Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes
Organic Unit: NOVA FCT
Research Center: VICARTE
Within Glass and Ceramics in Contemporaneity research pillar VICARTE aims to investigate and expand, both practically and theoretically, the ways in which artists and scientists think about and work with glass and ceramic. VICARTE fosters an effective and structural dialogue between art and science. The results of our research activities generate new creative paths and original thought for artistic and scientific production, raising consciousness of the importance of glass and ceramics in art, science, history, design and industry. Our project include the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 project T-Factor, Creative Europe Craft Hub and Erasmus E+KA2 Craft, VICARTE is researching craft skills heritage and their potential to greatly benefit local ecosystems, both in terms of improving social cohesion, participation and well-being, and their role in the creation and development of long-term local, sustainable economic ecosystems. The aim is to map craft skills, investigate ways of recording and transmitting them, but more importantly, to create sustainable models where skills can be transferred intergenerationally. These models will contribute to increased economic capacity and resilience in the long-term and have positive impacts on present and future social cohesion and well-being. This in itself can act as a scalable model for other communities globally that share similar characteristics, where the impact of craft will be significant and potentially revolutionary.
