“Interespécies” Exhibition at MAC/CCB

The Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) is pleased to invite you to the opening of Interespécies, an exhibition curated by Mariana Pestana, and the reopening of the Architecture Center at MAC/CCB. The event will take place on April 2 at 19:00 at Garagem Sul, followed by a live performance by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith at 19:15, featuring analog synthesizer and voice in a unique interpretation of interspecies sounds.

Interespécies explores the human desire to understand, connect, and live alongside other species through three key concepts: approach, cohabit, and conspire. Architecture is presented not only as a functional practice but as a relational and critical discipline, shaping interactions between humans, birds, plants, minerals, and more.

A team of researchers from the ITI – Interspecies Design Studio, including Anna Bertmark, Fernanda Costa, Valentina Demarchi, Bernardo Gaeiras, Mathilde Gouin, Katerina Iglezaki, Carlos Pastor, and Mariana Simões, played a key role in shaping this exhibition. Through a series of curatorial workshops with MAC/CCB, they contributed their expertise in more-than-human architecture and design, rethinking how spaces can foster coexistence between species.

Opening Program

📅 April 2 at 17:30 – Conversation on the “Interespécies” Exhibition
Speakers:

• Mariana Simões & Katerina Iglezaki (Interspecies Design Studio)
• Bjørnstjerne Christiansen (Superflex)
• Luise Marter (KWY.studio)
• Carine Pimenta & Daniel Zamarbide (Atelier BUREAU)
• Moderator: Mariana Pestana, Chief Curator of Architecture at MAC/CCB

📅 April 2 at 19:15 – Live Performance by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
An immersive soundscape inspired by interspecies communication, performed with analog synthesizer and voice.

Join us in exploring a new vision of architecture and coexistence beyond the human perspective.