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Glass and Ceramic for the Arts

Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes

Reference
UID/00729/2025
Project Start Date
2025-01-01
Project End Date
2029-12-31
Principal Investigator
Funding Program
Avaliação UID 2023/2024

Abstract

VICARTE is a well-established research unit, investigating tradition and innovation in ceramics and glass. We develop innovative research exploring the dialogues between Art and Science, combining scientific knowledge, traditional artistic and craft techniques and know-how with technologies. By focusing on “Art, Science and Materiality” and “Cultural Heritage Studies”, VICARTE will explore synergies and interaction between different disciplinary approaches, maximising their combined impact. ART, SCIENCE AND MATERIALITY VICARTE will rethink materiality in artistic creation and research through reflexive practice. From this, we promote a transversal perspective on the agency of matter in the creative environment, giving materials the status of subjects. Research efforts are planned to develop feasible alternative solutions for more sustainable futures and circular economy approaches. VICARTE will focus on the development of alternative colourants and the incorporation of industrial waste and natural materials into the production of glass and ceramics. These solutions will contribute to carbon neutrality, while also reducing energy consumption associated with the use of high-temperature furnaces. The integration of digital processes and technologies in the manufacture of glass and ceramics will impact various contexts of artistic production. Our research will demonstrate the worth, applicability and scalability of emerging technologies and their transferability potential across art and craft. We will reinterpret traditional techniques, contributing to the transmission of this knowledge for the sustainable development of communities. CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES At VICARTE we will continue to develop the study of raw materials, production practices, shapes, use, trade routes and cultural interactions for the critical analysis of the historical evolution of glass and ceramics. This integrated methodology allows for the construction of a comprehensive historical narrative, created from micro-histories. We will investigate different possibilities of representing the tangible and intangible aspects of craft and artistic practices as cultural heritage, documenting the know-how, its techniques and its gestures, through new technologies and in-depth scientific analysis of museum objects. Studies in the field of cultural heritage also include conservation methodologies and the transfer of the produced knowledge. VICARTE develops its activities in research projects, training programs, exhibitions, collaboration with public and private institutions, industry, communities and dissemination initiatives. VICARTE is in a unique position to contribute to the education and promotion of the use of glass and ceramics for artistic and artisanal expression. The knowledge created at VICARTE explores how our relationship with glass and ceramics has changed over time, and why it continues to capture our curiosity, attention and imagination.

Institutions

Main Institutions

  • Unidade de Investigação Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes (VICARTE/NOVA FCT/UNL)
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

Other Institutions

  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)
  • Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes (FBAUL)

Funding 684.232,06 €

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Portugal

684.232,06 €