CONCEPTS HAVE GENEALOGIES, HISTORIES, EPISTEMOLOGIES, STRUGGLES, AND PRACTICES IN THEM. DESPITE THE URGENCY TO INCLUDE THEM IN OUR ART PRACTICES, THIS MUST BE DONE RESPONSIBLY AND CAREFULLY SO AS NOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EMPTYING OF THEIR MEANINGS. CONCEPTS CAN BE PLACES OF RESISTANCE, LET´S NOT PERMIT INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL AGENDA TO DEPOLITICIZE THEM.

Proposals for (an) art world(s) is the final project of the Curatorship Seminar, coordinated by Luísa Santos, of the MA students in Culture Studies of The Lisbon Consortium of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The contents and opinions expressed in the manifestos and the texts are the sole responsibility and authorship of the curators. Manifesto after workshop with Lydia Diakité (The Union) written by: Carolina Piçarra; Lilly Graßmann; Tobias Wetlesen; Valeria Levyva. This project is only possible with the support of: CECC (Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Cultura, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Católica Portuguesa); FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia); and DGArtes (Direção Geral das Artes – República Portuguesa, Cultura).