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Recent work

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Lígia Oliveira explores the strengthening of flourishing human-Nature relationships through storytelling, scientific knowledge, and its application in our daily lives. Lígia's work is sourced from a daily cultivation of her relationship with Nature through a contemplative practice where awe and gratitude are central. She has more than 50 works across disciplines and has exhibited widely. Her collaborations include the Croatia Pavilion for the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy, Mind & Life Institute (USA), the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and the European Commission. Lígia's work received funding from the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Foundation for Science and Technology, and Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Featured here is Lígia's work on art and design research and writing.

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The Whole Body is Hands and Eyes

THE WHOLE BODY IS HANDS AND EYES
 

In the spirit of Juhani Pallasmaa's exploration of "Animal Architecture", in these works I revisit the concept of learning from nature and our more-than-human counterparts. By studying and appreciating other species' practices and skills, intelligence and beauty, we can expand beyond our human-centric perspectives and strive for a more planetary-centric approach.

Water Murmur

MURMUR: AN ODE TO PLENITUDE AND WONDERMENT

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Slightly revised version of the introductory talk on the namesake workshop hosted at Ocean Archive/ TBA21-Academy

UN Ocean Decade Conference Barcelona

MEDIATING HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIPS: CULTURE AND INNOVATION IN URBAN POLICIES FOR FLOURISHING OCEANS AND GLOBAL WELL-BEING
 

UN Ocean Decade Conference poster

Venice Architecture Biennale 2023

RECONSIDERING THE BODY AND/IN THE LANDSCAPE

 

Published at "Designing in Coexistence - Reflections on Systemic Change", a book resulting from the discursive program and as the final product of the Croatian Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Same As It Ever Was.

TBA21-Academy

EMBRACING THE ABYSS: KINSHIP WITH THE UNKNOWN

 

Published at TBA21-Academy Ocean Archive Journeys

Air below water

AIR BELOW WATER

​Vídeo inquiring on the natural organisation of elements

River Language

THE RIVER SPEAKS IN SWIRLS, AND I BOW TO THEM

​Vídeo researching the movement of water, its language and my own learning of it

bodies of water

BODIES OF WATER
 

Essay and images published at Three Knots

bodies of water

BODIES OF WATER
 

Painting series on our interconnection with this element

Atlantic ocean water temperature

1,23 MINUTES OF A 12371 STEPS WALK AND UNCOUNTED SWIM IN THE ATLANTIC, 1 NOVEMBER 2022

​Vídeo on rising temperatures

raw

RAW

Artistic research on the relationship between humans and nature through the viewpoint of how natural spaces co-regulate our emotions

flower blooms seed bombs

UNDENIABLE

Paintings exploring seed bombs and plant blooms—planting local species in a context of desertification and drought

covid memorial

MEMORIAL

Exploring the interconnection between grief and wellbeing as transformative practices in humans-Nature relationships

Parthenope book

PARTHENOPE'S ODYSSEY

Poetry book

woven into nature

WOVEN INTO NATURE

Exploring possibilities of creating by doing no harm to other species: co-create with more than humans

exoskeleton

EXOSKELETONS LINE

Researching inner alignment and outer alignment: the reorganisation of the self and the relationship with Nature

seagrass meadows Portugal

BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE SHORE

Botanical exploration of seagrass meadows, marine plants essential for local, and global, ecosystems and ocean health.
This series had the Portuguese Ministry of Culture as an institutional partner

phenomenology Portugal

INHABIT THE BODY, LIVE THE PLACE

Paintings on phenomenology, local and global environmental phenomena—and how these relate

poetry Algarve

SIXTY DAYS OF DAWN

Poetry book

Veneza Portugal

ALL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Human Nature dialogues

DIALOGUES WITH PLACES

Ongoing research

 

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