On July 31st until August 2nd, your furry friend comes back, and we’ve gathered just the best folks to spin tunes and teach you new skills throughout 2 days packed with live music, djanes and djs, activities, workshops and visual funs.
We will come together once again at the beautiful river beach of @toca from 16:00 until late, where likeminded souls and music enthusiasts meet in nature under the trees, next to refreshing waters and homemade delicious food.
DATE: JULY 31st -AUGUST 2nd AT Toca do sadhu
From 15:00 til late
Donation-based event: sliding scale – donate directly (5-15€) or get yourself an ARTIST MENU AT THE BAR (5€ / 10€ / 15€) to receive food and drinks whilst supporting the creatives of the event.
This is a community event and can only continue through your support. ♥︎
***All workshops require a registration. Please reach out directly to the facilitators to book your spot.***
FRIDAY 19-21:00
with Beth Walker
20€, no experience needed, held in English.
Before showing her craft on our event on Saturday night, she will show you how it’s done and allow you to experiment with liquids & projections yourself. In collaboration with Casa de Gigante, you’ll dive into the world of colours, fluid textues and light.
Learn about the history and continued evolution of Liquid Light Shows and create visuals using a live digital camera feed, as well as an analogue technique with an overhead projector. You will also explore the layering of multiple projections.
These techniques are perfect for bringing magic and atmosphere to clubs, festivals and many other settings – as you will see the night after. The workshop will emphasise playful experimentation and the tactile, reciprocal qualities of working with light and liquids.
Beth Walker (she/her) is a visual artist from the UK. Her work spans short films, projection installations and live visual performance. She combines material and digital techniques, often working with reactive materials at macro scale to create her visual effects.
Beth’s work has been shown in galleries, clubs and festivals including the Barbican Centre, New York State Museum and Annecy International Animation Festival. She holds an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art, and has been a judge for London International Animation Festival for the past two years.
Beth is currently based in Lisbon completing her PhD in Media Arts, and is a resident artist at MILL (Makers in Little Lisbon).
Sign-up via filmsbybeth@gmail.com
or her Instagram.
SATURDAY 14-17:00
with Dave & Dixon from Wordplay
Participation is free, but donations are welcome – please register beforehand via Luma so they know what to expect.
Art comes in many shapes, and the written word is one of them.
With the help of the gang from @Wordplay, discover how to guide your own words from brain to paper, regardless of your writing experience.
We’ve read that they are very friendly and that they create a supportive space, so don’t be shy, bring a pen and paper, and write with them by the river.
Dave and Dixon will lead you through writing exercises and word games in the workshop – they will be happy to provide feedback for your own work if you want it..
Sign up here
SATURDAY 15-16:15
with Mariana Girassol
8€, no experience needed, just bring a carpet or a mat, held in english/portuguese
It’s your time to salute the sun, become a mountain and bend your back gently like a cobra – next to flowing river and amongst the trees.
Mariana is offering a yoga session for all bodies and ages – all you need is to bring is a blanket, towel or carpet to be on. Breathe, move, observe your inner movements and the stillness that lays behind them.
She is yoga instructor based in Hatha Yoga, also facilitates creative dancing, and as a part of her work, she has been focusing on teaching accessible classes to people with reduced mobility and seniors. She believes the wellbeing of the body is a happy consequence of the practice, but not the goal or direction of the practice – therefore she brings a vast knowledge of what’s good for the body, in all their states.
Mark your spot via marianagirassol33@gmail.com or her Instagram.
SUNDAY 15-17:30
with Mone 25€ – all materials included – workshop held in English.
Nature provides and we’ll make the best out of it!
Mone is an artist of many traits, often working with organic materials and structures to provide the cosiest of vibes wherever she leaves her trace.
In this practical workshop she will teach how to weave baskets out of pine needles. Learn how to prepare and actually use the material and get inspired for making more pieces at home.
The workshop includes a 30 min break. No previous knowledge is needed, just patience and knowing how to use a needle and thread.
Book your spot via Instagram or her e-mail bichler.simone@web.de
INFOS FOR THE SPOT:
Toca do Sadhu – Praia fluvial Pego das Cancelas
CAB – SERTÃ ~15€
call one of the following numbers to book one
+351 962 949 566
+351 935 465 369
+351 964 613 189
The Toca offers vegetarian goodies, smoothies, ice cream, homemade lemonade, alcoholic drinks and of course, good vibes only ♥︎
If you are considering to bring your dog, do yourself and them a favor and leave them at home. We love them too, but there will be loud music and the river beach itself is not a dog beach. If you have no other option, leave them on the leash and make sure to pick up their poop.
See you on the beach!
