Participatory art

RadioATIVIDADE

RadioACTIVITY

2022

Participatory art

Between September 2022 and 2025, RadioATIVIDADE (RadioACTIVITY) brought together women and men in Guarda Prison to create and perform radio plays, combining writing, music, theatre and studio recording.

Each year, a different team led the work: Óscar Silva with Regina Guimarães and Saguenail (2022/2023), Ana Gil with Maria Sequeira Mendes (2023/2024) and Nuno Leão with the poet Miguel-Manso (2024/2025). The project also gave rise to an in-house radio station, now called Rádio Guarda-me (‘Guard me’, a play on the city’s name). Antena 2 (RTP’s classical music and culture station) broadcast three cycles of eight plays, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, which can be heard online.

The project closed with the conference ‘Vozes – onde a criação é liberdade’ (‘Voices – where creation is freedom’, 31 October 2025), a four-volume book and a documentary series by Tiago Moura.

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Credits

artistic direction and coordination_ Ana Gil, Nuno Leão and Óscar Silva
writing_ Regina Guimarães and Saguenail, Maria Sequeira Mendes and Miguel-Manso
sound direction and coordination_ Rui Dias
recording, editing and sound design_ Diogo Marques, João Ramalho, Rui Pedro Oliveira, Tomé Cota, André Caroço, João Lopes, Mariana Loureiro, Rodrigo Feijó and Rodrigo Silva
participants_ Adelino Ribeiro, Alcindo Rocha, Alice Silva, Américo Brito, Antonieta Silva, Armando Pereira, Bernardo Roque, Carlos Cortez, Carlos Miranda Cardoso, Cecília Lopes, Cláudia Ferreira, Daniel Dias, David Santos, Décio Sousa, Elisa Marçalo, Fátima Campos, Fátima Lustriano, Felipe Monteiro, Fernando Félix, Filipe Peixoto, Horácio Figueiredo, Igor Fernandes, Irene Maia, Isabel Carromão, Isilda Bernardo, Joana Alcino, João Pedro Ferreira, Luís Carlos Souza, Maria Cesteira, Maria do Céu Bastos, Maria Maia, Maria João Lima, Maria Olga, Maruja Maia, Nuno Costa, Orlanda Silva, Paulo Cardoso, Pedro Davide, Pedro Gonçalves, Pietra Beserra, Ricardo Oliveira, Rui Cunha, Rui Sampaio, Sérgio Barbosa, Tânia Pereira, Teresa Mota, Vânia Cabeça and also Daniel Fernandes, Paulo Rainha, Raquel Santos and Vânia Carromão
social strand coordination_ Isabel S. Silva
monitoring and evaluation_ Isabel S. Silva, Pedro Marques, Andreia Nisa and Ana Bártolo | INSIGHT – Piaget Research Center for Ecological Human Development, Instituto Piaget – ISEIT/Viseu
research_ Diogo Martins
workshop leaders, artists and guests_ André Barata, António Brito Guterres, Daniel Belo, Diogo Martins, Emanuel & Toy Matos, Fernando Alvim, João Almeida, Leonor Furtado, Luís Baptista-Martins, Paulo Veiga, Samuel Mira/Sam The Kid, Sheila T. Cavanagh
executive production_ Bruno Esteves, Rita Boavida, Joana Gomes, Rita Piteira and Tamara Cruz
video documentation_ Tiago Moura
photographic documentation_ Ana Gil, Clara Neto, Jorge Carmona, Marta Costa, Nuno Leão and Tiago Moura
graphic and communication design_ Cátia Santos
production_ Terceira Pessoa – Associação
partners_ Guarda Prison, ESART – School of Applied Arts (Polytechnic University of Castelo Branco) and Rádio Antena 2
support_ Rádio Altitude, Rádio Cova da Beira and Rádio Castelo Branco
funding_ Project supported as part of the 2nd edition of the PARTIS & Art for Change initiative, run by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation; Directorate-General for the Arts (DGArtes) / Portuguese Republic – Culture

thanks_ Alfredo Conde, André Barata, António Brito Guterres, Daniel Belo, Diogo Martins, Emanuel & Toy Matos, Fernando Alvim, Gabriela Tomaz, Hugo Cruz, Hugo Seabra, Isabel Lucena, Isabel Meira, João Almeida, Leonor Furtado, Luís Baptista-Martins, Luís Vaz Couto, Luís Marques, Narcisa Costa, Paulo Veiga, Sandra Carvalhinho, Samuel Mira/Sam The Kid, Sheila T. Cavanagh, Sofia Pereira, all the prison officers at Guarda Prison, the participants in the RadioATIVIDADE project and all their fellow prisoners who supported them along the way

Radio drama

VIDEOS – A three-part documentary series on the RadioATIVIDADE project, by Tiago Moura

Vídeo