Biennale

Tomorrow today / amanhã hoje

15.5.-29.6.25 Porto
Bienal´ 25 fotografia

Because the future is shaped in the present, Bienal'25 Fotografia do Porto adopts the theme TOMORROW TODAY / AMANHÃ HOJE to advance a programme of critical reflection and situated action rooted in the now. TOMORROW TODAY imagines a more regenerative and interdependent world, calling for artistic and collaborative practices that engage with the urgencies of the present while rehearsing possible futures. The Biennial positions itself as a platform for study and experimentation, fostering encounters between artists, curators, and cultural, social, and governmental organisations at the intersection of artistic research, curatorial practice, and public engagement.

The programme is structured around four interconnected platforms — CONECTAR (to bridge, to exchange), SUSTENTAR (to sustain, to preserve), VIVIFICAR (to live, to stay), and EXPANDIR (to expand, to grow) — which serve as zones of enquiry for exhibitions, residencies, collaborative research, and territorial mediation. Through these platforms, the Biennial hosts practices that traverse rural and urban territories, local communities and international networks, advancing plural ways of engaging with image-making, ecology, technology, memory, and affect. Between gestures of listening, speculative approaches, and situated pedagogies, Bienal’25 Fotografia do Porto cultivates a present that is attentive, critical, and oriented towards what is yet to come.

The Bienal Fotografia do Porto is organized and produced by Ci.CLO and financed by the Directorate-General for the Arts / Ministry of Culture and the Porto City Council, with the patronage support of Banco BPI and the “la Caixa” Foundation, with the institutional support of the UNESCO National Commission and a network of several strategic partners at national and international level, namely the Instituto Moreira Salles, Institut Français, FUTURES European Platform, Royal College of Art, Klima Biennale Wien, University of Porto, University of Trás-os-Montes, among others.