and new techniques, the exhibition serves as a collaborative arrangement inspired by the simple act of taking a break - together. Through this shared process, they find a mutual rhythm and painterly language that unites them.

!!! 3 DAYS WORKSHOP !!! From 27th to 29th of April

!!! 3 DAYS WORKSHOP !!!
From 27th to 29th of April OKNA invites you to take part in stop motion animation workshop with Alla Dmitrievna. @white.galactic.wizard

Animation workshop for adults is an event for people who want to understand stop motion animation better, learn about its basics and develop their imagination.
The theme is devoted to one of the most actual questions nowadays - ecology. Through making a film, participants may depict their position on the current situation with the environment, offer a method of solving the problem or dream up how this situation may unfold.

DAY 1 - Thursday 27.04
6pm - 8pm Introduction and brainstorming
DAY 2 - Friday 28.04
6pm - 8pm Enviroment building and character design
DAY 3 - Saturday 29.04
3pm - 6pm Shooting and editing

Workshop fee: 30€
OKNa members: 20€
Please rsvp - info@okna.pt

On Thursday, the 27th of April, we’ll change OKN

On Thursday, the 27th of April, we’ll change OKNA into a bakery! We want to invite you to try yummy pastries made by special guests!

Come to try our fresh, homemade bread and cakes with the accompaniment of a cute playlist by @luize.ruksane !

Doors open from 6 pm till 9 pm. 🎉🍞

Pierogi dining room for foodies! On Thursday, 20t

Pierogi dining room for foodies!

On Thursday, 20th of April OKNA invites you for a delicious evening with an Eastern European dish!

From 18:00 to 21:00 you can try different types of dumplings. 🥟

Cinema Surpresa • Sunday, 16 April • Film: Un

Cinema Surpresa

• Sunday, 16 April
• Film: Unknown
• Doors open: 18:00h /Screening: 19:00h
• Entry: 3* (free for OKNA Members)
• RSVP - Mandatory

okna.pt/cinema-surpresa

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Preparation for the upcoming exhibition BREAK at O

Preparation for the upcoming exhibition BREAK at OKNA gallery, by artists-in-residence @evvivalarty and @alloewero

Opening this Friday, April 14, from 7 pm !

BREAK invites visitors to embrace the unknown, acknowledge the present moment and discover new possibilities by taking a break, talking, and creating something together.

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WORKSHOP // NO CLOUDS IN MY ORANGE JUICE GLASS Vi

WORKSHOP // NO CLOUDS IN MY ORANGE JUICE GLASS

Visual poetry and ink drawings technique with Wera Grześ @alloewero

Saturday | April 15th | 4pm - 7pm
Free entry. Please rsvp - info@okna.pt

Visual poetry moves in a unique space where textual and visual means of expression work together to create meaning. The workshop invites you to play with images and words, based on looking at their meanings and associations and locating them in the space of a piece of
paper. The aim of the workshop is to create works based on these associations and explore the possibilities of visual poetry and drawing ink techniques.

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This Friday, April 14th from 7pm, OKNA opens the e

This Friday, April 14th from 7pm, OKNA opens the exhibition BREAK by, artists-in-residence, Olga Wardęga & Wera Grześ.

BREAK encourages visitors to embrace the present moment, explore new possibilities, and connect by creating together. Olga @evvivalarty and Wera @alloewero are known for sharing their coffee breaks, which becomes the impulse for their creative process. They make sketchy notes and transfer them to large textiles using batik techniques. From a series of sketches based on mutual reactions, painting gestures, and new techniques, the exhibition serves as a collaborative arrangement inspired by the simple act of taking a break - together. Through this shared process, they find a mutual rhythm and painterly language that unites them.

7 pm opening of the exhibition

Poetry reading by Wera Grześ and Samuel Martin

8 pm Live sound performance by Christoph Zeckel @christoph.zeckel

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During our celebration month, Thursdays are for fo

During our celebration month, Thursdays are for foodies!

This Thursday 13.04, we’ll feature a pop-up fresh juice bar to get us through the day!

Come to OKNA to fill your body with vitamins.

