PODCAST NARRATIVA
The NARATIVA podcast is an independent podcast from the PÚBLICO network with conversations about photography with the authors who bring NARATIVA's cultural programming to life.
S02#E08 Nothing Personal - The back office of war
In this episode you hear from Russian photographer Nikita Teryoshin about Nothing Personal, a project that shows the behind the scenes of war, a complete antithesis of what a battlefield is: a huge amusement park for adults in which there is wine, snacks and shiny weapons. Plastic mannequins are corpses and the war action is staged in an artificial environment in front of ministers, heads of state, generals and businessmen. At a time of conflicts and geopolitical tensions in various parts of the globe, Teryoshin's work becomes even more valuable, as it allows us to understand a small part of what is behind an industry that aims to create the most effective tools to take human lives. The exhibition is on display at the NARRATIVA’s gallery until December 21st.
S02#E07 Sıhhalter olsun (Boa sorte) – A portrait of immigration
In this episode you hear from German photographer Aslı Özçelik about Sıhhalter olsun (Good Luck), a project that tells the story of her mother, a young woman from a small village in northeastern Turkey, who emigrated to Germany at the age of 20. The work focuses, in particular, on their family context, while at the same time revealing a story common to other families about the immigrant workers who made Germany one of the main economic and industrial engines of the European Union. The exhibition can be visited at the NARRATIVA’s gallery until October 26th.
S02#E06 Tudo é incómodo quando a terra treme – What is your colonial past?
In this episode you listen to visual artist Joana Dionísio talk about Tudo é incómodo quando a terra treme, a work that won the 2024 New Talents FNAC award and which is on display at NARRATIVA until August 3rd. Tudo é incómodo quando a terra treme is a dive into the colonial past of the photographer's family, “reflecting a personal contemporary analysis of this legacy” that explores “the connections between identity and territory”, describes the author.
S02#E05 Despojos de Guerra - The colonial trauma revisited
In this episode you hear from photojournalist Leonel de Castro about Despojos de Guerra, a work developed over three years (2020-23) that uncovers the forgotten wounds of soldiers, on both sides of the barricades, who fought during the Colonial War (1961-74).
S02#E04 Terra Vermelha - Portrait of a dystopian Amazon
In this episode you hear photographer Tommaso Protti talking about Terra Vermelha, a work developed over a decade which resulted in a dense and disorienting journey through a region ravaged by conflicts, uncovering stories about land appropriations, forest fires, deforestation, pollution and gangs. The work won the Picture of The Year International award and opened 2024’s CICLO NARRATIVA. Terra Vermelha exhibition is on view in our gallery until June 15th with free entry.
S02#E03 ROOF - Photography as a warning
In this episode you hear Mário Cruz, photographer, editor, curator and director of NARRATIVA, talking about ROOF - a project that took 10 years to come to fruition and that reveals the hidden side of the housing crisis in Lisbon.
S02#E02 Identity, territory, housing and death: the highlighted themes in the new Masterclass 23/24 exhibition
In the new episode of our podcast, we spoke with Bárbara Monteiro, Elisa Freitas, Emanuel Amorim, Guillermo Vidal, Maria Abranches and Rafaela Araújo about the projects they developed in the NARRATIVA’s 23/24 Masterclass. Topics such as housing, climate change and territory and the way we deal with death are explored by the authors presented this year.
S02#E01 JAMAIKA – The neighborhood beyond the rubble
In this episode we listen to José Sarmento Matos talk about JAMAIKA, a documentary work carried out over three years in the Bairro da Jamaica, in Seixal, a work that is currently in exhibition at NARRATIVA’s gallery until February 24th. We talked about political aspects that involved this territory, about structural racism, but also about the photographic process of carrying out a long-term project, the conception of the exhibition and the publication of the book of the same name co-edited by NARRATIVA.
S01#E06 OMNIS - Narrativa’s first collective project
In this new episode we hear Inês Ventura, Mário Cruz and Rodrigo Vargas discussing OMNIS, Narrativa's first collective project, which documents World Youth Day. The exhibition can be visited until December 16th. They talk about how this project was designed and built according to each authors' vision and how religion influences all of our lives.
S01#E05 Svetlana Bachevanova e Oksana Parafeniuk - O papel da fotografia como prova
Listen to the director of FotoEvidence Svetlana Bachevanova and the Ukrainian photojournalist Oksana Parafeniuk, in an episode about the book and exhibition Ukraine: A War Crime, on view until October 28th at the NARRATIVA’s gallery. We talk about the role of photography as evidence, the importance of photojournalism in covering this conflict and the current challenges inherent to the profession of photojournalist. Oksana Parafeniuk reports firsthand on the experience of being a mother during the war and the challenges of reconciling her profession with motherhood.
S01#E04 Martin Parr – Photography in transformation by those who changed it
We spoke to Martin Parr in a special episode marking World Photography Day. We talked about what this Magnum photographer, who is one of the most represented authors in the Narrativa library, still wants to achieve in photography; about the work carried out by the Martin Parr Foundation, created in 2017; and about photography books.
S01#E03 Rui Costa – Photography as a tool to understand who surrounds us
In this episode we hear Rui Costa, winner of the 2023 Fnac New Talents Photography award, about his project Uma Azeitona Bordada em Azul, which is in exhibition on Narrativa’s gallery until 29 July. We talk about how this project was conceived and built and what the author intends to take from photography in the future.
S01#E02 Emma Hardy - The tenderness and emotion of photographing with the heart
In this episode you hear Emma Hardy, the guest of this year’s Ciclo Narrativa, talk about her Permissions project, which is on display at the Narrativa gallery until June 9th. She talks about the passage of time, loss, and how the act of photographing her family allowed the author the freedom to build a moving reality.
S01#E01 Mário Cruz - Plans for the future and what lies beyond the act of photographing.
In the first episode Sebastião Almeida talks with Mário Cruz, founder of Narrativa and winner of two World Press Photo awards, about plans for the future of this cultural space dedicated to photography.
Errata: A Narrativa wrongly stated that the works of Bruno Saavedra and Inês Ventura, participants in the latest edition of Masterclass Narrativa, address the same theme when in fact they are distinct, focusing on the LGBTQIA+ community. For this reason, the audio excerpt referring to this allusion was removed from the edition.