SHOPYARD

Open Studio
Fog Garden 
by Inês Barros

16 May — 18:30 – 20:00
Free / General Public

Fog Garden is the result of Inês Barros' artistic residency in the Shopyard programme. It aims to transform an abandoned space in a shopping centre into a fog-harvesting garden, exploring new urban ecologies and processes of renaturalisation.

The intervention creates a controlled environment where a fog-harvesting device enables sensory experiences between humans and the constructed natural environment.

During the Open Studio, the artist invites the public to explore prototypes and share ideas on possible post-natural futures. In a guided tour format, participants will be able to interact with the installation and experience new ways of sensory engagement with the harvest.

The event begins at 6:30 PM with a talk at the Shopyard headquarters in the Santa Cruz Shopping Centre, followed by a guided tour of the artist’s installation in the basement of the Santa Bárbara Shopping Centre.



Inês Barros (1991, Braga) is a transdisciplinary researcher in the fields of architecture, design, and art. She collaborates with the Office for Political Innovation, KWY studio, and Superflex, having worked with institutions such as the V&A, Art Institute of Chicago, and TBA21, exploring critical ecology and interspecies collaboration. In her independent work, she has participated in programmes such as Segundas na Z (ZDB), Gentler Futures, Festiv(aula) Provisional School for Nothing, and the Postnatural Independent Program 2025. Her practice challenges anthropocentric paradigms in art, exploring material agency and interspecies empathy through site-specific installations and the exploration of materiality.
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