🍎 “Babushka’s Borchtsch”
🍐“Real Slav”
🍊 “Blasting Sasha”
🍋 “Portuguese Lover”

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Join us as we celebrate five years of @okna_cultur

Join us as we celebrate five years of @okna_culture !!! To celebrate this milestone, we're hosting a series of events that we hope will bring together our regulars and the new faces who stumble upon us by chance.

Over the past five years, OKNA has presented Eastern Europe as a unique source of artistic and cultural expression, inspiring and immersing our community. We strive to create and show collaborative works between Portugal and Eastern European countries, serving as a platform and a working space for those who, like us, find beauty in diversity and similarities, with a focus on what's new and contemporary.
We are proud of our achievements over the past five years and look forward to continuing to inspire and immerse our community with our unique and diverse artistic and cultural offerings. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you at our anniversary celebration!

April is the month when OKNA is celebrating its 5TH ANNIVERSARY!

Program

Thu 13.04
15-19 Juice Bar

Fri 14.04
19 BREAK exhibition opening
Poetry Reading by wear Grzes and Samuel Marti
20 Live sound performance by Christoph Seckel

Sat 15.04
16 - 19 Visual poems workshop

Sun 16.04
19 Cinema Supresa

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Thu 20.04
18-21 Pierogi dining room

Sun 23.04
Cinema Supresa

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Thu 27.04
18-20 Stop-motion animation workshop - Day I
18-21 Bakery

Fri 28
Stop-motion animation workshop - Day II

Sat 29.04
15-18 Stop-motion animation workshop - Day III

Sun 30.04
19 Cinema Supresa

Throwback to the workshops 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘻-𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 led by Olga Wardęga @evvivalarty, which took place on 02/03/04th and 09/10/11th of March 2023 in OKNA Gallery.

From next Wednesday (12.04) we will share with you results of the workshops, showing some of the works in the form of a pop-up exhibition.

𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘻-𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 is an unusual experience during which you can create your unique prints, experimenting with various materials. While drawing the face of your partner you will observe his/her anatomy and expressions. You will get to know the other person from a different perspective, more intimately and thoroughly.

Monotype is a technique that combines elements from graphics and painting. It is the freest print-making technique. The prints never look the same - there is just one printout of each matrix! Workshops include drawing, painting, and printing exercises.

Two people can participate in the event at the same time. You are encouraged to sign up alone, leaving the choice of a partner to fate. You can sign up as a couple as well.

Kreida group @kreida_group : We are just numbers E

Kreida group @kreida_group : We are just numbers
Exhibition until 1st April at OKNA gallery.
Every day from 15:00 to 19:00

The artists transform public spaces such as galleries, squares, and parks into artistic canvases, where thousands of "1" symbols are placed to represent civilians who fell victim to the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Each "1" represents a civilian, a life, a family, and a unique story. Through this compelling artwork, the viewer is encouraged to reflect upon the process of creating these numbers as an art performance, and appreciate the final result as a temporary installation rather than a painting.

Kreida Group is a multidisciplinary Ukrainian art duo by Elza Berdnyk and Mark Symkin, currently based in Portugal. The duo started to work together in the middle of 2020. Their works include small and medium-sized sculptures, photographs, art performances, installations and short films.

*TWO DAYS LEFT This Saturday, March 25th at 19:00

*TWO DAYS LEFT

This Saturday, March 25th at 19:00, we are waiting for you! OKNA opens “We Are Just Numbers” with a performance by Kreida Group - Elza Berdnyk and Mark Symkin.

Exhibition: 25.03 - 01.04.2023

The exhibition highlights the tendency of people to overlook the reality in Ukraine, walking by it without taking notice. This lack of awareness is a reflection of daily life and political actions, where the magnitude of casualties amongst Ukrainians is reduced to just a number “1”.

Each “1” represents a civilian, a life, a family, and a unique story. Through this compelling artwork, the viewer is encouraged to reflect upon the process of creating these numbers as an art performance, and appreciate the final result as a temporary installation rather than a painting.

@kreida_group

Cinema Surpresa no. 42 • Sunday, 12 March • F

Cinema Surpresa no. 42

• Sunday, 12 March
• Film: Unknown
• Doors open: 18:00h /Screening: 19:00h
• Entry: 3* (free for OKNA Members)
• RSVP - Mandatory

okna.pt/cinema-surpresa