International public art festival brings Colombian Mesek to Braga

According to the artistic collective Aubhaus, which organizes the festival, with this exchange, Fenda "definitely" assumes its international dimension, "consolidating itself as a reference platform in the Iberian and European panorama", indicates the statement sent today to the Lusa news agency.

In an edition that is now dedicated exclusively to public art, "as a space for creation, criticism and community participation", which reinforces "Braga as a laboratory for contemporary urban experimentation", the poster also features artists such as the Portuguese Kruella D'Enfer and Akacorleone, the Spanish Taquen and the Estonian Maria-Liisa Leonidov.

The organization also highlights the festival's expansion to peri-urban areas, specifically the parishes of Tebosa, Real and São Mamede de Este, which it says is a "clear commitment to cultural decentralization and the democratization of access to the arts."

This year, Fenda will also present a pioneering digital guide, which maps existing public art in Braga and proposes new ways of appropriating the changing urban space, including the creation of temporary galleries in construction hoardings in the historic center.

The program also brings together Portuguese and foreign artists such as Ele Zissou, from Spain, Ruído, MIN, Oaktree and Diogo Matos, in addition to the Braga-Cali exchange project, with the artist Mesek.

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