Ciclo matéria leve 2026

matéria leve organises a cycle of lectures, performances, and workshops led by lighting designers, choreographers, and researchers. The public and the artistic community are invited to reflect on contemporary scenic practice through the lens of lighting: its relationship with visuality and the philosophy of the image, choreographical and dramaturgical thought, and the pedagogical contexts through which knowledge circulates.

PROGRAMME

20 MAY (Wednesday)
Can an image of the present show glimpses of the future?

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Mareo (getting dizzy)
Creation lab for organic diffusers
with Gabriela Clavería — LADRA
Workshop via open call: https://forms.gle/bf1iJ5Ntu4f68w4v8

6 p.m.
Welcome!

6:30 p.m.
Light Table: A forum for discussion on teaching methods and lighting
A conversational device open to public participation regarding the present and future of lighting practice, in collaboration with Acesso Cultura. Guests: Ayara Hernández - Facultad de Artes / UdelaR (UY) and Maria Vlachou - Acesso Cultura (PT)

Social gathering with musical selections by LADRA.

21 MAY (Thursday)
Can we create space for the unseen?

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Light Playground: experimental lighting programming workshop
with Leticia Skrycky
Workshop via open call: https://forms.gle/9FAVKDKGGkTo68xH7

6 p.m.
Light, Interval, Shadow
by Josefa Pereira
Lecture

7 p.m.
No ser ni la sombra de lo que se fue. Quotes and Excerpts
by María Jerez
Lecture-performance

Social gathering with musical selections by LADRA.

22 MAY (Friday)
How to imagine with/through materials?

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Reading Light: writing practices on luminal gestures
with Marcia Lança
Workshop via open call: https://forms.gle/WkAYb27qh4KkV16z6

6 p.m.
Relational Architectures
with Carolina Campos and Leticia Skrycky
Lecture

7 p.m.
De la representación a la performatividad de las imágenes
by Andrea Soto Calderon
Lecture

8 p.m.
nome de filme
by Bibi Doria
Performance

Social gathering with musical selections by LADRA.

23 MAIO (Saturday)
Can we make a place with words?

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Reading Light: writing practices on luminal gestures
with Marcia Lança
Workshop via open call: https://forms.gle/WkAYb27qh4KkV16z6

6 p.m.
Text Table: Collective reading device on light, image, and imagination
in collaboration with Coreia
Collective reading

7 p.m.
Sensemaking in the making
by Emese Csornai
Lecture

8 p.m.
PENUMBRÁRIO
by matéria leve
Practice-performance

Social gathering with musical selections by LADRA.

24 MAY (Sunday)
Which visions electrify bodies?

5 p.m.
A phantasmagorical-virtual performance activation
with Ayara Hernández
Practise

6 p.m.
Todo es primero soñado
by Victoria Pérez Royo
Lecture

7:30 p.m.
Chá
by Laura Salerno
Performance

Social gathering with musical selections by LADRA.

All activities are free and open to all, with the exception of the workshops, which are exclusively for women, non-binary, and transgender people. Entry is subject to capacity and requires a ticket. Tickets can be collected from 5pm for all sessions of the day, except on Sunday, 24 May, when collection begins at 4pm.

more information at materialeve.com/ciclo-materia-leve-2026