Rustines | Lab is a creative research-creation lab dedicated to supporting media arts, new media, and audio art projects. The lab’s primary purpose is to provide the community with a place to connect with various actors and practitioners in both local and international contemporary art scenes. Once a year Rustines | Lab hosts one free software and hardware research residency. If you have practice in digital art or/and in computer science or/and electronic you’re eligible to enter. The objective of this program is to assist in the development of a free software and/or hardware project targeting the digital arts milieu.

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Scopio – the International Photography Magazine is accepting entries for its second international photography contest. The second edition of the Scopio International Photography Contest is created to increase photography in architecture, searching for new talents and awareness towards photography and architecture both in Portugal and abroad, and moreover to raise a wider appreciation of our architectural, cultural and intellectual inheritance. The selection of the best works will be published in the second issue of the Scopio Magazine. All awarded participants will also receive a certificate.

Read more about Scopio International Photography Contest: Aboveground – City on Contest Watchers.