●           We joined the organisation of Sementeira, a multidisciplinary festival organised by the Left Bloc Viseu, in 2017.

●           Sementeira was born out of conviction and volunteerism, with complete autonomy, taking over a spacious party headquarters in the historic centre to promote the talent of creatives, artists and craftspeople — no sponsorships, no filters, no imposed themes. For two weeks in July, the space becomes a «fertile ground» for exhibitions, concerts, workshops, performances, political debate. Curation is collective, participation open to all, and the targets are the self-censorship and isolation common in weak (read: scattered, disconnected) creative ecosystems. Sementeira is a coalition of minority and marginalised sensibilities taking centre stage.

●           In 2019, Sementeira swapped summer for autumn and moved from the party headquarters to the galleries and cinema screening room of a shopping centre built in the 1980s, taking over the available shops for the visual arts exhibition. During these days, we reactivated the extinct Cinema Ícaro for film and documentary screenings, concerts and live performances, with a programme anchored in thematic nights.