In the year of the centenary of the birth of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), BoCA creates the project “A Defesa da Natureza” [“Defense of Nature”], a collaboration aimed at promoting new artistic creations.

Curated by Delfim Sardo and Sílvia Gomes, “Quero ver as minhas montanhas” [“I want to see my mountains”] counts on the participation of the artists Sara Bichão, Diana Policarpo, Dayana Lucas, Gustavo Sumpta, Gustavo Ciríaco, Musa paradisiaca and Berru.

The premise invites artists to look at Beuys’s legacy while observing their own mountains, their own ‘selves’.

With diverse backgrounds and artistic genres from plastic to the performing arts, each artist is invited to conceive a single intervention to be held by the sea, the river or in a green space, nurturing affinities between art and nature.

The series of podcasts "Passeios Verdes" ["Green Walks"] by Diana Policarpo, brings together guided botanical tours by various specialists, from the spontaneous medicinal and community flora, to the sound environment and heritage and historical dimension of Tapada das Necessidades. Anyone visiting the site can consult a map designed specifically for this purpose, and follow the routes suggested on it while listening to the tours previously recorded and already available online on the BoCA website and on SoundCloud.

In this interactive walk, you will learn about the importance of plants in the public space, the maintenance of biodiversity, and the identification of the various species that inhabit this endangered place.