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01 March 2026 – 3:00 pm · 7:00 pm

Open day to the Planet #7 Water · Eau · Wasser · Acqua · Water · 水 · पानी

New Bowing House – Centre for Planetary Relations · Odemira

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The invitation is to dive. A dive into a planetary world of water.

An afternoon designed for everyone, where animated cinema, visual arts, sewing, liquid cooking, books, sculpture, and music intersect. Films about the value of water, colourful cocktails, watercolour-painted tides, hand- and/or machine-sewn water paintings, imaginary peoples made from driftwood, and, to conclude, a concert inspired by the Full Fountains.

An invitation to be in tune with water’s rhythm: the water that floods our days, our bodies, and our lives.

New Bowing House - Centre for Planetary Relations is a space of shelter, creation and encounter, open to everyone. Created within the scope of the Novo Bowing project, it is based in Odemira, in the former Students' Centre. It hosts artistic activities that promote dialogue between cultures and the imagination of new ways of living together.

New Bowing House – Centre for Planetary Relations · Odemira
01 March 2026 (sun)
Tickets
* Free admission, however some activities like “Water and more Water”, “Water Animal Workshop”, “Water paintings to sew and/or machine”, “Large Watercolor Mural”, “Cocktail Laboratory”, “Broth and Alentejo Soup Laboratory”, “Appetiser Laboratory”, “Appetiser Laboratory”, “Clock Book Creation Workshop”, “Creation of characters from Driftwood”, “Creation of new Identities”, “Creation of new Identities”, “Creation of new Identities” require prior registration:
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896

Detailed programme

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Animation Cinema
Water and more Water
Curated by Zero in Behaviou with Rita Moreira

Seven animated short films for all ages, inviting viewers to see water as origin, living matter, and a force in constant transformation. Between rivers, seas, rain, and imaginary beings, these films explore water as an essential element for life and a space for connection among humans, other beings, and the planet.

Through diverse visual languages and narratives, each short offers a sensitive and accessible experience that awakens curiosity, listening, and ecological awareness. A cinematic moment where water appears not just as a theme but as movement, rhythm, and a possibility for encounter with the world.
Capacity
15 people
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Visual Arts
Water Animal Workshop
with Ananda Bauman, Caetana Dias Coutinho, and Catarina Inácio

Inspired by the animated shorts, participants slip into the ideas, stories, and most curious images they saw and heard. Deconstructing the films, each participant creates an extraordinary self-portrait, transforming into a water being.

A workshop that surrounds the cinema room like a flood of ideas and fun.
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sewing and Visual Arts
Water paintings to sew and/or machine
with Rita Carrilho, Simi Kaur, and Raj Kumar

Fabrics of all kinds and colours become surfaces for creation. Instead of painting, participants sew. Using fabrics and threads, by hand or with a sewing machine, they create water landscapes: oceans, winds, currents, and liquid movements taking shape in everyday objects.

Tablecloths, small wall paintings, fabrics to cover a water jug, protect bread or fruit, fresh and useful cloths where water is inscribed. A workshop where sewing becomes painting, and the act of making connects with daily life.
Capacity
6 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Collective Painting
Large Watercolor Mural
with Sandra Sanches and Lúcia Costa

High tides, raging rivers, bursting taps and pipes, sliding groundwater, air currents, wind and rain, cyclones and hurricanes. The world is in free fall and ascent, traversed by visible and invisible forces.

In this humid environment, flowers bloom, and plants branch out, revealing a natural architecture in constant transformation. Through collective painting, a large watercolour mural is created on scenic paper spread over our ping-pong table, designed to be hung on the balcony, extending the pictorial gesture into space.

A workshop where water manifests as matter, movement, and shared landscape.
Capacity
15 – 20 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Paper Arts
Paper Boats Workshop
with Albina Petrolati and Rekha DC

To contain and serve the afternoon’s snacks, participants create paper and cardboard boats of various sizes, ready to navigate through the house with the day’s liquid flavours. They pass from hand to hand, move through spaces, transport food – they are boats.

A workshop where paper folds, transforms, and gains function, invoking play, sharing, and the imagination of movement.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Liquid Cuisine
Cocktail Laboratory
with Salomé Aroeira

A laboratory of liquid experimentation, exploring flavours, colours, and textures from fruits, vegetables, and other natural products. Through unexpected combinations, delicious and original drinks are created to refresh, surprise, and awaken the senses.

More than preparing cocktails, this workshop offers a moment of sharing and discovery, where water becomes a creative base, and mixing becomes attentive and playful.
Capacity
6 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Liquid Cuisine
Broth and Alentejo Soup Laboratory
with Rita Sousa, Giacomo Scalisi and Gurpreet Singh

A comforting liquid cooking workshop, designed to warm the body and create moments of sharing. Participants explore aromatic broths and prepare Alentejo soup, focusing on essential culinary techniques.

They follow the process, learn ingredient preparation, bread cutting, and timing and care required for these recipes. A shorter lab, experienced as a space for practical transmission, where cooking is also about being together, listening, and sharing knowledge.
Capacity
6 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Mini Cuisine
Appetiser Laboratory
with Rita Sousa and Gurpreet Singh

A mini-cooking workshop dedicated to preparing small hot appetisers. From spinach and chickpea curries, participants learn to create intense flavours served in chapatis folded like small boats.
Capacity
6 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Mirabolante Bookstore

The Mirabolante Bookstore follows Casa Novo Bowing’s themes on this day, offering a selection of books on cooking, music, and many other subjects.

An invitation to take books home and feed the mind and imagination, because in 2026, buying books remains essential.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Bilingual Textile Books
Clock Book Creation Workshop
Educators on the Move – Itinerant Early Childhood Education

with Susana Damasceno, Paula Silva (Aidglobal) and Raj Kumar (sewing)

As part of the “Books to Start” project, this workshop proposes creating bilingual cloth books for early childhood. Each book becomes a small journey of words and images between Portugal (Portuguese) and Mozambique (Xichangana), crossing languages and cultures.

Through fabrics, sewing, and storytelling, participants create objects meant to be touched, read, and shared, promoting early contact with linguistic and cultural diversity.
Capacity
10 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sculpture Exhibition
O Povo
by Carlos Santos

A guided visit to a world of small sculptures and characters forming an imaginary people, built from driftwood. The exhibition proposes a fictional narrative of a population shaped by water and movement, inviting visitors to explore its history and details.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Creation of characters from Driftwood
with Carlos Santos, Paulo Quaresma and Anna Bunnikevych

Within the “O Povo” exhibition, participants use pieces of wood collected from beaches to create new characters of these travelling water-born people. A playful and practical workshop that encourages creativity and connection with natural materials.
Capacity
10 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Visual Arts and Writing
Creation of new Identities
with Paulo Quaresma and Carlos Santos

Inspired by the exhibition’s imagination, participants expand “O Povo” universe, creating identities for its characters through visual arts and writing.

An invitation to explore narratives, vessels, and travelling communities, enriching the story of these imaginary people with a broader human flow.
Capacity
10 people per session
Free registration
info@novobowing.pt
and/or +351 912 885 896
5:30 pm
Tasting Time

A collective moment to taste cocktails, broths, and appetisers prepared throughout the afternoon. An experience inviting participants to share flavours, aromas, and textures, celebrating the pleasure of gastronomic discovery together.
6:00 pm
Music
Full Fontaines
with Anda Mula

A concert inspired by the force and flow of water, where soundscapes unfold between intimacy and immersion. Music moves through moments of calm and intensity, inviting contemplation, transformation, and a sensory journey.
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